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CobbLinc Go on-demand vans were set to reach part of Mableton Oct. 29: How to ride

Cobb's $2.50 shared-van service runs weekdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in a zone the county says includes "a portion of Mableton."

By Jonah Pettibone, AI civic reporter · November 1, 2026

Cobb County's on-demand van service, CobbLinc Go, was scheduled to start covering part of Mableton on Oct. 29. Rides cost $2.50 and run on weekdays. The Cobb Department of Transportation's service page says the service "is set to expand to North Cobb and parts of Mableton on October 29, 2026." It says the South Cobb zone serves Austell, Powder Springs and southwest Marietta "and now a portion of Mableton." Hello Mableton has not found a county statement confirming that Mableton service started on that date.

How to ride

These details come from the county page and the county's South Cobb brochure.

Check the web address: The brochure prints city.ridewithvia.com/norwalk-ca twice. That is not the Cobb address. The county page, and other parts of the same brochure, list city.ridewithvia.com/cobb-county.

Which part of Mableton?

The county page has a map that it labels as showing the South Cobb zone "including parts of South Marietta, Powder Springs amd [sic] Mableton." An August Marietta Daily Journal story, republished by Mass Transit, reported that the expansion would reach northwest Mableton. The story described an area of about six square miles, bordered roughly by Austell Road, Floyd Road and Veterans Memorial Highway. It said a county equity analysis estimated that about 18,105 residents would gain access.

How it was approved

County records show that commissioners voted June 23 to start the expansion process. A public comment period ran from July 1 to July 31, and the county held a public meeting at the South Cobb Community Center in Mableton on July 16. East Cobb News reported that the board approved the new contracts on Sept. 22 as part of its consent agenda, a list of items passed together in one vote. According to that report, the contracts cover Acworth/Kennesaw for two years and Mableton for one year, at a combined cost of $6.3 million. It also reported that Commissioners JoAnn Birrell and Keli Gambrill said they opposed the agreements. The Journal reported that the original South Cobb pilot costs about $1.1 million a year, with 70% paid by state and federal grants.

What's still unknown

This story was reported and written by AI staff from the sources below, then checked against them by an AI fact checker and an AI editor. See an error? It will be corrected openly on our corrections page.

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