Obverse of Atlanta Transit Company token, with logo.

Reverse of Atlanta Transit Company, which says "Going your way every day. One Fare."

Atlanta Transit System (ATC) ran Atlanta transit from 1950 to 1972. Flag Seal Nickname: The Horizon City, Hotlanta, The Big Peach, A-Town, The ATL Location Location in Fulton and DeKalb counties in the state of Georgia Government Country State Counties United States Georgia Fulton County, Georgia DeKalb County, Georgia Mayor Shirley Franklin (D) Geographical characteristics Area    - City 132. ...

Since the 1920s, the Georgia Railway and Power Company (now part of Southern Company), had been losing money on transit. They commissioned a study from Beeler in 1926 but the suggestions weren't enough to help. Southern Company is a US electricity corporation. ...

In 1949 they ran their last trolley and the next year saw a five week strike of their drivers. At that point, the ATC was formed ridding Georgia Power of the costs associated with running a transit system.

The system consisted of trackless trolleys, buses, mechanics, drivers and their union, Amalgamated Street Car Union Local 732. Trolleybus public transfer in Bratislava, Slovakia A trolleybus (also known as electric bus, trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tram or simply trolley) is a bus powered by two overhead electric wires, from which it draws electricity using two trolley poles. ...

One of their promotional drives was called Orchids for Operators where customers could nominate helpful or courteous employees for that honor.

In 1962, they phased out trackless trolleys which allowed the city to remove most overhead wires.

In 1965, MARTA was formed and it began planning a new rail system. By 1972 when planning was mostly finished finished and Atlanta and Fulton and DeKalb Counties had signed on, MARTA purchased ATC for US$13 million making it the sole mass transit entity in the area. The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, commonly called MARTA, is the operator of Atlanta, Georgias public transit system, consisting of a network of bus routes linked to a heavy rail rapid transit system. ... This article is about general United States currency. ...

References

• Jenkins, Herbert, Forty Years on the Force, 1972
• Martin, Jean, Mule to MARTA, 1976