MARTA Cuts Back on Decatur Bus Routes

Decatur, GA
Photo NextStopDecatur.com

By Ariel Hart

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
MARTA bus route N0. 1, serving the heart of downtown Atlanta – gone.
North Druid Hills Road bus service, from Lawrenceville Highway to Clairmont Road– gone.
Bus service on Moreland Avenue, between Ponce de Leon Avenue and Freedom Parkway – gone.
Bus No. 38, the only one to Chastain Park – gone.

As MARTA grapples with a $120 million budget deficit, these were among the proposed changes that could impact MARTA riders the most within months.

The anticipated cuts are so severe the situation represents a wholesale restructuring of the transportation service, MARTA board member Harold Buckley said.

“We’re going to affect the lives of many, many people,” said Buckley, calling it the worst budgetary situation in his 25 years on the board. “This is a difficult time."

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