Everyone keeps saying Marta is useless but I use it every single day

I live in Decatur and work off the North Avenue stop. I drive maybe twice a month when I absolutely have to. The rest of the time I take the train and it gets me there in 25 minutes flat. Last week my coworker from Alpharetta spent an hour and a half stuck on 85 and told me Marta was a joke. I just don't get why people who never ride it act like they know how bad it is. Has anyone else actually given it a real try for their daily commute?

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garcia.tyler14d ago

FOLKS in Alpharetta don't even know where a train station IS.

kelly_craig14d ago

But have you actually tried driving from Decatur to North Avenue in rush hour though? I live near Decatur and used to take Church Street all the way into town before I gave up and started riding Marta. Took me 45 minutes on a good day and way longer when anything happened. Now I'm on the train 25 minutes every morning reading a book. My buddy in Alpharetta swears he'd never ride Marta but he also spends two hours a day in his car listening to traffic reports. People who never step foot on the train have no clue what they're missing.