Image: COMMUTERS ON A STREET CORNER IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA GEORGIA, WAITING FOR A METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY... - NARA - 556808
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Title: COMMUTERS ON A STREET CORNER IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA GEORGIA, WAITING FOR A METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY (MARTA) BUS. RIDERSHIP IN 1974 WAS 73,727,000, AN INCREASE OF 27 PERCENT FROM 1970. MOST OF THE INCREASE CAME FROM PERSONS WHO HAD NEVER BEFORE BEEN REGULAR RIDERS ON THE SYSTEM. A FARE DECREASE FROM 40 TO 15 CENTS, NEW BUSES, NEW ROUTES, NIGHT SERVICE, IMPROVED INFORMATION SERVICE AND FRINGE PARKING WERE REASONS FOR THE PASSENGER INCREASE
Credit: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Author: Jim Pickerell, 1936-, Photographer (NARA record: 4588217)
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