Omar Troy establishes his independence

Omar sketches a self-portrait in pencil while riding a MARTA train to work. He hopes to work one day as a cartoonist.

• 5:13 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Omar Troy establishes his independence

After catching a bus near his Stone Mountain home, Omar runs to catch his MARTA train at the Indian Creek Station to continue the second leg of his two-hour journey to work.

• 5:13 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Traffic and MARTA

Traffic in Atlanta is something everybody who lives here talks about. The commute times in the metro area are consistently among the worst in the country according to various publications. MARTA is Atlanta's principal form of rapid-transit but the city is a driving city.

• 7:49 a.m. Monday, April 15, 2013

MARTA bucks national trend: Ridership keeps falling

MARTA patrons get on buses to make connection with trains at the Avondale Estates station, Tuesday, March 26, 2013.

• 12:00 a.m. Sunday, March 31, 2013

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• 6:57 p.m. Saturday, March 30, 2013

Downtown Atlanta gulch project

July 27, 2012 - Atlanta - An overview of "the Gulch" looking west from Forsyth St. toward Philips Arena and the Georgia Dome. "The Gulch" contains existing MARTA and railroad lines.

• 7:59 p.m. Friday, March 29, 2013

AJC Photos of the Week, March 23-29, 2013

LEDE MARCH 27, 2013 AVONDALE ESTATES MARTA patrons get on buses to make connection with trains at the Avondale Estates station, Tuesday, March 26, 3013. MARTA, the nation's ninth largest public transit system, lost riders in 2012, continuing a troubling trend for metro Atlanta's primary means of shuttling workers and ...

• 10:32 p.m. Thursday, March 28, 2013

Darien Long

Darien Long became an Internet sensation and a hero to many for his no-nonsense approach to dealing with criminals at his tiny indoor shopping center near the Five Points MARTA station.

• 7:45 p.m. Thursday, March 21, 2013

MARTA could lose 800 jobs

111611 Atlanta, Ga; Seen through the rearview mirror, MARTA bus operator Michael Majette sits behind a prototype operator shield as he watches another MARTA bus travel by in the route 110 bus Wednesday morning in Atlanta, Ga., November 16, 2011. MARTA is testing operator shields that would help defuse bus ...

• 11:01 a.m. Thursday, March 14, 2013

MARTA bus driver

• 10:56 a.m. Thursday, March 14, 2013

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• 10:22 a.m. Thursday, March 14, 2013

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Binh Dam with Citizens for Progressive Transit hands out pamphlets to MARTA patrons on Feb. 28, 2013. at Five Points MARTA station in Atlanta. Transit union officials are rallying riders in a full-court press against proposed legislation to privatize parts of MARTA

• 10:28 p.m. Monday, March 4, 2013

MARTA bus flips

• 11:34 a.m. Monday, March 4, 2013

1 injured in MARTA bus accident

A MARTA bus overturned on Kimberly Road in south Fulton County Sunday. (WSB-TV)

• 4:34 p.m. Sunday, March 3, 2013

While much of Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent's 2012 pay was in the form of perks in addition to cash, here are some examples of what the money could pay for.

MARTA’s annual operating deficit of $30 million

• 2:42 p.m. Friday, March 1, 2013

Transit riders get fit, stay relaxed

November 28, 2012 DECATUR Patrons board buses in the Marta bus loop in downtown Dercatur Wednesday, November 28, 2012. MARTA: Love it or hate it, more and more people need it. The number of workers who depend on MARTA to get to their jobs - nearly 100,000 people - has ...

• 1:52 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, 2013

Soggy Thursday, heavier rain next week

Lily Shulkins, 16, a junior at Decatur high school heads across the artistic design over the Decatur MARTA station. Rain moved into metro Atlanta early Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 and forecasters are warning that another soggy weather system arriving late in the weekend could bring the risk of flooding to ...

• 9:46 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013

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TEMPERATURE DROP--January 22, 2013 Atlanta: Glenn Gilley (left) and Kazandra Jones (right) make their way to the bus along Peachtree Street at the Five Points MARTA station in downtown Atlanta Tuesday morning against the cold. Temperatures were in the upper 20s and low 30s across metro Atlanta early Tuesday, Jan. ...

• 11:24 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013

January 20, 2013

Jerry Ayres, of Mableton, finds a seat on MARTA as he heads to the Georgia Dome on Sunday afternoon Jan. 20, 2013 for the NFC Championship game against the 49ers. JOHNNY CRAWFORD / JCRAWFORD@AJC.COM

• 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013

MARTA CEO Keith Parker

MARTA CEO Keith Parker and MARTA executives unveiled a new strategy to solve problems cited in an audit during a press conference on Friday, Jan. 18, 2013.

• 8:14 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, 2013