By Ariel Hart
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta News
June 28, 2010
The MARTA board meets this afternoon to consider proposed cuts that could mean longer waits for rail passengers, trains with fewer cars, the closing of station bathrooms and cuts in bus service, including the Braves shuttle.
Those are among the belt-tightening measures recommended by a budget committee in May. Under the plan, about 400 of MARTA's 5,000 employees would lose their jobs.
If the full MARTA board passes the plan, the transit agency will drop 41 of its 131 bus routes and cover 482 fewer miles.
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