That would only add to the problem! The reason why people don’t take MARTA is because it is infrequent and unreliable. You are not considering the population who depends on MARTA who are not 9-5ers. We will never truly be a vibrant city when our public transportation shuts down after 5pm or even midnight.

funny. i get to work five time a week and back home with no problems.

MARTA needs a complete overhaul from top to bottom, cut routes that are not feasible or necessary, expand the subway system (like they should have done ages ago) and quit wasting fees collected on execs and staff that aren’t performing or necessary…. I tried doing ads on MARTA buses and it was a pain in the azz just to do that….

you can blame everyone in the world, but the problem is with MARTA, not the state reps or govt or whoever else people like to blame…..

Look, I grant everyone here that MARTA serves a critical public need, and the thought of losing any service (whether it’s routes or service frequencies) can stir one’s emotions. MARTA has further stirred the pot with their rhetoric making people fearful of transit doomsdays and apolocalypses, when nothing of the sort will transpire.

They can save money by cutting back frequencies on early morning and late night weekday service for routes where there are only 3 or 4 people per trip and do the same on the weekends. On Sundays, most of the buses in my neighborhood are totally empty. If they do that, and a some of the other belt tightening I mentioned in an earlier post, it should help close the gap.

in the more than 18 months i have been doing this, i have had less delays and trouble getting to and fro work than i ever did driving.

If by ‘restructure bus service’ you mean eliminate 30 routes, take note that such major service cuts also impact ridership, which in turn impacts fare collection potential, which lowers revenue… this is known as the death spiral and something MARTA is trying desperately to avoid.