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I have to agree with Norb on the new 14st line. Existing bus routes cover all these roads already. I live on Mt Pleasant St, and can take the S or the 50s down to Logan, or the 42 to AdMo. Granted, if I wanted to go to Woodley Park, I'd either have a decent walk or a xfer onto a 90 at 18th/Calvert, but for the expense and increased congestion along Columbia Road and Irving Street, is it worth it? The fact that this bus runs every ten minutes though does call to attention the need for more frequency on crosstown buses - I feel like the H is some kind of phantom at times. When you need to have a timetable memorized to avoid a twenty-plus minute wait on a Saturday afternoon to get around the most densely populated neighborhoods in the city, something's wrong. It shouldn't be so forbidding to cross the park.

And re the K St route - DEF too many stops. I used that bus at least once a week when I worked in Foggy Bottom and lived in SW (I couldn't stand waiting on the green line after the evening rush). Tried it a few times randomly in the morning, and it was a different story. Took FOREVER to get from Mt Vernon Sq to Foggy Bottom.

by Nate on Mar 31, 2009 1:12 pm • link • report