Plan Safe
Safety Systems, Assurance and Solutions for the Rail Industry
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), US, has presented a budget of $787.6m for fiscal 2010 to the board of directors of the Business Management Committee. The budget includes $399.1m for the net transit operating budget and $388.5m for the capital budget, which incl
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), US, has presented a budget of $787.6m for fiscal 2010 to the board of directors of the Business Management Committee.
The budget includes $399.1m for the net transit operating budget and $388.5m for the capital budget, which includes $134m for debt service.
As MARTA is facing a budget deficit, agency officials have come up with internal and external recommendations.
External recommendations include a 25% base fare hike, a three-year adjustment in pass prices, commitment to implement variable-based fares by 2012, adjusting rail service headway and hours of service, and a $1 parking fee hike at nine lots.
Internal cost-saving recommendations include elimination of annual merit increase, an increase in medical benefit contributions and implementation of up to a ten-day furlough for all non-represented employees.
A public hearing process on the budget proposal is pending for June 2009 and will be finally presented to MARTA’s full board of directors on 22 June.
Safety Systems, Assurance and Solutions for the Rail Industry
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