eMetro Times January 2018 Digital | Page 4

Page 4 On Tuesday, December 5th, I decided to see what all this Blue Bus talk is about so I joined in on The Blue Bus choose public Tour. My son and I drove transportation? over to 1400 Parker Road in You can choose public transportation to save money. Conyers, which will be the transfer point for The Blue You can choose it because Bus, and we met everyone you might not have a car in the parking lot. Alex or your car might be in Fitzhugh spoke about the the shop. Choosing public transportation can help save different routes the busses the environment by reducing would be taking and then we chose our bus! We chose the amount of carbon monoxide released into the the Downtown Rockdale/ air. Whether you are trying Conyers route but there are 3 different routes the bus takes. to save the environment or trying to save money, public The three routes are: transportation is a benefit - Route 2 - Downtown to your city. Now, that you know the reasons to choose Rockdale-Conyers: Parker Place (Transfer Point), public transportation, let Rockdale County Jail, me tell you that you now have the choice in Rockdale Lakeview Estates, Rockdale County DFCS, Conyers County! The Blue Bus is Municipal Court, Rockdale here! The Blue Bus began Govt. Complex, Rockdale as a dream of Alexander Medical Center, Rockdale Fitzhugh when he noticed there were counties in which County High School, the MARTA system did not Walmart Supercenter, reach. He began in Clayton Conyers Crossroads Shopping Plaza, Kroger County in 2013 but soon (Hwy 20) and back to Parker after, MARTA came to Place. Clayton County and there was no need for The Blue - Highway 138/Salem Bus anymore. He moved Road Route: Parker Place on to find another county (Transfer Point) LA with a need for public transportation and he found Fitness,Dept of Community Supervision, Apartments Rockdale County. Cooridor (multiple apts), Blue hy Bus should you W January 2018 Eastside Drive Complex, Salem Square Plaza (Ingles), Salem High School, Target (Hwy 20), Publix Super Market (The Village), Kroger Supermarket and Parker Place (Beginning/End Point). one-way ticket is just $3, a round-trip ticket is $5, a ticket for the day is $10, a weekly ticket is $30 and a monthly ticket is $90. The busses will run on Monday through Friday from 5:30am-8:30pm. They