Metro News Release
For immediate release: February 11, 2010
47 Metrobus routes return to roads as of 1 p.m. Thursday
Road conditions slowly improving throughout the region
Metrobuses are returning to the streets and operating 47 routes as of 1 p.m. today, Feb. 11, as road conditions slowly improve throughout the Washington metropolitan area.
“All Metrobus routes are subject to change depending on road conditions,” said Christian T. Kent, Metro’s Acting Assistant General Manager of Bus Services. “Customers should take advantage of the Next Bus prediction technology to get an idea of when the next bus will be arriving by logging onto Metro’s Web site or calling 202-637-7000 and saying, “Next Bus.”
Customers also should keep in mind that some buses are operating on snow emergency routes only, while other buses are operating on portions of their normal routes. Metrobus routes are subject to detours based on road conditions. In addition, large piles of snow make it difficult for bus operators to make turns, and many bus stops remain buried in snow. Metro officials remind customers to use extreme caution when boarding and exiting a bus.
Metrobus routes that are operating as of 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, are as follows:
District of Columbia –20 routes
32 (Friendship Heights to Potomac Ave)
42 (Metro Center to Mt. Pleasant)
60, 64 (Fort Totten to Georgia Ave-Petworth)
82 (Rhode Island Avenue to Gallery Pl-Chinatown)
96 (East Capitol Street to Cardozo)
A2, A4, A6 and A8 (Anacostia to Fort Drum, 3rd & Livingston) snow emergency route
B2 (Anacostia to Potomac Avenue and Stadium-Armory)
E4 (Friendship Heights to Fort Totten)
G8 (Brookland-CUA to Farragut Square)
H4 (Brookland-CUA to VA Hospital)
H6 (Brookland-CUA to Fort Lincoln) snow emergency route
P6 (Rhode Island Ave to 11th and M St)
M6 (Fairfax Village Line) snow emergency route
S4 (Silver Spring to Federal Triangle)
U2 (Minnesota Avenue to Anacostia) snow emergency route
U8 (Capitol Heights to Minnesota Avenue)
X2 (Minnesota Avenue to Lafayette Square)
Maryland – 9 routes
83 (College Park) will bypass 7 Spring Apartments
A12 (Martin King Jr. Highway) snow emergency route
C8 (College Park to White Flint) snow emergency route
P12 (Eastover-Addison Road)
Q2, Q4, (Silver Spring to Wheaton), bypassing Montgomery College
T2 (Friendship Heights- Rockville)
T18 (Annapolis Road)
Y8 (Georgia Ave) will bypass Leisure World
Virginia – 18 routes
1 B (Ballston to Dunn Loring) will bypass Fairview Park
1C (Ballston to Fair Oaks Mall)
2C (Ballston to Tysons)
3A (East Falls Church to Rosslyn)
4A, (Pershing Drive-Arlington Boulevard to Court House and Rosslyn)
9A (Huntington to King Street and Pentagon)
9S (Crystal City to Pentagon)
10B (Huntington Towers to Ballston) will bypass Fairlington
16A, 16B, 16D, 16E and 16J (Columbia Pike to Pentagon and Pentagon City)
23A, (Crystal City to Tysons Corner)
28A (King Street to Tysons Corner)
28T (West Falls Church to West Park)
38B (Ballston to Farragut Square) snow emergency route
Bus officials continue to stay in touch with the local departments of transportation to let officials in the local jurisdictions know where some of the biggest challenges exist for providing bus service in hopes that those areas can be cleared of snow and treated for icy conditions to allow for safe bus passage.
Metro encourages bus riders to be extra cautious when boarding and alighting vehicles as many area sidewalks and roadways remain slippery.
Local jurisdictions are responsible for clearing bus stops. Local residents can help their neighbors by shoveling the bus stops along the sidewalks near their homes so that people are not standing in the icy streets while traffic is passing.
News release issued at 1:18 pm, February 11, 2010.