Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)

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government agency public transportation agency transit authority

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is the primary public transportation agency serving the Atlanta metropolitan area, operating a network of heavy rail, bus, and paratransit services.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority	69
MARTA	8
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority rail system	4
MARTA Rail	3
MARTA rail system	2
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) canonical	2
Clayton County Transit (via MARTA bus service)	1
MARTA Mobility	1
MARTA heavy rail	1
MARTA rail lines	1
MARTA transit network	1
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Police Department	1
served by Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T128650 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)
Context triple: [Atlanta, hasPublicTransitSystem, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)]

A. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is the agency that manages public transportation services, including Metrorail and Metrobus, in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region.
B. MBTA
The MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) is the public transit agency that operates subway, bus, commuter rail, and ferry services in the Greater Boston area.
C. Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the public agency responsible for operating and overseeing much of the mass transit and commuter rail systems in the New York City metropolitan area.
D. Atlanta BeltLine
The Atlanta BeltLine is a major urban redevelopment project transforming a former railway corridor into a network of multi-use trails, parks, and transit encircling Atlanta’s core neighborhoods.
E. Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit is the primary public bus system serving Ithaca and the surrounding Tompkins County region in New York.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)
Target entity description: The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is the primary public transportation agency serving the Atlanta metropolitan area, operating a network of heavy rail, bus, and paratransit services.

A. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is the agency that manages public transportation services, including Metrorail and Metrobus, in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region.
B. MBTA
The MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) is the public transit agency that operates subway, bus, commuter rail, and ferry services in the Greater Boston area.
C. Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the public agency responsible for operating and overseeing much of the mass transit and commuter rail systems in the New York City metropolitan area.
D. Atlanta BeltLine
The Atlanta BeltLine is a major urban redevelopment project transforming a former railway corridor into a network of multi-use trails, parks, and transit encircling Atlanta’s core neighborhoods.
E. Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit is the primary public bus system serving Ithaca and the surrounding Tompkins County region in New York.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency ⓘ public transportation agency ⓘ transit authority ⓘ
airportStation	Airport station ⓘ
alsoServes	Clayton County, Georgia ⓘ parts of Cobb County, Georgia ⓘ
beganBusOperations	1972 ⓘ
beganRailOperations	1979 ⓘ
centralHubStation	Five Points station ⓘ
connectsTo	Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fareCollectionMethod	proof-of-payment with faregates ⓘ
fareSystem	Breeze Card ⓘ Breeze Mobile ⓘ
founded	1965 ⓘ
fundingSource	sales tax ⓘ
governingBody	MARTA Board of Directors ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: MARTA
hasMotto	“It’s MARTA” ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.itsmarta.com ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Atlanta ⓘ surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
legalForm	independent authority ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Georgia ⓘ
numberOfRailLines	4 ⓘ
numberOfRailStations	38 ⓘ
operates	MARTA Bus ⓘ Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: MARTA Mobility Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: MARTA Rail
powerSupply	third rail electrification ⓘ
primaryServiceArea	Atlanta ⓘ surface form: City of Atlanta DeKalb County, Georgia ⓘ Fulton County, Georgia ⓘ
providesService	express bus service ⓘ local bus service ⓘ paratransit service for riders with disabilities ⓘ
railGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
railLine	Blue Line ⓘ Gold Line ⓘ Green Line ⓘ Red Line ⓘ
railSystemType	heavy rail rapid transit ⓘ
region	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: Southeastern United States
serves	Atlanta–Athens–Clarke–Sandy Springs Combined Statistical Area ⓘ surface form: Atlanta metropolitan area
serviceType	bus ⓘ heavy rail ⓘ paratransit ⓘ
shortName	Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: MARTA