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MARTA is SMARTA!

Silly things can make a big difference in the commuterexperience.  Over the past few months, MARTA has put screens in the stations with news, information, temperature, and how long it will be before another train reaches your station! 

Is this a big thing?  No, not really.  However, for the commuters in the stations it seems to make a huge difference!   People like knowing when the next train is going to come.  It helps them plan, makes them less anxious, and  generally improves everyone’s mood. 

What’s especially nice about the screen program is that advertising is paying for the whole
thing! 

Speaking of paying… MARTA is holding hearings on a fare increase on April 25 & 26 and Citizens for Progressive Transit is holding a meeting on Sunday, April 17 at Java Monkey in Decatur.

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