Beginning May 30, 2026, fare payment will be required to ride MARTA as new fare gates and emergency exit doors close systemwide.

Customers can tap to ride using:

✔️ Credit or debit card

✔️ Mobile wallet

✔️ New Breeze card or ticket

✔️ Virtual Breeze card in Apple, Google, or Samsung Wallet

Please note: ⚠️ Old Breeze cards and the Breeze Mobile 2.0 app are no longer accepted on the new Breeze system.


The transportation committeee met on November 18th, and brainstormed potential activities for 2026. In particular, they discussed ideas for tactical urbanism projects, based on ATLDOT’s published recommendations.

Later in the month, committee members learned of plans to build a new datacenter at West End Production Park. The project would require an exemption from a city ordinance that prohibits data centers within a half mile of MARTA Stations and the Beltline. Committee members agreed that the project would not support the community’s goals for the neighborhood.

Among other reasons:

On October 21st, the transportation committee substituted it’s regular monthly meeting for the PropelATL candidate forum, held at Underground Atlanta. Committee members met at the West End MARTA station and rode the train together to Five Points, braving the the labyrinthine passageways through the construction on the station’s multimillion dollar renovation. The event featured candidates from districts 2, 7, and 12, as well as the post 1 at-large seat. Questions covered transit service, pedestrian accessibility, housing, zoning, and finance. On our way back, we took a detour and stopped at the new Azalea Fresh Market in downtown and were impressed by the new shared venture from Savi Provisions and the City of Atlanta. Overall, the trip was a fun change of pace, and a good opportunity to explore the city by transit.