Claim: The actual number of Employees and of Population of Central Area differ greatly from the 1983 projections made by Central Atlanta Progress, partially due to the MARTA system, which averaged over 400,000 daily riders in 2014.
Evidence: Employees 204,316 Population of Central Area 99138 In particular, the amount of office space and the number of employees in downtown was overstated by a significant factor. As of 2014, the average total daily ridership for the entire system (bus and rail) was 432,900 passengers. These recommendations, including, making Spring Street and West Peachtree one-way pairs, improving the interstate system, and the construction of a heavy-rail MARTA system, were generally implemented. 107,535 320,000