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July 12, 2010

ART launches new Rosslyn/Four Mile Run route

Filed under: transportation-bus — admin @ 11:06 am

ART 45 buses run every 30 minutes Monday through Friday, giving you an easy way to go green between Rosslyn, the Arlington County Department of Human Services offices at the Sequoia Plaza and Columbia Pike at Four Mile Run Drive.
     > Arlington Transit Blog
     > Full story

July 8, 2010

Costs to operate transit are rising

Local transit agencies are providing more trips than in the past but the costs to provide them are rising far faster, according to a new report.
     > DC Examiner
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June 25, 2010

Some Metro fares rise Sunday

Metro riders will start paying record fares starting Sunday, after Metro’s board gave final approval to a wide-ranging fare hike on Thursday as part of a $2.18 billion budget.
     > DC Examiner
     > Full story

June 7, 2010

New Charm City Circulator route to launch

Filed under: transportation-bus — admin @ 11:15 am

After months of delays caused by problems in the delivery of buses, Baltimore will launch the second of three planned lines for its free Charm City Circulator shuttle service Monday. The new north-south Purple Route will run downtown from Ostend Street in South Baltimore to Penn Station, operating at 10-minute intervals.
     > Baltimore Sun
     > Full story

Washington-to-Rehoboth/Dewey bus begins operation

Filed under: transportation-bus — admin @ 11:13 am

On the Friday of Memorial Day weekend, when DC2NY, the low-cost bus line to Manhattan, started weekend service from Washington to the Delaware beaches of Rehoboth and Dewey. Prior to that night, you had few transportation options from Washington to those sun-drenched destinations.
     > Washington Post
     > Full story

June 3, 2010

Leesburg-to-Tysons Corner express bus to launch

Filed under: transportation-bus — admin @ 8:40 am

Getting to Tysons Corner just got a little easier for Loudoun County residents: An express bus service between Loudoun and Tysons will launch on June 21. The ride from Leesburg along the Dulles Greenway and the Dulles Airport Access Road to the first stop in Tysons is expected to run about 45 minutes.
     > Washington Post
     > Full story

May 27, 2010

MD considers alternate routes for Gaithersburg light rail / BRT

Filed under: transportation-LRT, transportation-bus — admin @ 9:05 am

State transportation planners are nearing completion on an environmental study that will help determine the alignment and transportation mode of the long-planned Corridor Cities Transitway. The Maryland Transit Administration, at the request of county and Gaithersburg officials, is studying three alternative alignments that would improve service to the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center in Rockville and the Kentlands and Crown Farm areas of Gaithersburg.
     > Gaithersburg Gazette
     > Full story

April 19, 2010

Circulator may replace Georgetown Blue Bus

Filed under: transportation-bus — admin @ 9:17 am

Last October, DDOT started floating the idea of replacing the remaining Blue Bus route between Rosslyn and Dupont with a new Circulator route. The target is to start up the route by the Fall.
     > Georgetown Metropolitan
     > Full story

March 19, 2010

Baltimore Circulator is exceeding ridership expectations

Filed under: transportation-bus — admin @ 10:41 am

The Charm City Circulator, the free shuttle bus service inaugurated by Mayor of Christmas Past Sheila Dixon as one of her last acts in office, has exceeded the city’s ridership expectations, a city official reports. Barry Robinson, transit and marine chief in the Department of Transportation, said ridership on the Circulator’s initial route has grown from about 1,200 a day when it began service to 1,500-1,700 a day nine weeks later.
     > Baltimore Sun
     > Full story

NH-1 bus still not operating correctly

Filed under: transportation-bus — admin @ 10:34 am

Instead of starting at the Southern Avenue Metro station and making several stops in Oxon Hill, the NH-1 bus to National Harbor now starts at the Branch Avenue Station, stops at a park and ride on Oxon Hill Road and ends on St. George Boulevard in National Harbor. The route is extremely inconvenient for users, but despite repeated attempts has not yet been corrected.
     > Washington Post
     > Full story

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