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Snow looming, Gwinnett transit adds mid-day Express bus pickups in Atlanta

110922 - Lawrenceville - Riders board the express bus to downtown Atlanta in the early morning at the Discover Mills Park & Ride. Gwinnett County - where residents have historically been averse to mass transit - will spend $1.1 million and 18 months studying the feasibility of various transit alternatives in the I-85 corridor. Sep, 22, 2011 Bob Andres bandres@ajc.com

Credit: Bob Andres

Credit: Bob Andres

110922 - Lawrenceville - Riders board the express bus to downtown Atlanta in the early morning at the Discover Mills Park & Ride. Gwinnett County - where residents have historically been averse to mass transit - will spend $1.1 million and 18 months studying the feasibility of various transit alternatives in the I-85 corridor. Sep, 22, 2011 Bob Andres bandres@ajc.com
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Jan 6, 2017

Gwinnett County Transit will add three mid-day Express pickups today to get commuters out of Atlanta ahead of the expected winter weather.

The buses will leave at 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. from Central Avenue/Mitchell Street in Atlanta and run their “normal downtown route,” officials said. The buses will then make stops at all three of Gwinnett’s Park and Ride lots: Indian Trail, Sugarloaf Mills and I-985/Ga. 20.

MORE: When will metro Atlanta see snow?

As of Friday morning, all regular afternoon Express buses were also scheduled to run as normal.

On Saturday, local Gwinnett County Transit service will have a later-than-usual start at 8 a.m. — “if the roads are clear for safe passage,” officials said.

Gwinnett County schools announced early Friday that they would dismiss early. Gwinnett County itself had made no weather-related announcements as of 9:30 a.m.

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Before taking over the AJC's Sports Daily newsletter, Tyler Estep spent two years writing the A.M. ATL newsletter. A Gwinnett County native and University of Georgia graduate, he has been with the AJC since 2015 and previously worked as a reporter on the breaking news, hyperlocal and local government teams.

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