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WMATA's bus system is a historical hangover, and it time to kill it.

Better transfer options, or even some creativity, would let WMATA leverage bus. But as it is, they don't. It is not a system that is designed to bring in rail traffic. It mostly just moves poor people around DC and PG county.

Kill WMATA bus. Let DC run their own bus system. Or replace it with streetcars (less drivers). I don't have an easy answer on cross jurisdiction buses, but at least for Arlington-DC they suck anyway.

I'm not anti-bus. In fact I use it far more often than I use rail. But I think it is clear that after 40 years WMATA isn't interested in running a world class bus system, and they aren't interested in using it to build an integrated network.

by charlie on May 26, 2010 1:52 pm • link • report

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