page_title: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
section_title: Atlanta BeltLine
hierarchical_section_title: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority / Expansion plans / Atlanta BeltLine
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Atlanta showing Belt Line and the 5 discontinuities in the track. Traced by me with Inkscape over source map.
context_page_description: The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority is the principal public transport operator in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system, MARTA operates a network of bus routes linked to a rapid transit system consisting of 48 miles of rail track with 38 train stations. MARTA's rapid transit system is the eighth-largest rapid transit system in the United States by ridership.
  MARTA operates almost exclusively in Fulton, Clayton, and DeKalb counties, although they maintain bus service to two destinations in neighboring Cobb County. MARTA also operates Mobility, a separate paratransit service for disabled customers. As of 2014, the average total daily ridership for the entire system was 432,900 passengers.
context_section_description: Additionally, several traffic corridors are currently being studied by MARTA for possible system expansion. The BeltLine is a current proposal for the use of light rail and possibly bus or streetcar service on existing railroad rights-of-way around Atlanta's central business districts. The conversion of existing rail right-of-way to the proposed BeltLine also calls for the creation of three additional MARTA rapid transit stations where existing lines intersect the Belt Line at Simpson Road, Hulsey Yard, and Murphy Crossing.
caption: Map showing BeltLine and connected neighborhoods; numbers represent discontinuities in current rights of way
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