Posts Tagged ‘circulator’

Wisconsin Avenue Circulator Route Is No More


courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
As reported earlier this month, the in peril Wisconsin Avenue section of the Georgetown-Union Station Circulator route has officially been cut.  According to the DDOT, the  new Georgetown routing will be Washington Circle to K Street (under the Whitehurst Freeway), right on Wisconsin Avenue, right on M Street, right [...]

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Save The Georgetown Circulator

‘Driving, Not Reading!!! :)’
courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
The Georgetown Monitor reported yesterday that the DDOT is seriously considering a significant cut to the Circulator’s Georgetown service based on budgetary concerns and ridership totals.  Despite Ward 2 DC Councilman Jack Evans’ protests, City Administrator Neil Albert has apparently already signed off on the plan.
The [...]

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Street Car Named DC(ire)

‘Peter Witt 1′
courtesy of ‘Bobolink’
Apparently back in the 60’s Washington, DC used to have a fairly cool little streetcar system running throughout certain parts of town. Since I hail from Toronto, which has a robust streetcar system, and even have great-grandparents who drove the streetcars, I’m a huge fan of them! Well it would appear [...]

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RIP N22: New Circulator Woes

‘Bus Signs’
courtesy of ‘FredoAlvarez’
The new Circulator routes, which promise easier and faster transport between Columbia Heights-K St./Woodley Park-McPherson Square, launched this week. The Columbia Heights route has been long-anticipated and the switch seemed to hold promise. The change also, however, replaced the 98 and N22 bus routes, leaving us wondering, really, why?
The N22 route Circulator [...]

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Talkin’ Transit: O Bus, Where Art Thou?

‘waiting’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
Chock full of WMATA today.
First up, it looks like the Circulator will be taking over one or two Metrobus routes this spring. This would increase the local service to five looping routes from the current three. Which routes aren’t yet determined, but Circulator officials have stated they can offer the same service as [...]

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