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MARTA interim CEO outlines ridership gains, AFC2 payment rollout and local projects at Fulton County meeting
Summary
MARTA's interim CEO and police chief told Fulton County commissioners the transit authority is seeing rising ridership, testing new fare gates and preparing for systemwide Automated Fare Collection (AFC2) and major projects including the Rapid A line and 5 Points transformation.
MARTA gave a quarterly briefing to the Fulton County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 1 covering ridership trends, capital projects, safety efforts and a major systemwide fare‑collection upgrade.
Lede: Jonathan Hunt, MARTA’s interim general manager and CEO, said MARTA moved about 423,000 customers safely over Labor Day weekend and reported increasing ridership trends heading into fall; the agency is piloting fare gates and preparing to launch a systemwide Automated Fare Collection 2 (AFC2) “Better Breeze” platform next spring.
Nut graf: The presentation laid out multiple capital and service projects in or affecting Fulton County — including Airport…
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