Crunching numbers
Apparently, MARTA is the hole, and Creative Loafing puts out some numbers on MARTA's situation, and lots of them are fascinating.
For instance, this past year is only the second time ridership has increased at MARTA (largely due to the struggling economy, rapid urbanization of Atlanta and high fuel prices), and it soared by 11.5 percent. In addition, Atlanta is the only major metro area whose public transit agency gets no help from the state.
For instance, this past year is only the second time ridership has increased at MARTA (largely due to the struggling economy, rapid urbanization of Atlanta and high fuel prices), and it soared by 11.5 percent. In addition, Atlanta is the only major metro area whose public transit agency gets no help from the state.
posted by Jmac at 1:19 PM
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For instance, this past year is only the second time ridership has increased at MARTA
You've misread/misinterpreted the Loaf's factoids in that blog. The idea that rail ridership has only increased two years since it started is ridiculous on its face. What he meant was "Number of years since rail service began in 1979 that MARTA has seen a higher [than 11.5%] ridership increase: 2"
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