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The left turn exemption at Connecticut and Florida is likely to make a bad situation worse. This intersection already backs up because of cars making legal left turns just after the intersection on to 21st Street (or the perhaps less legal 'U' turn they make in conjunction with the odd configuration near 21st street which permits them to then make a legal right turn on to Connecticut Avenue. I suspect the bus stopping in the middle of the intersection waiting to make a left turn on to Connecticut is going to not only back up traffic, but more seriously get cars 'caught in the box' at that intersection. Because of the many spokes to this interesection and the width of Connecticut Avenue, this is one intersection where it is especially hard for a driver to gauge if they can clear the intersection before the next red light.

Now I do have one simple question ... Wouldn't someone going from Anacostia to Dupont Circle (or vice versa) be much better off taking the Metro? I understand the need to have 'local' buses running everywhere, but it seems that a bus is no longer 'local' if it is running from one side of the city clear to the other ... and where there is Metro available, as is the case here, the service seems like a poor second to the Metro. I.e., why even have this bus in the first place ... and not instead have more locally focused buses?

by Lance on Sep 27, 2010 2:25 pm • link • report