Due to forecasted inclement weather, MARTA will operate lifeline bus routes only, and reduced rail and paratransit services on Saturday, January 24th. Visit itsmarta.com for details
Sat. Jan. 24: MARTA will operate on an inclement weather service plan. Bus Service begins 5:00 a.m. with the following lifeline routes: Routes 6, 8, 19, 40, 107, 110, 111, 123, 185, and 196.Rail Service begins 6:00 a.m. with trains on special 20-minute schedules. Streetcar shuttles begin service at 8:21 a.m., operating on Saturday schedules. Mobility service will honor pre-booked medically-necessary trips only. See https://itsmarta.com/marta-implement-inclement-weather-service-jan24th.aspx for additional details.
Budget Variance
Definition: The difference (measured in percentage terms) between the actual net operating expenses and the budget.
Performance (September 2025):
The budget variance for the month of September was unfavorable at 14.18% over the forecast, mostly due to unfavorable variances in labor costs and contractual services expenses for the Mobility contract.
Note: These figures are preliminary and unaudited.
Note: In April 2025, we revised the budget variance formula in this report to match other Finance reporting. The calculation previously showed a positive value when over-budget and negative when under-budget. With this revision, values that are over-budget will be negative (i.e., unfavorable) and under-budget will be positive (i.e., favorable). This inversion is the only change, and it matches the calculation to other public financial reporting at MARTA. It will apply to historical and current values.