I have to say that I do appreciate the enforcement of the no eating and drinking on the Metro. Having lived in both Atlanta and New York for a period of time, it is a blessing. I haven't been to Atlanta in a minute, but from what I've been told, the Marta is going the way of the New York Subways rather than the Metro, even though they tried in the beginning to shut it down. Sitting on a trashy train and a rat filled station is disgusting and unnerving.