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View of (middleground, center, left to right) Atlanta Vice Mayor Maynard Jackson, Georgia State Senator Leroy Johnson, and Atlanta Alderman Q. V. Williamson speaking to Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) officials (foreground) at a meeting concerning overall service and black employment by the transit authority, in Atlanta, Georgia.The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is the principle rapid transit system for the city of Atlanta, and outlying counties. MARTA was established in 1965 by an act of the Georgia General Assembly. In 1972 MARTA purchased the Atlanta Transit System and took control of the area's bus transportation. Construction began on a rapid rail system in 1975 with the first rail service commencing in 1979.

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Atlanta History Center

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Digital Library of Georgia