feel it still came out in 1977.
what year did feel it still come out?
1977
in addition to fare collections, the marta budget is funded by a 1% sales tax in fulton, clayton and dekalb counties along with limited federal money. in 2017, the city of atlanta raised their sales tax for marta to 1.5% to improve and expand marta. for fiscal year 2007, marta had a farebox recovery ratio of 31.8%. by law, funds from the 1% sales tax must be split evenly between marta's operational and capital expenditure budgets. this restriction does not apply to other sources of revenue, including passenger revenue. the split was written into marta legislation at marta's formation with the rationale that marta should continue expanding and investing in the system. however, marta has no active rail construction projects. capital funds continue to decrease every year, creating a shortfall. the operations funds limit the amount of service marta provides. the sales tax law was amended by the state legislature in 2002 to allow a temporary three-year 45% capital/55% operations split. this additional 5% for operations expired in 2005. a 2005 bill to renew the split was tabled by the legislature's marta oversight committee, forcing marta to pass a new budget with cuts in service. the temporary 45%/55% capital/operations split was renewed again in the 2006 state legislative session. the capital funds surplus has resulted in projects, such as a new us$100 million breeze card fare collection system and us$1.1 million automatic toilets in the marta five points station, occurring at the same time that marta is struggling to pay for bus and rail operations. in 2015, the georgia general assembly approved a new bill that no longer requires marta to split the 1% sales tax. due to low sales tax revenue and no source of funding from the state of georgia, marta was forced to eliminate 43 bus routes, eliminate shuttles, (excluding the six flags over georgia and braves shuttle) and reduce rail service frequencies and hours. marta also closed the majority of its station restrooms. there are 13 station restrooms open to the public, which most are located at the end of each line including college park, arts center, peachtree center, west end, avondale, kensington and lindbergh center. there are two ridestores available. the two ridestores are located at the airport and five points rail stations. despite the massive cuts, marta predicted the system would still come up 69.34 million dollars short for fy 2011; in which was pulled from their reserved account. a $9 million addition was posted for 2013. this money is being re-invested into the system by adding frequency to trains and bus routes.
metropolitan atlanta rapid transit authority
today, guests still come and conversation still flows in many languages at the long table of casa na bolom. mayan indians sell their tapestries in the shaded patio. the garden pathways are lined with the mescal bottles trudi blamed for frans' death. the lacandon still come to stay. the bloms' adopted daughter, dona betty, is in charge of the kitchen. their adopted lancandon son, kayum, often stays at na bolom with his family. the asociación cultural na bolom a.c. perpetuates the work of frans and trudi blom, sponsoring a newsletter, art shows, concerts, exhibits, and other events and projects dedicated to the lacandon maya and the selva lacandona.
casa na bolom