MARTA To Require Masks; Kemp Says Local Orders Unenforceable

Updated Saturday at 5:11 p.m.

Georgia’s largest public transit system plans to require riders to wear masks to protect against the coronavirus, even though the governor insists that local mask orders aren’t enforceable because he hasn’t mandated them.

MARTA, the main public transit system serving Atlanta and nearby suburbs, will require that riders wear masks on trains and buses beginning Monday. Several cities within MARTA’s service area — including Atlanta, Decatur and Brookhaven — have local orders requiring that masks be worn inside public spaces. But the requirement for riders will be system-wide and apply even in areas where there is not a local mask order in effect.