Georgia Regional Transportation Authority

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The Georgia Regional Transportation Authority or GRTA (pronounced like the name "Greta") is a government agency in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was set up under former governor of Georgia Roy Barnes, in order to address mobility, air quality and land use and how they relate to the transportation needs of metro Atlanta, including both roads and public transit. It came about in large part because the numerous cities and counties in the region could not effectively (or would not at all) work with each other to achieve a comprehensive solution to the area's traffic woes, and increasing summertime smog problem.

Contents

1 XPress Service

1.1 Xpress Routes
1.2 Fares

2 Future Plans
3 External links

XPress Service

GRTA, in partnership with 11 metropolitan Atlanta counties, has started to operate Xpress, metropolitan Atlanta's first truly regional commuter coach system. As of June 2006, 15 Xpress routes are operating. Unless noted, service is provided by McDonald Transit under contract to GRTA. Service hours are from roughly 5:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m weekdays with most service being rush hours only.

Xpress Routes

400 Cumming to North Springs MARTA/Perimeter/Downtown Atlanta
408 Doraville MARTA-Johns Creek
410 Discover Mills to Lindbergh MARTA*
412 Discover Mills to Midtown Atlanta*
420 Conyers to Downtown Atlanta
421 Conyers to Midtown Atlanta
430 McDonough to Downtown Atlanta
440 Tara Boulevard (Atlanta Motor Speeday, Clayton County Justice Center to Downtown Atlanta)
441 Clayton County Justice Center to Midtown Atlanta
450 Newnan to Downtown Atlanta
460 Douglasville to Downtown Atlanta
461 Douglasville to Midtown Atlanta
470 Powder Springs to Downtown Atlanta**
480 Acworth to Downtown Atlanta**
481 Town Center to Midtown Atlanta**

* Route is operated by, and as a part of, Gwinnett County Transit
** Route is operated by, and as a part of, Cobb Community Transit

Fares

As of 2006, GRTA Xpress fares are as follows:

One-way: $3.00
Round-trip: $5.00
20-ride pass: $45.00
40-ride pass: $85.00
31-day pass: $80.00

On off-peak runs and reverse commute runs (those heading in out of Atlanta in mornings, inbound evenings), the fare is halved to $1.50 one-way, $2.50 round-trip and $40 for a 31-day pass. Free transfers are available between GRTA and MARTA (but not necessairly vice versa) via a reciprocal fare agreement.

Future Plans

At full system implementation, Xpress will have 27 routes traversing 11 metro area counties. These routes will connect the outlying suburbs with each other and downtown Atlanta. Though most routes go to downtown Atlanta, some routes terminate or make stops atMARTA rail transit stations along the route.

External links

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