Marta may be going up?

Marta is proposing a new Operating and Capital Budget which includes raising fares from the base of $2.00 to $2.50. Weekly and monthly passes will go up as well. The economy is squeezing the transit agency between cutting routes and increasing the costs to ride Marta. You can see the latest proposal on Marta’s website, www.itsmarta.com. The Marta board of directors will vote on their final budget on June 6, 2011, but they’d like to get your opinions on fares, cutting or maintaining services, and hiring more Marta Police. Tell them what you think at public hearings scheduled on Monday and Tuesday at the locations listed below: 

Monday, May 16, 2011 at 6 pm  

a. South Fulton Service Center
    5600 Stonewall Tell Rd.
    College Park, GA 30349 

b. Fulton County Government Center
    141 Pryor Street
    Atlanta, GA  30303

Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 6 pm 

a. DeKalb Maloof Auditorium
   1300 Commerce Drive
   Decatur, GA  30030 

b. North Fulton Service Center
    7741 Roswell Road
    Sandy Springs, GA  30350