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[quote=Anonymous]I don't have a car, so I do metro/bus/walk/bike almost everywhere (I have zipcar for times I really need a car).  Since this thread is nominally about buses and they're kind of the best universal option on that list in my option, I'll confine my opinions to buses.  What would make my life infinitely less annoying would be:

1. Bus schedules that allowed for non-commute options.  Right now almost all DC buses have almost no or no service outside of prime commuting times.  If people "have to" drive to get to their yoga class on the weekend, they're likely to stick to the same method for getting to the office.  The suburbs are particularly egregious for this -- I have left a couple of hobbies because of how inaccessible they are.

2. Regular, reliable bus schedules that are easy to find online or at the stops.  For example, the Fairfax Connector has mysterious red bustop posts that don't tell you when routes stop there, never mind when, and the paper maps don't show where all the stops are.  This means the system almost completely opaque to new riders.  (Their website is also borderline useless.)

3. Frequent buses and trains.  In DC, we tend to think of ourselves as lucky if the bus comes every 30-60 minutes, but realistically 10-15 would make people feel they could just catch a bus "whenever."  The circulators are supposed to come that often and they do 3/4ths of the time and I find them very easy/convenient except for the 1/4th of the time, when I have to wait nearly an hour (usually I give up and walk).[/quote]

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