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- MARTA
is the ninth largest transit system in the U.S.
and North America that provides bus, rail and paratransit
service.
- MARTA’s
service population is 1.65 million in the City
of Atlanta, Fulton and DeKalb Counties.
- In
FY08, MARTA’s trains, buses and paratransit
vans provided service for approximately 105.9 million
passenger trips.
- Since
the beginning of MARTA rail service in 1979, MARTA
has accounted for over 4 billion passenger
trips, or more than 10 times the entire population
of the United States.
- MARTA
provides service for nearly half million passenger
boardings each weekday
.
- Nearly
half of all riders are between the ages of 16 and
34.
- MARTA
operates 600 buses with 132 bus routes covering
1,000 route miles per day.
- MARTA
operates 159 clean diesel buses and 441 "clean-fuel" Compressed
Natural Gas (CNG) buses, which reduce carbon monoxide
by a full 95%.
- MARTA’s
Mobility service operates 175 Lift-vans.
- MARTA
has over 755 bus shelters.
- MARTA
operates 338 rail cars in 38 stations on 48.1 miles
of rail.
- Approximately
31.6 miles of the nearly 48-mile rail system are
located in Fulton County, with 14.7 miles in DeKalb
County and .7 miles (to the Airport) in Clayton
County.
- The
top 10 busiest MARTA stations are: Five Points
(26,499 daily passengers), Airport (12,887), College
Park (10,510), Lindbergh Center (10,131), Peachtree
Center (9,540), H.E. Holmes (9,301), Arts Center
(8,399), Kensington (7,975), West End (7,607), and
North Springs (7,117).
- MARTA
provides direct access to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
International Airport with a rail station that
drops off right inside the terminal.
- In
2007, MARTA became the first transit system in
North America to convert entirely to a “smart
card” fare collection system. The system,
aptly named Breeze, uses convenient smart card
technology, which enables customers to store a
variety of fare products on one card, offers easy
tap-and-go entry and exiting and allows for the
creation of a regional fare collection system with
other transit providers.
- MARTA
operates an award winning Transit Oriented Development
program, which encourages commercial, residential
and retail development around rail stations to
increase transit ridership. The program includes
Lindbergh City Center – its nationally recognized
flagship TOD.
- MARTA’s
Police Department, consisting of 317 sworn officers,
is the eighth largest police department in the
State of Georgia and is one of only four transit
police agencies in the U.S. to be nationally accredited
by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement
Agencies (CALEA).
- MARTA
was the first ever transit system to be designated
as the "Official Provider of Transportation" for
the Olympic Games. During the 17 days of the 1996
Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, more than
25 million passengers (1.5 million passengers a
day) utilized MARTA.
- The
longest and steepest escalator in the Southeast
U.S. is located in MARTA’s Peachtree Center
Station.
Hours
of Operation:
- Buses
run from 5:00 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Monday through
Friday and from 5:00 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. weekends
and holidays. Times vary on individual routes.
- The
rail system operates from approximately 5 a.m.
to 1 a.m. Monday through Friday and from 5:00a.m.
to 12:30 a.m. weekends and holidays.
- MARTA
provides ADA-Compliant Paratransit Service to eligible
persons with disabilities who are, because of their
disability, unable to board, ride or disembark
from an accessible vehicle in MARTA's regular bus
or rail services. Service is provided with special
lift-equipped vans on a curb-to-curb, shared ride
basis. Certified individuals having a MARTA ADA
Photo Identification Card may call MARTA Mobility’s
Reservation Office at (404) 848-5826, Monday through
Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Saturdays,
Sundays and holidays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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