MARTA
expansion fans will just not give up on their goal to expand bus service and
run the MARTA rails up 400 to Alpharetta - AJC 3/26/18 (Deal may allow transit
expansion).
The last
rail expansion estimate was $2.5 billion and the buses are still empty on the
north end of DeKalb and Fulton.
The last time MARTA went
for more tax subsidies was 2012, when we voted down the TSPLOST with 66% voting
No.
MARTA needs to privatize the buses to end tax subsidies and
only add rail after the trains are self-funded by ticket revenue.
MARTA was built to connect the shopping malls and now these
malls are losing businesses because of online shopping.
The cost per passenger boarding on buses in 2017 was varied
roughly from $4 to $6, with the peak in June
The cost per passenger boarding on rail in 2017 remained
between $3 in June and $4 in December.
MARTA claims to serve 1.7 million passengers including
500,000 commuters each weekday.
MARTA is a jobs program with about 25,000
employees.
MARTA has an operating budget of $461.6 million and a
capital budget of $434.9 million. The MARTA fare is $2.50.
MARTA estimates over 440,000
riders will use their transit services per day in 2017 and projects a
passenger revenue of $143.4 million.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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