![]() If you travel early in the morning, visit for more on how to claim your rideshare discount. The program will be adjusted in mid-January depending on demand and MARTA’s ability to increase routes. and 6:30 a.m., MARTA will offer rideshare discounts through its MARTAConnect program. To help riders cope with service gaps between 4 a.m. We expect to return to our regular service soon and we ask that customers remain patient as we work to hire qualified bus operators.” “Adjusting our service schedule was a difficult decision, but a necessary one so our customers can count on their bus to be there. It’s that simple,” said MARTA Deputy General Manager of Operations Collie Greenwood. Route 193: Morrow/Jonesboro The loop to the Clayton Transitional Center along Lake Mirror Road, Frontage Road, Falcon Drive and Braves Drive will be temporarily discontinued.Route 55: Jonesboro Road School trips to South Atlanta High School will be temporarily discontinued.Route 49: McDonough Boulevard Service along Hill Street south of Englewood Avenue and on McDonough Boulevard west of Boulevard will be temporarily discontinued.MARTA calls these changes a “routine route adjustment” that is unrelated to the Saturday schedule on other routes. 18, the following bus routes will have routing changes: However, some will continue to run on a weekday schedule. Route 193: Morrow/Jonesboro (with some route changes).Route 191: Riverdale/ATL International Terminal.Route 189: Flat Shoals Road/Scofield Road.Route 178: Empire Boulevard/Southside Industrial Park.Route 84: Washington Road / Camp Creek Marketplace. ![]() Route 49: McDonough Boulevard (with some route changes).That means many of the metro’s 113 bus routes will go to a Saturday schedule on weekdays, including but not limited to: MARTA says that’s why it’s had to cancel some routes or change schedules at the last minute. ![]() It says some of its employees are refusing to get vaccinated for COVID-19 or to turn in weekly COVID-19 test results, “leading to more vacancies.” However, MARTA has not been able to hire enough new drivers to fill those slots, and says absenteeism is high among the rest of its staff. All other Clayton County bus routes, and many throughout the system, will move to Saturday schedules on weekdays due to COVID-19 staffing shortages. While both routes are going to change slightly–we’ve asked MARTA whether the new routes have been finalized and will link them here as soon as they’re available–only Route 196 (Upper Riverdale/Southlake) will continue to run on a weekday schedule. Zion) and 196 (Upper Riverdale/Southlake). If you plan on riding MARTA this Saturday, December 18, be prepared for some changes–especially on Routes 194 (Conley Road/Mt. ![]()
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