Commute to Jackson-Reed from Crestwood/16th St Heights

[Anonymous]

For many years, my kids have walked one block to 16th St to grab the dedicated Deal & Jackson-Reed buses, which were just eliminated in the system overhaul. Has anyone figured out the next best way to get to school? Some options:

- walk ~10 blocks to Colorado & 14th; doable, but not ideal
- walk 14 min to Columbia Heights metro, then traverse the city to get to Tenley. ~1 hour each way
- I could shuttle them by car

How are other people handling it?

(Not interested in ranting from "stay east of the park" crowd)

[Anonymous]

Have you put it into Google maps and then pick the option where you are using public transit?

You can search by quickest vs least amount of walking.

[Anonymous]

Could you drive them to Colorado and 14th?

Mine used to walk about 8 blocks to puck up their bus.

[Anonymous]

I would drive them - high school is enough work and stress for the kids without adding a bad commute in to the mix. Perhaps find people to carpool with?

[Anonymous]

How is the new bus route different from the old one, other than not being designated for students? Is it. Different route? I assume more stops?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is the new bus route different from the old one, other than not being designated for students? Is it. Different route? I assume more stops?

Slightly different. Fewer stops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is the new bus route different from the old one, other than not being designated for students? Is it. Different route? I assume more stops?

Slightly different. Fewer stops.

The old bus headed north on 16th, West on military, then downtown on Nebraska directly to the schools. The afternoon run was the reverse

My understanding is there is no longer a bus that does that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is the new bus route different from the old one, other than not being designated for students? Is it. Different route? I assume more stops?

Slightly different. Fewer stops.

The old bus headed north on 16th, West on military, then downtown on Nebraska directly to the schools. The afternoon run was the reverse

My understanding is there is no longer a bus that does that.

https://www.wmata.com/initiatives/plans/Better-Bus/route-profile.cfm?route=C87

[Anonymous]

Sort of strange that Metro did so much work completely redoing the bus system and didn't create any sort of memos or flashcards or whatever for some of the bigger schools in the city to demonstrate how students can get to school? Seems like a marketing blindspot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sort of strange that Metro did so much work completely redoing the bus system and didn't create any sort of memos or flashcards or whatever for some of the bigger schools in the city to demonstrate how students can get to school? Seems like a marketing blindspot.

I don’t have a kid at Deal or JR but Google maps gave me the info in about 10 seconds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sort of strange that Metro did so much work completely redoing the bus system and didn't create any sort of memos or flashcards or whatever for some of the bigger schools in the city to demonstrate how students can get to school? Seems like a marketing blindspot.

I don’t have a kid at Deal or JR but Google maps gave me the info in about 10 seconds.

Good for you. Gold star for you. Not everyone is as savvy and DC and DCPS regularly waste TONS of money on things like multiple postcard campaigns reminding everyone how important regular school attendance is. But somehow no one thought to produce information helping families figure out how to help their kids navigate a completely new bus system rolled out when school was out. You can say "google it" but the oversight is obvious.

[Anonymous]

Drive them.

[Anonymous]

I have driven my kids to JR for the last 5 years from Petworth. We make it work. Depending on where you go after (me, I go downtown to work) you can decide if dropping them at school, or a bus stop or Metro stop where they won't have to do any transfers, would be best. But getting them to a hassle free launch pad for their commute would be my goal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sort of strange that Metro did so much work completely redoing the bus system and didn't create any sort of memos or flashcards or whatever for some of the bigger schools in the city to demonstrate how students can get to school? Seems like a marketing blindspot.

I don’t have a kid at Deal or JR but Google maps gave me the info in about 10 seconds.

Good for you. Gold star for you. Not everyone is as savvy and DC and DCPS regularly waste TONS of money on things like multiple postcard campaigns reminding everyone how important regular school attendance is. But somehow no one thought to produce information helping families figure out how to help their kids navigate a completely new bus system rolled out when school was out. You can say "google it" but the oversight is obvious.

Any hand-holding provided by WMATA or schools in the city is relatively new then. People figured this out without technology at their fingertips. My HS kids' usual route is also no longer (the former P6) and she's figured it out. They will be away at college in the near future and should be able to plan a commuting route.

[Anonymous]

My kid graduated a couple of years ago. We live in Anacostia, and my kid took the bus and train to get to Jackson-Reed. It was about an hour-long trip. I'm sure you'll figure it out.