Talk:Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority/Archive 1

message: I think this should be moved back to MARTA. Mike H. That's hot 01:07, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Why? -SCEhardT 04:06, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Oppose; this is the official name and MARTA already redirects here. AUTiger ʃ talk/work 04:29, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oppose? I didn't ask for a vote. I was just suggesting. Calm down. Mike H. That's hot 12:59, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm calm, just wanted to get my vote in early before the rush. :-) AUTiger ʃ talk/work 01:51, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

text: It is the popular name, and even the logo says "MARTA." Aren't we supposed to name articles by their popular names, or does that only go for people? Mike H. That's hot 23:38, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If it's only more popular because it's an abbreviation and so shorter to say and write, I don't think it would be in the same class as names of persons. We don't rename "United States" to "U.S." or "Playstation 2" to "PS2". -- Centrx 22:30, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggested move

message: I would like to see a source other than "According to MARTA" on the statement that 85% of the riders are from Fulton and DeKalb. AubieTurtle 04:05, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, but we also need a source for your recent addition -SCEhardT 04:23, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've noted in my office (consulting firm in Atlanta) a larger number of employees who moved from other areas keep their cars registered in their home states, typically due to Fulton/Dekalbs high tax on registrations and Georgia's required emissions inspections. Speaking with friends at other firms I've found similar results.--mitrebox 01:08, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ridership percentage 

message: I have no idea is its legal or not but the homeless people standing outside the station will sell you a token for a dollar.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.61.68.116 (talk • contribs) .
It was recently in the news that MARTA police arrested a man for reselling a token.  There is much talk outside of the press as to whether the guy was really just trying to help someone out or if this was something he did on a regular basis.  Though the law was originally enacted to prevent profiteering from buying up large quantities of tokens before a fare increase, MARTA doesn't like people reselling tokens because it gives the sellers incentive to jam the faregates so they can get out free tokens to go sell.  It will soon be a moot point since the new Breeze fare system does not use tokens and all of the faregates will be replaced. AubieTurtle 05:07, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It could still be an important historical point. -- Centrx 22:31, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Black market]] tokens?

message: Should it be noted the failure of the breeze gates and vending machines? It has not been documented in the media or any other source to my knowledge. However if you have ever been to Five Points or some of the other stations there is always a gate or two that has some type of sign or barricade blocking one of the Breeze Gates. The info on the screen says barricade malfunction. Also at Five Points there always seems to be mechanics working on the Breeze Machines or taking the gates apart doing work on them. Did MARTA screw up?Amazingracer 01:08, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia policy prohibits original research so you need a news article documenting Breeze failures.  Even if you were to take a photograph, there would be no way of knowing if the photgraph had been staged or if it was a one day situation or something that's going on continuously. Are you sure that the AJC hasn't done an article on it?  They're located right near Five Points so if there is a problem, they're likely to know about it.  They often do articles on MARTA problems so I suggest going to ajc.com or use Google to find a published reference if you wish to add this information to the article.  AubieTurtle 18:49, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for clearing that up. Breeze is a huge upgrade for Marta, but would have its setbacks. Im not trying to bash Marta but was trying to see if some one else had come across an article concerning the broken gates. Which seem to be fixed at Five Points, but several gates at the Arts Center station have been down for about a week now.Amazingracer 04:31, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

text: Just so everyone doesn't think Amazingracer is crazy, I too have seen gates broken very frequently at the Midtown station. Usually it is only one (sometimes two) so people can still use the other gates with minimal inconvenience.  This is a big improvement over the old system in which frequently every turnstile at an entrance would be broken, but still one would hope MARTA could attend to the broken gates more quickly. Biomedeng 14:47, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Broken Breeze

message: Most of the Breeze information has been spun off into another article.  I cleaned up this article and tried to better organize it, but I am still wondering if it is worthy of a seperate article.  What do others think about keeping Breeze seperate from MARTA or merging it back into the MARTA article?  Biomedeng 01:07, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Since other transit systems have seperate articles regardin their fare media, I think it's ok. It keeps the MARTA article cleared up, but the Breeze Card article should stay updated and in good shape. While I did not make the article, thanks for your work on it! Amazingracer 18:01, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Seperate Breeze Card Article