Government, community and transit leaders agree — the departure of MARTA CEO Collie Greenwood puts the transit agency at an inflection point. The following questions need to be answered: Will local, regional and state leaders coalesce around a “world-class” vision for transit in Georgia’s capital city? Will those community leaders be able to convince a […]
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I doubt there is any single person who can do much to improve MARTA. It’s less an issue with how MARTA handles itself and more an issue with how the city and people of the city view MARTA.
There have been so many proposals to expand MARTA that get voted down by the people. Only way MARTA could become a world class transit system is if it was forced on the people. And I just don’t see that happening. Because those people would never get voted into office.