Georgia lawmakers question Atlanta audit of MARTA’s $85 million debt
Georgia lawmakers are questioning the accuracy of an audit of MARTA that led to allegations of overcharging the City of ...
Witness describes chaotic scene in deadly shooting near West End MARTA station
MARTA Police said their officers and Atlanta Police are responding to the incident, which happened around 9:10 p.m. near the ...
Atlanta mayor announces changing ‘vision’ of streetcar, Beltline access at MARTA board meeting
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens attended Thursday’s MARTA board meeting to discuss, among other topics, a proposed change to ...
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MARTA officials say recent audit marks ‘clear win’
Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) said the findings of a recent study disprove Atlanta and Mauldin & Jenkins’ ...
City, MARTA hash out audit spat; make progress on Five Points station plans
The City of Atlanta was previously accused of delaying permits for MARTA to proceed with construction on the Five Points ...
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New report says MARTA owes $865K to Atlanta, not $70 million as city's audit claims
MARTA is pushing back on an independent audit commissioned by the City of Atlanta that claims the transit agency has shorted $70 million for expansion projects funded by a city sales tax. A new ...
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Questions are asked following city of Atlanta audit of MARTA’s $85 million debt
A city audit last year said the transit agency overcharged Atlanta’s Operational Fund to the tune of $70 million dollars. But ...
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GA: Atlanta Mayor Dickens pulls support for starting Beltline rail on Eastside trail
Mayor Andre Dickens said Thursday he no longer wants the first phase of Beltline light rail to go alongside the Eastside ...
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More MARTA report: fund shortchanged $865K, not $70M as city audit claimed
MARTA officials have long objected to the accounting method used by the city’s auditors and reiterated that point to legislators on the transit agency’s oversight committee.
MARTA ridership data more than 1 million below travel forecast, but officials disagree. Here’s why
ATLANTA — The latest publicly available MARTA rider data shows that across all forms of transit, the transport agency saw a 1 ...
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UPDATE: Dickens rejects new MARTA audit findings, 'reprioritizes' streetcar extension to Beltline
Mayor Andre Dickens appeared at the MARTA Board of Directors meeting on March 13 to reject the findings of a new spending ...