Perhaps you’ve seen the brand new MARTA shuttle buses zipping round city with painted slogans on the edges studying, “The City Has Never Been Closer to Your Door.”
If you haven’t, MARTA hopes you will quickly.
The transit company is ramping up outreach efforts for its new on-demand rideshare program, MARTA Reach, that launched in three particular areas round Atlanta earlier this month. Three pop-up occasions will intention to unfold the phrase about MARTA Reach this week at stations from Decatur to the Westside.
The app-based service, a partnership between MARTA and Georgia Tech, will run for six months on a pilot foundation, ending August 31.
The aim is to take a look at how MARTA’s on-demand shuttles may help hyperlink prospects to bigger bus and rail networks from their houses, offering first and last-mile connectivity. (Reviews we’ve personally heard have been optimistic to date; this system’s App Store ranking is 4.5 of 5 stars, primarily based on eight critiques, with one patron claiming, “This app changed my life.”)
Courtesy of MARTA
MARTA Reach operates from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays, and rides price $2.50, the identical as common MARTA fare.
The app guides customers to designated pick-up and drop-off stops close to their houses, and in true rideshare style, different passengers may be picked up en route to prepare stations. MARTA says the typical wait time for a shuttle is about quarter-hour—relying on visitors, street closures, and time of day—which minimizes ready and strolling total, per the company.
For now, MARTA Reach operates in three “zones” the place MARTA is learning how this system works in closely residential, mixed-use, and industrial settings.
MARTA’s program is being piloted in, from left, West Atlanta (residential), Belvedere (mixed-use), and Gillem Logistics Center (industrial) zones. Courtesy of MARTA
Pop-up occasions that sound like pep rallies for the MARTA Reach program shall be held from 4 to 6 p.m. this week at three MARTA stations, that includes dwell music, refreshments, and “giveaways including MARTA swag, Breeze cards, and retailer gift cards,” per MARTA officers.
Those are East Lake station (Tuesday), H.E. Holmes station (Wednesday), and Avondale station (Thursday).
Find extra data about MARTA Reach right here, or contact MARTA with questions concerning the service by way of this e mail handle: Reach@itsmarta.com.
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