Steve sends in this announcement that seems to hint that both the Braves Shuttle and MARTA’s Route 2 through Decatur.  Click the notice below to enlarge.  And for the AJC’s take on all this, click here.

The AJC reports that under the newly proposed MARTA budget cuts – which are less severe thanks to “some improvements in revenue” – 15% of MARTA service will be eliminated instead of 25%.  What else?  Well…

All station bathrooms will close except for Five Points.

Rail passengers will wait three to five minutes longer, for trains with fewer cars. Weekend commuters will have no more 4:45 a.m. trains. Bus service will no longer be provided on some parts of Ponce de Leon Avenue, Fairburn Road, Donald L. Hollowell Parkway, Pharr Road and scores, if not hundreds, of other roads. Routes like those to Chastain Park, Braves games and the one between North DeKalb Hospital and Emory University will be eliminated. Ride stores are closing at Lindbergh and Lenox stations.

In addition, about 400 of MARTA’s 5,000 employees would lose their jobs.

It also looks like there will be another fare increase at the beginning of October, according to the AJC’s list of “what’s next?” action items.