This is only the beginning of the cuts, unless we act now!

MARTA faces considerable budget shortfalls for next year - join us to fight for increased local, state, and federal funding for transit!

MARTA Service Changes take effect August 15th

Fare Increase takes effect October 1st

MARTA agrees to ATRU demands on fare increase

ATRU demands on passage of any fare increase

1) No multi-year phase in. Public comment is necessary every year.

2) Base fare for variable based pricing in 2012 must be reduced from $2.

3) Convene a Rider Taskforce to provide input on goals and fare levels of variable based pricing.

People's Press Conference

Wednesday, May 6th, ATRU, Concerned Transit Riders for Equal Access, Atlanta ADAPT, People First, and Jobs with Justice held a press conference at 5 Points to call for no service cuts, no fare increases, and state funding of transit.

Speaker at Press Conference

Statement on Legislature's Failure to Act for Transit

Atlanta JWJ and the Transit Riders' Union have released a statement on the failure of the Georgia Legislature to lift MARTA's budget restrictions.

Transit Riders' Union Op-Ed in the AJC

The Transit Riders' Union published an op-ed in the February 6th Atlanta Journal-Constitution outlining our position on the financial crisis at MARTA.

Financial Crisis Hits the Public Sector

MARTA, Grady, and the City of Atlanta are all facing cuts in services and jobs. We need to demand federal, state, and regional financial assistance. It is time for the people's bailout! Read the Transit Riders' Union Statement on the crisis at MARTA. Join the Transit Riders' Union to organize against the MARTA fare increase, service cuts, and layoffs! Come to our organizing meeting on January 21st.

Transit Riders' Union files Civil Rights Complaint against ARC and GRTA

November 2008: TRU filed a complaint with the Federal Transit Agency claiming that the Atlanta Regional Commission and Georgia Regional Transportation Authority are violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the Presidential Order on Environmental Justice by using 70% congestion weighting in the transportation project selection process. This emphasis on congestion relief explicitly prioritizes the transportation needs of peak-hour, high volume corridor drivers, who tend to originate in higher income block groups, over the transportation needs of the transit dependent, low-income, people of color, elderly, disabled, and youth populations. Download a copy of the complaint and contact us to find out how to sign on.

Transit Riders' Union release the people's plan for regional transit in Atlanta

April 2008: The Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta Regional Commission, developers, and local politicians are all talking about the need for regional transit. But what would a regional transit system look like if it was planned by the people who rely on it and operate it everyday?

For two years TRU, members of ATU Local 732, and Concerned Paratransit Riders (now CTREA) have worked to analyze the current transit system and proposed expansions and develop our own vision for accountable, affordable, and accessible regional transit. Check out our plan and contact us to find out how you can help move it forward!

Jobs with Justice joined up with ATU, AFSCME, public housing residents, disability rights' activists, and others to defend the Public Sector in Atlanta

We believe that the profit motive -with its inherent injustice- has no place in government or the public sector. We cannot trust private companies, driven to make a profit, with the provision of services guaranteed under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We see the interconnections between the struggles over privatization at Grady Hospital, funding and control of regional transit, and the destruction of public housing in Atlanta. Many of the same people (often poor and people of color) use all of these services. This public sector power grab is a concerted effort by Atlanta business interests and politicians to revitalize the city in their own image, making it clear that the poor are not welcome here. We believe that all people have a right to the city and the responsibility to protect this right.

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