MEDIA ADVISORY
April 12, 2023
MARTA, CITY OF ATLANTA HOST PUBLIC UPDATES ON MORE MARTA
ATLANTA PROGRAM
ATLANTA _ The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) and the City of Atlanta will host three public updates to share information and take questions and comments about the More MARTA Atlanta Program. The program of projects is funded by an additional
half-penny sales tax passed by Atlanta voters in 2016.
There will be in-person updates on Tuesday, April 18 and Thursday, April 20 and a virtual update on Wednesday, April 19, all beginning at 6 p.m. These sessions will provide a history of the Program and detail the recent updated sequencing done in partnership with the City that aims to deliver a first tier of projects by
2028. No projects from the original Program were removed and the minor resequencing adjustment was based on current project scopes and market conditions.
The projects included in the first tier are:
Summerhill bus rapid transit (BRT)
Cleveland Ave. arterial rapid transit (ART)
Metropolitan Ave. ART
Bankhead Station platform extension
Streetcar East extension
Five Points Station transformation
Campbellton Rd. BRT
Greenbriar Transit Center
Clifton Corridor BRT
Enhanced bus service citywide
All the above projects are progressing as scheduled in the previous sequencing, except for Clifton Corridor which has advanced more rapidly than originally planned due to the mode change from light rail to bus rapid transit and the segmented nature of
the project, specifically that the segment of the corridor in the City of Atlanta will be completed first with the DeKalb County segment to come later, and North Ave. BRT and Peachtree Rd. ART now move to tier two to be delivered as future projects.
Other tier two projects include:
Northside Dr. BRT
Beltline NE, SE, SW, and West segments
Streetcar West extension
Moores Mill Transit Center
Vine City Station upgrades
| WHAT: |
More MARTA Atlanta in-person public
update |
| WHEN: |
Tuesday, April 18
6 p.m. |
| WHERE: |
Sylvan Middle School
1461 Sylvan Road SW
Atlanta, Ga. 30310 |
MARTA: Oakland City Station (east entrance) and bus route 79 and 172
| WHAT: |
More MARTA Atlanta virtual public update |
| WHEN: |
Wednesday, April 19
6 p.m. |
| JOIN: |
Online:
www.itsmarta.com/moremarta
Phone: 669-444-9171 - access code: 605225# |
| WHAT: |
More MARTA
Atlanta in-person public update |
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| WHEN: |
Thursday,
April 20
6 p.m. |
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| WHERE: |
All Saints Episcopal Church
634 W. Peachtree St. NW
Atlanta, Ga. 30308 |
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MARTA:
North Avenue Station and bus routes 2, 50, 51, 102, and 899
For more information visit
www.itsmarta.com/moremarta
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