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How To Use MARTA
Breeze
Card Benefits
One card is all you need for Convenience, Reliability, and Security.
A Breeze Card is the fastest, easiest and most convenient way to ride MARTA.
With Breeze, there are no tokens to fumble with, no worries about exact change and no danger of getting your card stuck in the reader. Just tap and go.
Now you can store your discounted weekly or monthly pass on one card,
as well as load up to $100 cash value. Never worry about a lost or stolen
Breeze Card when you sign up for Balance Protection.
Breeze’s Balance Protection enables us to issue you a new card with the balance remaining on it at the time of notification. We will cancel your old card so no one can use it. (You will be charged a $5 fee for the replacement card.) Reload your card at any Breeze Vending Machine or MARTA Ride Store. Coming Soon to a computer near you: reload online with credit/debit.
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About Breeze
  
New Smart Card Fare Media. The Breeze Card/Breeze Ticket are reusable and rely upon embedded computer chips to store value and a variety of trip purchase information.
Breeze Entry Gates in Station. The new computer controlled Breeze gates replace outdated turnstiles and offer a higher level of security and reliability.
Breeze Fareboxes on Buses. New smart card Fareboxes allow passengers to tap their Breeze cards or pay with cash.
Breeze Vending Machines. Breeze Cards/Tickets can be purchased in all rail stations and some strategically located venues within the metro Atlanta area. Breeze media can be paid for with cash or credit/debit cards. And a popular improvement over older token machines — change is available when desired.
Regional Seamless Public Transportation. The Breeze system will eventually make it possible for people to ride on buses and trains throughout metro Atlanta using a single fare card. The region’s four suburban transit providers are developing agreements to adopt MARTA’s Breeze smart card fare system.
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How To Add Value
Adding Value to Your Breeze Card/Ticket is easy with the Breeze Vending Machine
- Select “Reload Card” or "Reload Ticket" from the Breeze Vending Machine’s display menu.
- Tap your Breeze Card / Ticket on the Breeze target.
- Select the value you would like to place on your card/ticket by pressing the corresponding. button(s) on the menu screen.
- Insert payment into the appropriate slot- cash, coins or debit/credit card
- Tap you Breeze Card / Ticket on the card reader a second time to load the value onto your card.
….or the Breeze Bus Fare Box
- Tell the driver you want to add value, wait for driver to respond
- Tap your card on the Breeze reader
- Insert cash (bills and/or coins), tell the driver when you are finished and wait for driver to respond
- Tap your card again to load the value
- Tap your card a third time to pay your fare and board the bus
Using your Breeze is easy!
With Breeze, there are no tokens or transfers to fumble with… no worries about exact change…no danger of your card getting stuck in the reader.
Simply:
- Tap your Breeze Card/Ticket to the reader located on the station entry gate or bus fare box.
- The reader will let you know your card/ticket has been accepted and flash the remaining balance on the screen.
- Breeze will open the entry gate for you or signal the bus driver that you have paid.
- On buses transfers are automatically loaded. At Rail Stations, tap your Breeze Card / Ticket on the Breeze target (circular card reader)
Bus to Bus
Important things to remember about Bus-to-Bus transfers:
- All customers are required to have a valid Breeze Card/Ticket loaded with
appropriate fare to ride MARTA.
- Bus
to Bus transfers are no longer issued.
- Transfers
are only available on a Breeze Card or Ticket and are automatically loaded
when you tap to board a bus or exit a rail station.
- If
you pay with cash you will still need a Breeze Card/Ticket to receive your
transfer.
- Bus-to-Bus
transfers are designed to help customers get from point A to point B that
are not accessible using one bus route. Transfers cannot be used for round-trip
travel.
- You are
allowed 4 transfers within a 3-hour period.
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System Rules
On MARTA, it is against the law to:
Eat • Drink • Smoke • Litter • Vandalize • Write
Graffiti • Panhandle • Solicit • Play sound devices without
earphones (set volume to low) • Bring animals on board (except service
animals or small pets confined to rigid pet carriers with locks or latches) • Carry
Weapons (except firearms when carrying a valid permit) • Assault MARTA
Employees
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