FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 25, 2025
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ENCOURAGED TO TAKE MARTA AS THEY RETURN TO THE OFFICE
ATLANTA – The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) encourages federal employees in metro Atlanta to take transit as they return to the office. Federal agencies started requiring staff to return to the office full-time this week under a new mandate from President Donald Trump.
Downtown Atlanta has several federal office buildings with thousands of employees, many of whom began working remotely during COVID and on a hybrid schedule post-pandemic. The full-time return to the office means more single-occupancy cars on the road, adding to traffic congestion and making parking downtown more costly and difficult to find.
“Let MARTA do the driving,” said MARTA General Manager and CEO Collie Greenwood. “It can be difficult to get back into the habit of going into the office five days a week – it’s been an adjustment for many of us. So, let MARTA drive and you can listen to music or scroll on your phone during your commute and not have the added stress of traffic and parking.”
Five Points Station is the most convenient connection to downtown federal office buildings, providing direct tunnel access to the Richard B. Russell federal building. Five Points is MARTA’s hub and the connecting point for all four rail lines and the following ten bus routes:
Route 3 – Martin Luther King Jr Dr/Auburn Ave
Route 21 – Memorial Drive
Route 26 – Marietta Street / Perry Boulevard
Route 40 – Peachtree Street / Downtown
Route 42 – Pryor Road
Route 49 – McDonough Boulevard
Route 55 – Jonesboro Road
Route 186 – Rainbow Drive / South DeKalb
Route 816 – North Highland Avenue
Route 813 – Atlanta University Center
The following rail stations also serve downtown Atlanta, as does the Atlanta Streetcar.
Peachtree Center
Georgia State
Garnett
GWCC/CNN Center
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Real-time service information:
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