The Gwinnett Transit Plan will enable transit service and infrastructure additions that offer solutions to help address the challenges growth brings, particularly on roadways as Gwinnett continues to experience rapid growth. There are 82 major transit projects in the plan.
These include:
The plan includes a heavy rail extension of MARTA into Gwinnett County. This will benefit the Sugarloaf area by providing the regional rail connection, connecting routes that serve our district to the regional rail system.
BRT functions like light rail with rubber tires featuring premium, high-capacity vehicles that travel in dedicated lanes, and stops only at specific stations, providing faster and more reliable travel. The Sugarloaf CID will be served by three BRT routes.
ART travels in major corridors across the county with high-capacity, premium vehicles. ART moves ahead of traffic in “queue-jumper” lanes that go around major backups on heavily traveled corridors, stopping less frequently than local buses. The Sugarloaf CID will be served by two ART routes.
Microtransit offers app-based, on-demand pickup and drop-off bus service to transit and community destinations. It allows individuals to simply request a bus ride that will be provided by the county. Parts of the CID will be served by Microtransit.
Multiple other services including increased local bus service, as well as bike and pedestrian connections to provide better access to transit in the CID.
This plan means that visitors can easily take transit from the airport to conventions and events at the Infinite Energy Center, workers in the Sugarloaf CID will have access to transit, and students in the CID will have transit access to Gwinnett Tech, Georgia Gwinnett College, and many other major educational institutions throughout metro Atlanta.
More transit access is good for business. Transit provides access to more talent and more potential customers. Nearly one-quarter of Gwinnett residents will be within walking distance of high capacity transit and 57% of the county will be within walking distance of a transit service. The plan represents over 560% increase in transit service hours compared to the existing transit system.
A number of the improvements will be completed in the first 10 years. This referendum differs from the previous plans by completing more projects sooner, expanding coverage, and giving Gwinnett County local control of the transit system.