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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We dont' need fast bus service from Bethesda to Wheaton. That's what the Purple Line will be for.

The Circulator buses work well to get people around Bethesda, and to/from the Metro. If you want to go Metro station to Metro station, then take the Metro. That's not the point of the Circulator bus. [/quote]

No it is not - the Purple Line goes to Silver Spring not Wheaton.  So someone would have to transfer again which no one with means will do.

So yes the bus times from Bethesda to Wheaton should be improved, even with the Purple Line coming. And it also doesn't make to take Metro from one suburban station to another - that is actually in part what the Purple Line is for.

And there aren't any Circulator buses in Bethesda or even any circulator type buses serving Bethesda[/quote]

Are you saying that nobody with money will transfer from the Purple Line to the Metro? Or that nobody with money will transfer from the bus to the Purple Line to the Metro? Of course they will, if that's a good way to get there.

I don't know if there are a lot of people who go from Bethesda to Wheaton, though. Wheaton isn't a big job center. Bethesda is.
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People of means will transfer from the Purple Line to Metrorail though studies have shown that the percentage of people who use public transit drops dramatically when they have to transfer, even between train lines.  But people of means, who have cars, aren't going to take a 20 minute train ride from downtown, wait 15-20 minutes for a Ride-on bus that then takes them another 20-30 minutes to cover the last two miles to their home.   But shorten the wait time and bus ride time and make the ride free and you will attract more people who have options - and I'm not saying no people of means ride the bus in Montgomery County but as a long time Ride-On user I'm usually the only white person on the bus.  Of course because the Purple line is so much faster it will induce some new bus to rail transfers but there will still be missed customers if the bus options aren't improved.

And you are revealing your UMC bias here - there are tons of service jobs in both Wheaton and Bethesda and Montgomery County is opening up a big government service center in Wheaton in a couple of years.[/quote]

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