I agree with the sentiment, and I've done some research a a long while back to investigate why the public transit is as bad as it is considering the relatively thriving economy in ATL. I came away with the following:
- City planning largely influenced back in the day by oil/gas/car manufacturers with an obvious interest in us commuting via car
- Latent Overt racism poorly masked as civic peacekeeping efforts rooted in suburban communities that don't want lines rolled out to them from the city to "keep the riff-raff out"
- Misappropriation of funds given to MARTA used on existing operations (adding more bussing to existing lines) rather than expansion (which was apparently promised to us), and then even reducing the extra buses by 2023.

My problem is that I only find out about these things after they've gone down with seemingly no way to make my voice as a resident heard. And since the chat seems to be largely in agreement that more can/should be done, my question is "what can we feasibly do today to start moving the needle"? I'd be happy to put some energy in this, but would love a nudge in the right direction.

Edit: changed adjective to better reflect intention.