FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Thursday,
August 20, 2026
MARTA INCREASES LONG-TERM PARKING RATES TO FUND IMPROVEMENTS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY
ATLANTA – The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
(MARTA) is increasing its long-term parking rates by $2 a day and reducing
the free period in its paid parking facilities from 24 hours to 14 hours
beginning Monday, September 14, 2026.
This affects all paid long-term
parking locations in the system but does NOT affect any of MARTA’s existing
free daily parking locations. The increase supports maintenance and future
upgrades to our parking facilities, follows market conditions, and moves
MARTA’s parking operation toward self-sufficiency.
Stations
increasing to $10 per day (after 14 hours):
- College Park
- Doraville
- Lindbergh
- North Springs
Stations increasing to $7 per
day (after 14 hours):
- Dunwoody
- Kensington
- Lenox
- Medical Center
- Sandy Springs
Why are long-term parking fees changing?
- It helps recover the cost of recent upgrades to our automated
parking facilities system-wide. New gates, payment kiosks, payment technology,
call boxes, license-plate readers, and lighting have made it faster and more
convenient to park at our stations since 2024.
- It supports future upgrades to better lighting and other security
measures in our parking facilities.
- It brings MARTA’s rates closer to market conditions for private
parking facilities near its stations. Rates remain well below
market rate for the Airport area and business districts.
- It positions MARTA’s parking operations to be
self-sufficient in the future, without relying on funding from other
sources like fares and tax revenue.
New parking rates are expected to generate an
estimated additional $500,000 of annual operating revenue for the
Authority. MARTA’s last system-wide increase in parking fees was in 2009.
End-of-line stations were increased in 2017.
To learn more, please visit the
website at itsmarta.com/parking-fees.aspx.
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