![]() When he was elected mayor the following year, Allen made rail transit an administrative priority and began the difficult task of obtaining legislative approval, assembling a board of directors, and soliciting architectural and engineering plans.Ĭourtesy of Special Collections & Archives, Georgia State University Library. The proposal’s centerpiece was a rail transit system that would solve Atlanta’s impending transportation crisis and distinguish the city from its regional peers. proposed a six-point program for the city’s growth and development. In 1960 Atlanta Chamber of Commerce president Ivan Allen Jr. MARTA is the only major mass transit system in the country that does not receive state support. Fares and a sales tax provide the bulk of the system’s operating revenues. The transit agency was established in 1971 with the passage of an authorizing referendum by voters in Fulton and DeKalb counties and the city of Atlanta.Ī public authority operated under Georgia law, MARTA is governed by a fifteen-member board of directors with representation from Fulton, DeKalb, Clayton, and Gwinnett counties and the city of Atlanta. The eighth-largest transit system in the United States, MARTA serves nearly 400,000 passengers a day. “Atlanta can successfully host events such as this weekend’s concerts because of MARTA and the convenience of public transit service directly to the venues,” said a spokesperson for MARTA.The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, known as MARTA, provides bus and rapid rail service to the most urbanized portions of the Atlanta metropolitan area. MARTA officials said they’re ready for an even larger ridership. ![]() In August, Beyonce’s Renaissance tour will stop at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium for three nights. Let me not go out for the next few days so I don’t have to be in that crowd,” Holmes said. Janet Jackson’s Thursday concert pushed back because of Hawks-Celtics Game 6Īccording to MARTA, in all, they had 140,000 riders this past weekend.įrequent rider Brandon Holmes saw a video of the crowds online and decided to stay home. Taylor Swift’s fans waited in line for hours to purchase merch for sold-out concertĪPD asks people to plan ahead for Taylor Swift and Janet Jackson concerts, Hawks playoffs A TikTok video shows fans pouring into a train car. Taylor Swift super fan Olivia McGuirt recorded a cellphone video of the huge crowds at the five points MARTA platform on Saturday. Channel 2 Action News received videos that show scores of Janet Jackson and Taylor Swift fans standing shoulder to shoulder as they waited after the concerts this weekend for MARTA trains.Ĭhannel 2′s Audrey Washington was at the Georgia World Congress Center MARTA station in downtown Atlanta.Īccording to MARTA, thousands of people used the rail service just this weekend alone.įor some getting to the Janet Jackson and the Taylor Swift concerts wasn’t so bad, but getting back that was a different story.
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