The system will be made up of 15 shuttle vans on 12 routes serving over 30 buildings. Most shuttles are going directly from the office building to the mall and back, although a few will serve multiple buidlings. An estimated 100,000 people are employed in the Perimeter Mall area and over half will have access to the Holiday Shopper Shuttle. Workers riding shuttles from office buildings on the East side of Perimeter Mall will be dropped off at the Z-Gallery entrance to the mall. Those coming from the West will be dropped off between Nordstrom and Macys.
Shoppers catch the vans back to their office at the same location where they disembarked.
What we have done for the holiday season and hope to do for the rest of the year is coordinate the existing services, add additional service and package it into one system. The PTC, in conjunction with DeKalb County, recently completed a feasibility study that looked at a long-term shuttle system for the area. We hope to kick this study off in the new year. To entice workers to get on board the Holiday Shopper Shuttle and keep coming back, shuttle riders will be entered into weekly prize drawings each time they ride for discounts at Perimeter Mall. Remember, the more times you ride the more opportunity you will have to win.