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MARTA is the sole major transit system that never received “significant, dedicated” funding from state, Chairman said – PolitiFact

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"[U]nlike every other major transit system in the nation, MARTA has never received any significant, dedicated funding from the state of Georgia."

The Metropolitan Atlanta Regional Transit Authority has said repeatedly that it doesn’t get enough money from the state. And unlike any major system in the United States, the money it does receive is far from a sure thing, its advocates have said. Georgia law does not require that the state set aside funds for MARTA. Michael W. Tyler, MARTA’s chairman, made the claim once again in a June 9 op-ed piece that appeared in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He argued that MARTA has done well with limited resources. “[U]nlike every other major transit system in the nation, MARTA has never…

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