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WSB-TV: MARTA will raise paid long-term parking by $2 per day and cut the free parking window from 24 hours to 14 hours beginning Sept. 14 — the system’s first system-wide parking fee increase since 2009. Free daily lots stay free.
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Atlanta News First: the MARTA Board of Directors on Thursday selected interim leader Jonathan Hunt as permanent general manager and chief executive after a national search that also included finalists from Washington Metro and Jacksonville Transit.
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Assembly and outdoor-festival permits signed July 29 green-light free F1 and off-road demos on Hank Aaron Drive Aug. 1, with heavy road closures already underway.
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A continuous bus detour runs from 9 p.m. Wednesday through 6 p.m. Sunday around Hank Aaron Drive as the Formula 1 exhibition prepares for a Saturday window on Atlanta’s southside.
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MARTA says it carried approximately 1.7 million riders to four World Cup matches and nine FIFA Fan Festivals between June 11 and the end of the group stage, with June 24 — Morocco vs. Haiti — the system's single busiest day of the tournament.
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Piedmont Park hosts a free, daylong celebration Sunday for the Spain-Argentina World Cup final, with the match on a giant screen at 3 p.m. and Atlanta rapper Ludacris scheduled to perform around 6 p.m.
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Riders on Routes 178, 184, 191 and 194 should expect delays of up to 45 minutes through Monday morning as I-285 lane and ramp closures continue.
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Several MARTA bus routes in southwest Fulton County will face significant delays through Monday morning due to lane and ramp closures on I-285.
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A two-mile bus-only lane opened Tuesday on Cleveland Avenue between Main Street and Stonewall Avenue, cutting peak-hour bus travel times by up to 25 percent.
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The transit agency moved roughly 1.7 million people to World Cup events during the first two weeks of the tournament, with one day alone accounting for 220,000 rail customers.
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MARTA is increasing rail service and offering extra bus shuttles for the 57th running of the Peachtree Road Race and the Peachtree Health & Fitness Expo at Lenox Square.
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MARTA Mobility customers can now book, change or cancel paratransit trips through a new smartphone app, a redesigned web portal or by calling the call center. Routes are automatically recalculated every 20 seconds.
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The last group-stage match at Mercedes-Benz Stadium — Congo DR vs. Uzbekistan — wrapped Friday. The next match is July 1. In between, sanitation teams are cleaning up, MARTA is holding five-minute frequencies, and fan zones across the metro remain open.
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A CSX freight train struck a semi-truck early Friday morning near Lee Street, sparking a fire and scattering cargo. MARTA rail service was temporarily suspended as safety crews inspected overhead structures.
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If MARTA can run five-minute headways, deploy ambassadors at every station, and move 220,000 rail riders in a day, why can't it do that on a Tuesday in September?
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Wednesday's Morocco-Haiti match drove rail ridership to 2.3 times its normal weekday volume. Transit officials say the agency has moved 1.7 million passengers to World Cup events since June 11.
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After two years of community meetings and four rounds of revisions, MARTA's new bus map goes live August 24. Some routes double in frequency. Some disappear entirely.
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Robberies, burglaries and car thefts have plummeted, yet a string of random attacks on MARTA has complicated the city's public safety narrative
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Atlanta hosts eight matches starting Monday, including a semifinal. The city has spent two years and $300 million on security, transit, and infrastructure. Here's how to navigate it.
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The agency had aimed to have its new railcars in service for the FIFA World Cup, but ongoing testing and safety certification requirements pushed the rollout past the June 11 start date.
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The south walkway is the latest piece of a billion-dollar effort to modernize aging stations — but World Cup preparations will pause the work next month
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Riders can now tap bank cards and mobile wallets at fare gates across the rail system
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Riders can now tap bank cards and mobile wallets at faregates and on buses as MARTA phases in its next-generation fare system.
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Redesigned routes promise more frequent service and shorter wait times across metro Atlanta
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The most comprehensive bus redesign since the 1970s triples high-frequency corridors and debuts Atlanta's first Bus Rapid Transit line.
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New rideshare-style service fills transit gaps with app-based, on-demand rides in underserved areas
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Curb-to-curb microtransit service aims to bridge first-and-last-mile gaps ahead of broader bus network overhaul
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Bus detours are now in place as crews begin deconstructing the iconic concrete canopy. MARTA says the full transformation will take three years and $230 million, and includes a new public plaza, expanded retail, and a complete redesign of the station's bus loop.