Editing Snellville, Georgia (section)

====Public transportation====
[[File:Snellville Xpress bus sign.JPG|thumb|left|Xpress Bus park & ride at the First Baptist Church of Snellville]]
Route 418<ref>[http://www.xpressga.com/Route_pages/Route_418.htm Route 418] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629122728/http://www.xpressga.com/Route_pages/Route_418.htm |date=June 29, 2007 }}</ref> of the Xpress bus service, a joint venture between [[Gwinnett County Transit]] and the [[Georgia Regional Transportation Authority]] (GRTA), provides commuter bus service to downtown [[Atlanta]] from Snellville in the morning, and vice versa in the afternoon. Seven departure times are available in the morning and seven in the afternoon, Monday-Friday, via Stone Mountain Freeway ([[U.S. 78]]) to [[Interstate 285 (Georgia)|I-285]] and [[Interstate 20|I-20]]. The morning westbound route terminates at the [[Civic Center (MARTA station)|Civic Center]] [[Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority|MARTA]] Station. The afternoon eastbound route terminates at the First Baptist Church of Snellville, with a stop at the Hewatt Road Park&Ride.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.xpressga.com/Route_pages/Route_418.htm
| publisher=Xpress Commuter Service for Metropolitan Atlanta
| title=Route 418
| access-date=June 24, 2007
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070528132053/http://www.xpressga.com/Route_pages/Route_418.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = May 28, 2007}}</ref>

Gwinnett County Transit is also testing a micro-transit service in the Snellville area.

=====History=====
Buses first ran on the morning of April 2, 2007. In that first month, the route had a total of 1,783 riders. In May, a 40% increase to 2,520 occurred. On many mornings, the bus is [[standing room only]].<ref>Osinski, B. [http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/gwinnett/stories/2007/06/15/gwxbus0615.html "'A win-win situation'; Xpress a boon for commuters, environment"], ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', June 17, 2007,</ref> On August 21, 2007, the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners approved an agreement with GRTA to add five new [[Motor Coach Industries]] D4500CL buses to the route.<ref>AJC STAFF [http://www.ajc.com/gwinnett/content/metro/gwinnett/stories/2007/08/22/bus_0822.html "More express buses bound for downtown Atlanta "], ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', August 22, 2007,</ref>