claim: "[u]nlike every other major transit system in the nation, marta has never received any significant, dedicated funding from the state of georgia."
author: michael tyler
evidence_1: "[u]nlike every other major transit system in the nation, marta has never  received any significant, dedicated funding from the state of georgia." —  politifact ...
evidence_2: michael tyler · "[u]nlike every other major transit system in the nation, marta  has never received any significant, dedicated funding from the state of georgia.".
evidence_3: like ghosts rising out of a confederate cemetery, atlanta's past lapses in ... in  1965 the georgia general assembly voted to create marta, the mass transit  system for ... no other jurisdiction in georgia had a local option sales tax, so the  general ... hills's marta history also illuminates why the state never contributed  funds ...
evidence_4: the metropolitan atlanta rapid transit authority is the principal public transport  operator in the atlanta metropolitan area. formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system , marta operates a network of bus ... it is the eighth-largest rapid transit system  in the united states by ridership. marta operates almost exclusively in fulton, ...
evidence_5: nov 14, 2018 ... georgia's amazon bid featured an 'amazon u' and a dedicated amazon transit  ... on marta, the city of atlanta's public-transportation system, an ... had  amazon chosen georgia to host either of its two headquarters, the state would  have ... and post-secondary institutions in all twelve regions of the state.