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For The Transit Fans: Company Profile: MARTA


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The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority hosts the 8th Largest Transit Network in the United States, Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus network, it is expanded to include rail service as well.

 

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MARTA New Flyer C40LFR

 

Type: Public, Owned and Managed by the City of Atlanta and surrounding counties

 

Fleet Size: 3,025 Low Floor Buses, 450 Heavy and Light Rail Vehicles

 

Routes: 92 Bus Lines, 4 Rail Lines, 1 Streetcar line

 

Manufacturer and Powerplant: MARTA sources its fleet from New Flyer of Canada and utilizes Diesel Electric Hybrid as well as Compressed Natural Gas powerplants.

 

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MARTA New Flyer Xcelsior XN40

 

Fare Collection: The Contactless Card Payment System in Atlanta is called Breeze Card. Implemented in 2006 to replace its outdated token system, cards were given out for free to those who requested them. They are among the cheapest contactless cards in use costing only $1 to purchase.

 

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MARTA Breeze Card

 

Livery: MARTA uses an unpainted white livery along with the company "ribbon" as its paint scheme similar to the style used by SEPTA.

 

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MARTA New Flyer Xcelsior XN40

 

Innovations: MARTA is the realization of a joint transit agency structure that is common around large cities with extensive populations. MARTA serves not only the City of Atlanta but the counties of Fulton, Clayton and DeKalb, similarly practiced in the City of Dallas.

 

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MARTA New Flyer D40LF

 

 

 

MARTA Buses At Work

 

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Nice write up!  Lord willing I'll get to visit Atlanta and ride some of those later this year.  :3

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