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MARTA TO TAKE OVER ATLANTA STREETCAR The Atlanta City Council last month agreed to turn over the city's streetcar operations, staffing and mainte nance to the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) next year, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. After opening in December 2014, Atlanta Streetcar ridership failed to meet expectations in its first year and fell even further after the city started charging a $1 fare. Additionally, state auditors found problems with staffing, safety and security issues. After the state threatened to shut down the streetcar, the city addressed the problems and then decided to have MARTA operate the system. MARTA officials have said the agency will pay for the streetcar's operations with proceeds from a halfpenny sales tax that voters approved for the agency in November 2016.