Atlanta Transit Agent
I set out to prove MARTA underserves Atlanta’s poorest neighbourhoods. The data refused.
Median weekday trips per stop
Inside a Community of Concern464 stops41
Everywhere else6,549 stops40
Service is marginally higher where the city says need is greatest. The correlation between car-free households and bus service is +0.27 — positive.
But two places lag, at comparable need
Bankhead Courts / Bolton34.4% no car
20
Ivan Hill31.0% no car
30
Vine City49.2% no car
62
Campbellton Road31.7% no car
80
A 4× spread inside the city’s own high-need areas. Ask the agent about any of them — it queries MARTA’s schedule and the Communities of Concern layer directly, and every figure it gives you comes back from that query.