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Two legislators on the MARTA oversight committee have suggested to the transit agency that it do more research on distance-based fares, and employ such a system to raise revenues. Today, MARTA’s leader explains that it’s a complicated process to switch, and it would be premature to do so right now, as the Atlanta Regional Commission is studying further integration of suburban bus systems with MARTA. In our second column, a transportation analyst writes how distance-based fares could help MARTA.
Guest columnists:
Transit fares for the future by Keith T. Parker
MARTA should embrace distance fares by Baruch Feigenbaum
