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NewsOctober 14, 2020

New MARTA Safety Plan to Boost Risk Mitigation, Employee Involvement

The Agency Safety Plan, required by the FTA, is based upon the Safety Management Systems policies and procedures.

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NewsAugust 19, 2020

MARTA Partners to Address Homelessness

The new project will pair two experienced HOPE Atlanta case managers with trained Field Protective Specialists under the auspices of the MARTA Police Department.

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NewsAugust 14, 2020

MARTA Installing Air Purification Systems at All Air-Conditioned Facilities

The NPBI air-filtering devices eliminate airborne pathogens and deliver clean air without producing ozone or other harmful by-products.

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NewsJuly 6, 2020

MARTA to Begin Distributing Masks at Transit Stations

The agency is also using electrostatic sprayers to clean and sanitize its entire fleet of approximately 500 buses every evening and disinfect high touch surfaces on 200 buses throughout the day.

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Newsby StaffMay 12, 2020

MARTA's Chief Dunham announces her retirement

In May of 2006, she made history with her appointment to Chief of Police/Assistant GM at MARTA, the country’s ninth largest transit agency.

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Newsby StaffApril 17, 2020

MARTA implementing 'essential service' plan

The plan keeps MARTA running for health care personnel and other essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Newsby StaffApril 10, 2020

MARTA adds emergency paid sick leave for all employees

As of today, MARTA has 14 employees who have self-reported a positive COVID-19 diagnosis and 183 employees off work due to risk of exposure.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 28, 2020

MARTA names new chief of police and emergency management

Chief Scott Kreher will report directly to Chief of System Safety, Security, and Emergency Management Wanda Y. Dunham.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 24, 2020

MARTA appoints second-in-command for bus, rail operations

Santiago Osorio will serve as deputy chief, bus operations, while George Wright was promoted to deputy chief, rail operations.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 14, 2020

MARTA names chief customer experience officer, forms rider council

Rhonda Allen has worked closely with all departments across the authority, most recently coordinating plans for Super Bowl LIII.

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