Docket B12-03: Proposed Metrobus Service Changes; October 22-30, 2012
The three public hearings previously canceled due to Hurricane Sandy have been rescheduled - the new public comment deadline is 9 a.m. Monday, December 3, 2012.
See the notice in:
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English - Notice
with updated schedule information
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Spanish - Notificación en Español
Incluye nuevas fechas y horarios para las audiencias públicas
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Korean - Notice in Korean
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Vietnamese - Notice in Vietnamese
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Chinese - Notice in Chinese
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Amharic - Notice in Amharic
The docket contains a detailed description of the proposal and information on how to participate in the public hearing process.
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District service proposal with maps
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Maryland service proposal with maps
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Virginia service proposal with maps
Rescheduled Hearing Dates, Locations and Transit Information
Hearing No. 578
Mon, November 26, 2012
New Carrollton Library
7414 Riverdale Rd
New Carrollton, MD
Transit: Metrobus F4 or TheBus 16
Open House at 6 p.m.
Public Hearing at 6:30 p.m.
Hearing No. 579
Mon, November 26, 2012
Metro Transit Police District 1 Substation
Marlon F. Morales Building
5315 First Place, NE
Washington, DC
Transit: Across from Ft. Totten Metrorail station
Open House at 6 p.m.
Public Hearing at 6:30 p.m.
Hearing No. 580
Tues, November 27, 2012
Mary Ellen Henderson
Middle School Cafeteria
7130 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA
Transit: Metrobus 3T, 28A, 28T or West Falls Church Metrorail station
Open House at 6:30 p.m.
Public Hearing at 7 p.m.
Overview of Proposed Changes
Overall, the bus service changes in this proposal aim to increase the effectiveness of Metrobus services by removing specific trips with very few riders; slightly expanding the time between buses on selected routes with extra capacity; eliminating trips or sections of routes where other bus service is available; and terminating select routes that do not meet performance criteria.
The savings realized from reducing these non-productive services will be used to add capacity on crowded routes; add running time to routes that are consistently late; add trips to expand non-rush hour service to areas of the greatest demand; and restructure routes to streamline service.
Routes seeing improvements in this bus service change proposal are:
District of Columbia
- A5 Reroute A5 via South Capitol Street
- A9 Reroute from South Capitol Street to Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue and 11th Street Bridge. Extend to McPherson Square and convert to limited-stop MetroExtra service.
- D4 Extend to Fort Totten
- H6 Reroute in Fort Lincoln
- W4 Increase frequency of midday service to every 22 minutes
- B8 Reroute in Fort Lincoln and between Fort Lincoln & R.I. Ave Station
- 79 Add new Saturday service with 12 minute frequency
Maryland
- K6 Adjust running times
- R3 Add one later northbound evening trip.
- T18 Shorten the time between buses in the midday and rush periods.
Virginia
- 7A,F Reroute 7F weekdays and Saturdays via Braddock Rd. & N. Hampton Drive; provide more running time on 7A,F off-peak and weekend service.
- 1C Reroute to Random Hills Road; extend to West Ox Road.
- 2A,B Split into two lines: 2A to run all days from Ballston to Dunn Loring, 2B to run weekdays and Saturday from Dunn Loring to West Ox Road via Fair Oaks Mall, and the Government Center area.
- 3T Extend to Seven Corners via West Broad Street, Washington Street, East Falls Church Station, and Roosevelt Boulevard.
- 15M Reroute via Vienna Station
- 23A,C Split into two lines during peak hours: 23T (north end) from Shirlington to Tysons Corner Center via McLean Station (Silver line *); 23B (south end) from Ballston to Crystal City. Trip times at Crystal City coordinated with Crystal City-Potomac Yard transitway service. Operate 23A between Tysons Corner Center and Crystal City off-peak and weekends.
- The proposed package of service realignments does not increase operating costs or the number of buses in the fleet. The changes are expected to improve overall on-time performance and customer satisfaction, increase ridership, and improve cost recovery.
- The ratio of passengers currently using services that would see improvements to the number of passengers using non-productive services is approximately 15 to 1. Fifteen passengers will see improvements for every one passenger who may be inconvenienced.
* These changes will be made when rail service is operational on the Silver line Phase I to Wiehle Avenue.