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Newsby StaffJanuary 9, 2019

MARTA expands executive leadership team

GM/CEO Parker names new chief of capital programs, expansion, and innovation; chief of rail; and chief administrative officer

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Newsby StaffNovember 7, 2018

MARTA Police Dept. earns TSA Gold Standard award

The agecny's BASE program is designed to establish a security standard for individual transit system security programs and assess progress in seventeen key areas.

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Newsby StaffOctober 9, 2018

MARTA board approves historic transit expansion

The More MARTA Atlanta program will be partially funded by approximately $2.7 billion generated by a half-penny sales tax.

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Newsby StaffJuly 3, 2018

Alliance Bus Group awarded Georgia state contract for Vicinity buses

The contract allows for all transportation authorities, statewide, to purchase Vicinity buses with federal funding.

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Newsby StaffJune 26, 2018

MARTA to maintain $1 Atlanta streetcar fare policy

Other operational decisions such as service frequency and route expansion will come after MARTA assumes ownership on July 1.

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Newsby StaffJune 13, 2018

APTA names winners of 2018 rail safety, security 'excellence' awards

The awards recognize public transportation organizations for their innovative and proactive safety and security programs.

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Newsby StaffJune 6, 2018

MARTA to assume operations of Atlanta Streetcar

The four-car light rail system will be integrated into MARTA operations and its new Office of Light Rail Operations.

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Newsby StaffMay 21, 2018

AI, analytics key to mobile-friendly apps that correct bad driving habits

MARTA is launching a study measuring the impact technology such as Predictive Coach can have on transit drivers.

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Newsby StaffMay 18, 2018

Failure to address public transit infrastructure resulting in lost revenues

Failing to address America’s $90 billion backlog of public transit modernization needs, also referred to as State of Good Repair, results in a loss of $340 billion in business revenue to the U.S. economy over a six-year period, according to an new APTA study.

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Newsby StaffApril 24, 2018

Pennsylvania, 2 more states earn State Safety Oversight certification

Requirements include establishing an SSO agency that is financially and legally independent from the rail transit agencies it oversees.

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