noun
Street Slang
marta
· noun · atlanta
Atlanta's rail and bus system — the city's public transit, lovingly roasted.
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Definitions
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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority — the city's subway and bus network. Limited reach (most OTP counties opted out decades ago) but a cultural fixture; ATL artists name-drop MARTA stations as neighborhood markers.
“Meet me at Five Points, I'm on MARTA.”
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marta In A Sentence
Meet me at Five Points, I'm on MARTA.
Origin & Usage
Authority founded 1971, rail opened 1979. Backronym joke 'Moving Africans Rapidly Through Atlanta' is local folklore, not the real name.
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