MARTA riders say ‘ghost buses’ and cancellations making it tough to get around

The Brief

  • Riders say scheduled buses are late or never arrive.
  • A new report shows 77 percent of riders missed something important.
  • MARTA plans a bus network overhaul next April to improve reliability.

ATLANTA MARTA riders say it is tough to rely on the bus service when the buses are unreliable.

A new report from the transit advocacy organization Propel ATL finds unreliable buses is the top complaint from MARTA riders — constant cancellations and “ghost buses” which appear to be coming on the MARTA app, but never do.

“You’re left at a bus stop wondering, will this bus show up or not?” Jeremiah Jones, advocacy director at Propel ATL, said.

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