Today’s moderator: Tom Sabulis

A 20-year veteran of the AJC, Tom Sabulis has covered news, politics and the arts during a career that has taken him to newspapers across the country. Since 2008, he has coordinated many of the newspaper’s pro/con debates and first-person guest columns.

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Wait times and ridership are inversely proportional, a MARTA official told me recently: If wait times are increased, they lose passengers. So it's no surprise that the deficit-troubled agency has been losing customers since it cut service on trains and buses in 2010. And with fewer riders, how do you justify improving the long wait times that frustrate commuters? It's a tough fix, but something needs to be done, as I write today along with a local transportation advocate.

Putting the 'R' back in MARTA by Tom Sabulis

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The freedom frequency provides by David Emory