MARTA Army launched this past weekend at Transportation Camp South. MARTA Army is an independent grassroots organization that aims at making MARTA better through hands-on, small-scale volunteer-led initiatives (also referred to as "tactical urbanism"). I am involved with MARTA Army, in particular setting up their first initiative named "Operation TimelyTrip", allowing volunteers to adopt and attach printed schedules to MARTA bus stops to bus stops. (More on the TimelyTrip story in the next few days.)
At Transportation Camp, MARTA Army recruited about 50 volunteers who adopted bus stops around Atlanta, and MARTA Army printed signs for each of the adopted stops. About 20 more signed up to the mailing list during Atlanta Streets Alive this past Sunday. The printed schedules that will be attached to these stops look as follows:
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| MARTA Army Signs for Operation TimelyTrip. |
This past weekend is seen as quite successful and validated the necessity of knowing bus schedules, for way MARTA buses are set up. Many uncertainties became answers, and there are new things that MARTA Army leadership including myself will have to measure.
The communities that MARTA Army contacted were all really excited about Operation TimelyTrip, and MARTA Army will be there to recruit volunteers and print schedules. The next community events are with East Point and Latin American Association, both in the Atlanta close suburbs. Stay tuned for more info, or follow MARTA Army directly on social media: facebook.com/martaarmy, or #martaarmy on Twitter!
