March 28 – May
2, 2026
During the customer transition period (March 28 to May 2, 2026) both the current and new Breeze systems will operate. The transition period allows customers time to learn the new system and switch to the payment option that works best for them. Customers can continue using current Breeze cards, the mobile app,
and equipment until May 2, 2026.
Available March
28, 2026:
- New orange Breeze cards and tickets
- Tap to pay using a bank card (all major credit and debit cards accepted)
- Tap to pay using a mobile wallet (Apple, Google & Samsung)
Learn How to Pay
Image Description: The image above shows a new Breeze Card sitting on the “tap to pay” payment feature on top of a new faregate. The new faregates and validators allow customers to pay by tapping a credit/debit card or mobile wallet (smart phone).
Fare Information
During the
customer transition, riders can still use their old Breeze cards and the Breeze
Mobile 2.0 app at any existing old fare equipment, but old ticket vending
machines will be turned off, and no fare may be added to old fare media.
Due to the phased construction approach, customers may encounter both old and new faregates and temporary entrances and exits during their travels. Depending on the fare equipment available at stations, during the customer transition period from March 28 – May 2, 2026, riders should be prepared to:
- Pay fare with their existing Breeze card or app at old fare equipment if they have any remaining balance. Riders cannot load fare to old Breeze cards or accounts.
- Pay using their bank card or mobile wallet.
- Purchase the new orange Breeze card or ticket and add new fare from a new ticket vending machine, Ride Store, or at
www.breezecard.com.
- Pay using cash at a new ticket vending machine, Ride Store, or local bus route. Exact change required on buses.
MARTA Transit Ambassadors will be out on the system to assist customers throughout the transition period.
Breeze Mobile App:
- A new Breeze Mobile app is in development for Android and iOS. Details will be shared as soon as it goes live in the app stores!
- The current Breeze Mobile 2.0 app is no longer available and cannot be loaded with new fare.
- If riders have stored fare on the current Breeze Mobile 2.0 app, they can continue to spend down that stored fare until May 2.
Balance Transfers:
- Customers unable to spend down their current stored fare before switching to the better Breeze system
MARTA fare
policy remains the same:
- Fare is $2.50 one-way with four free transfers allowed in a three-hour period.
- Each customer needs their own form of payment. Do not “pass back” a Breeze card or bank card for others to use. If traveling with children or an individual without their own form of payment, you may purchase fare at any new touchscreen ticket vending machine. Note that
multiple cards may now be purchased in one transaction at ticket vending machines. You may also pay for a companion using a different bank card than the one you used when tapping directly on the faregate or validator.
- Cash is still accepted on local buses, ticket vending machines, and Ride Stores. Customers will not be able to load cash value onto a Breeze card on board a bus at this time.
- You must use the exact same payment method when transferring from bus to bus and bus to rail to ensure you are not charged additional fare. For example, if you tap your debit card on the bus, tap the same debit card at the faregate when transferring to
rail.
- Please note that even if your bank card and mobile wallet are linked to the same bank account, they are treated as different payment methods by the system.
Riding MARTA’s
Transit Partner Systems
ATL
Xpress, CobbLinc, Connect Douglas, Ride Gwinnett:
- Tap a bank card, mobile wallet, or new Breeze card on the orange bus validator.
- When transferring between MARTA and a partner transit system, you must use the same payment method when beginning your trip and transferring so you are not charged additional fare.
- For example, if you use your debit card to board an Xpress, CobbLinc, Connect Douglas, or Ride Gwinnett bus, you must use the same debit card when transferring to MARTA.
Please note that even if your bank card and mobile wallet are linked to the same
bank account, they are treated as different payment methods by the system. Use exactly
the same payment method when transferring.