Anonymous
Post 07/30/2025 18:00     Subject: Re:WMATA Better Bus Plan
Anonymous wrote:It is amazing few people now take the bus. Ridership is less than it was 20 years ago


I want to take the bus but the routes I need only run every 30 min. I can walk to a metro station in that time and still get to the destination faster.
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2025 17:57     Subject: WMATA Better Bus Plan
Gross who uses these?
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2025 16:24     Subject: WMATA Better Bus Plan
The new F29 is a disaster. Morning buses are missing. At 4:10 PM at the Pentagon station and nothing is scheduled. What a joke wmata!
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2023 16:01     Subject: Re:WMATA Better Bus Plan
It looks like they want to boost frequency on 14th St NW so I love that. I also like better service up Conn Ave. It infuriates me how poor the bus service is there.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2023 15:57     Subject: Re:WMATA Better Bus Plan
Anonymous wrote:It is amazing few people now take the bus. Ridership is less than it was 20 years ago


I live in Columbia Heights and take the bus all the time. They're usually full.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2023 15:32     Subject: WMATA Better Bus Plan
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s very clear that under Randy Clark WMATA had decided that it no longer wishes to be a regional transit system and only a transit system for DC.

Let’s just lean into this and codify that WMATA can only provide bus service inside DC. Routes to destinations in Maryland and Virginia should be serviced by those transit systems. Like Loudon Transit’s commuter bus service.


I don't know, I see longer Montgomery County routes in the future map than on the current one.

The future map anticipates that WMATA will provide planned BRT service. Which is a faulty assumption.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2023 13:07     Subject: Re:WMATA Better Bus Plan
It is amazing few people now take the bus. Ridership is less than it was 20 years ago
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2023 13:02     Subject: WMATA Better Bus Plan
Anonymous wrote:It’s very clear that under Randy Clark WMATA had decided that it no longer wishes to be a regional transit system and only a transit system for DC.

Let’s just lean into this and codify that WMATA can only provide bus service inside DC. Routes to destinations in Maryland and Virginia should be serviced by those transit systems. Like Loudon Transit’s commuter bus service.


I don't know, I see longer Montgomery County routes in the future map than on the current one.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2023 11:57     Subject: WMATA Better Bus Plan
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s very clear that under Randy Clark WMATA had decided that it no longer wishes to be a regional transit system and only a transit system for DC.

Let’s just lean into this and codify that WMATA can only provide bus service inside DC. Routes to destinations in Maryland and Virginia should be serviced by those transit systems. Like Loudon Transit’s commuter bus service.


Or alternatively, provide a higher level of service in the city’s core. That’s what these maps move toward, and it’s a good idea.


Or the region's core. It looks like a good idea to me, too. Bus service needs to be frequent and reliable.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2023 11:44     Subject: WMATA Better Bus Plan
Anonymous wrote:It’s very clear that under Randy Clark WMATA had decided that it no longer wishes to be a regional transit system and only a transit system for DC.

Let’s just lean into this and codify that WMATA can only provide bus service inside DC. Routes to destinations in Maryland and Virginia should be serviced by those transit systems. Like Loudon Transit’s commuter bus service.


Or alternatively, provide a higher level of service in the city’s core. That’s what these maps move toward, and it’s a good idea.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2023 23:01     Subject: WMATA Better Bus Plan
It’s very clear that under Randy Clark WMATA had decided that it no longer wishes to be a regional transit system and only a transit system for DC.

Let’s just lean into this and codify that WMATA can only provide bus service inside DC. Routes to destinations in Maryland and Virginia should be serviced by those transit systems. Like Loudon Transit’s commuter bus service.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2023 22:32     Subject: WMATA Better Bus Plan
The main strategy looks like getting rid of routes and more frequent buses on whatever remains. Some of the proposed cuts are pretty brutal.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2023 22:24     Subject: WMATA Better Bus Plan
Strolling past the fare box doesn't require jumping?
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2023 22:22     Subject: WMATA Better Bus Plan
Why would any ride the bus when metro rail is free?
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2023 22:17     Subject: WMATA Better Bus Plan
The new bus maps are online. The first map is for the short term and the second map is for the long term.

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ebd5651380b0482b901a326ac58a9018
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e7ba2c4b2593463291f8722f53b3548b

Lots of difficult decisions in there. This is gonna be controversial.