MARTA’s postpandemic attempt to claw back some of its ridership has plateaued to a new normal — a shadow of its former self.
Ridership at the beleaguered transit agency has ever so slowly been returning since the COVID plummet. The agency last year saw an overall blip upward from 2023 of less than 1%. And that’s only because more people are riding the bus, up 8% from the previous year.
Ridership on MARTA’s trains dropped 6% last year, according to Federal Transit Administration figures…