Scott and Tyler said it was important for MARTA to maintain a certain level of service in order to "bridge" to what they hope will be increased mass transit in the region after a 2012 referendum on transportation funding. MARTA still will have a $69 million deficit, which it will pull from reserves. The cuts will plug some of that, but not all. MARTA orginally projected a $120 million deficit. He’s on diuretic medication that makes him need a bathroom frequently. He can’t drive a car, so MARTA is necessary for him to travel. The restrooms were important to wheelchair-bound Ronald Perry, 56. A small amount of bus and train service is being restored, too. Now it intends to leave nine open at some end-of-the-line and transfer stations. MARTA has scaled back the cutbacks a number of times: As early as a month ago it planned to close all bathrooms but those at Five Points station. The sales tax forecast since has improved. The cuts approved on Monday, however, are only half as bad as those proposed earlier this year. MARTA receives much of its operating revenue from a sales tax levied in Fulton and DeKalb counties, and those revenues have declined significantly in the sour economy. On weekends, trains will start at 6 a.m., not 4:45 a.m. Customer call center hours are cutting back, and there will be fewer agents at stations. ![]() Two of MARTA's four ride stores are closing, at Lenox and Lindbergh stations. Between them and vacant positions, MARTA's workforce is shrinking by 14 percent. In addition, more than 300 MARTA employees will lose their jobs, beginning Tuesday. Timetables, stops & times (MARTA Real-Time), route maps, alerts, and trip planner for 132 Tilly Mill Road. “Just the traffic getting in and out, it's, uh, hectic," Richard Segee said. Cuttingthe latter service probably will affect their decision to return. When the station entered service on June 30, 1979, the opening ceremony took place in the south parking lot. It has a track in each direction serving an island platform. Richard and Debbie Segee, who drove from Greenville, S.C., on Friday to see the Braves play Detroit, said they did so partly because co-workers told them how to avoid downtown Atlanta traffic by taking the MARTA train and Braves shuttle. East Lake is a transit station in Atlanta and Decatur, Georgia, serving the Blue Line of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail system. MARTA discussed cutting the Braves shuttle last year but did not vote to do it, MARTA spokeswoman Cara Hodgson said. MARTA CEO Beverly Scott called it "what I would venture to say was the most difficult budget this agency and this board has ever had to face." "It has a very real, negative impact both in terms of educational opportunities for our riders and employment," as they face longer walks, longer commutes and tougher connections. "This has been an extraordinarily difficult and challenging business," Tyler said as the board prepared to vote. Michael Tyler, board chairman, said the cuts were MARTA's biggest ever. Bus routes by number, name and rail station served. MARTA estimates that 86 percent of those passengers still will get what they need from the reduced service. MARTA bus routes MARTA map, MARTA rail map (82k jpg) Buckhead MARTA rail and bus map (132k jpg). MARTA said it provides service to 142,000 passengers per day.
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