The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) recently opened its new Travel Training Facility, designed to help customers with disabilities learn how to move beyond paratransit and use the train and fixed route bus networks. Cutting the ribbon, from left: MARTA Board Chairman Frederick L. Daniels Jr., FTA Region IV Administrator Dr. Yvette Taylor, MARTA General Manager/Chief Executive Officer Keith T. Parker, Chief Operating Officer Rich Krisak, and Elderly and Disabled Access Advisory Committee Chairman Robert Smith. The facility offers simulated railcars, bus stops, and fare vending machines to help customers practice critical transit-riding skills.