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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
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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