r/MARTA

So I bought a new card from the machines with 20 trips and I added it to my Breeze Mobile app. However, when I tried to tap to get through the gates it won’t show up in my Apple wallet; only my saved debit/credit cards.

I see there is a way to add/buy a transit (Breeze) card to your Apple wallet directly but it doesn’t give you the option to use an existing card from the app or to buy a 20 trip pass. You can only do a max 10 trip pass.

Am I missing something or will I need to buy a new “digital” Breeze card with 10 trips the next time if I want to utilize my phone for tap payments?

It’s seems dumb that the way I did it doesn’t appear to work. And also that you can’t buy a digital card with 20 rides to capitalize on the little volume discount is pretty lame.

New fare gates are installed and in operation. Was too lazy to take pictures, sorry. They look like all of the other gates.

I did notice that they have the pattern in the glass, so I assume these are the laminated pairs of 1/4” glass. We’ll see how long that lasts.

After the July 4th fireworks in Decatur last night a capacity crowd left the square and the westbound platform was filling up fast. Marta must have had a train on standby at the Avondale yard because a westbound train appeared on the board 4 minutes away and arrived right as the platform got full.

I know Marta runs extra trains for major events like World Cup matches and the Peachtree Road Race but it was nice to see them on top of things for midsized events too. Well done!

Seeking if there are any FIFA Marta cards left as we got the last week of the World Cup? Specifically on the red/ gold lines?

Rode MARTA to Decatur and back and it was so smooth and fast. Super bummed that ridership will go back down and train times will slow back down…I hope that they stay this way but i know that won’t be the case lol

So it was my first time riding MARTA going from East Point to the fifa event and my friend bought two trips. I bought ten cause I was paranoid.

The system basically stole a ride from my friend. So on the way back it said she had zero on the card. So I was like, “no big deal I’ll just tap mine twice”. That doesn’t work. So I got left behind and the machine said I couldn’t tap twice. Then a random lady just told me to walk behind her and I’m now a fare evader but it balances out cause they stole 2.50 from my friend.

Considering moving somewhere where this would be my commute. How reliable is the MARTA train? I work a job i cant be late for. Also will it be safe riding at 7pm w basic city sense? Even after fifa lol

Since the new fare gates went online June 1, MARTA police have arrested 40 people accused of damaging the gates and have issued 29 outstanding “be on the lookout” alerts for additional suspects.

Does anyone at MARTA actually care about fare evasion? I get followed in or out of the gates at least once per day.