ATLANTA — MARTA will raise long-term parking rates by $2 a day and cut the free parking period at its paid parking facilities from 24 hours to 14 hours starting on Monday.
MARTA said the change affects all paid long-term parking locations in the system and does not affect existing free daily parking locations.
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College Park, Doraville, Lindbergh and North Springs will increase to $10 a day after 14 hours.
Dunwoody, Kensington, Lenox, Medical Center and Sandy Springs will increase to $7 a day after 14 hours.
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MARTA said the increase will help cover maintenance and future parking and security upgrades.
According to MARTA, upgrades since 2024 include new gates, payment kiosks, payment technology, call boxes, license-plate readers and lighting.
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MARTA also said the new rates are expected to bring in an estimated additional $500,000 in annual operating revenue. The agency said its last systemwide parking fee increase was in 2009 and end-of-line stations increased in 2017.