Last year was a good one for MARTA, as CEO Keith Parker outlines in today’s column. There’s a chance 2015 could be even better, if the Legislature follows suggestions from its transportation infrastructure committee and dedicates an annual revenue stream for transit around the state, presumably including MARTA. In our second column, a local think tank executive questions the enthusiasm for transit in a recent Atlanta Regional Commission survey, adding that Clayton County should have explored other options before locking in a 40-year penny sales tax for MARTA.
