‘He is on a bus! His picture is on a bus’; MARTA unveils Congressman John Lewis Bus

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — Waiting on a bus can be tiresome, but Taylor Edwards says the arrival of a bus at MARTA’s College Park Station on Thursday was worthy of applause.

“I love it. It is a powerful visual. It is important and it speaks volumes,” Edwards said.

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MARTA’s new Congressman John Lewis Bus.

“He is on a bus! His picture is on a bus,” MARTA Board of Directors member Rita Scott said.

She says the honor is fitting. The late congressman was a Freedom Rider and civil rights hero. The bus is part of MARTA’s year-long celebration of Black history.

“The only thing we can do to mimic what he has done, and that is to get in ‘good trouble,’” Scott said.

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In concert with the grand unveiling, a voter registration drive took place at the station. Something the congressman championed his entire life.

“This is full circle. It is alive and a true representation of John Lewis and his legacy,” Taylor Edwards said.

MARTA says the John Lewis Bus will be in service for a full year. Coming soon: the Ambassador Andrew Young Bus.

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