Proposed Bus Cuts

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under a metro proposal, the d2 would be eliminated and combined with the g2 route. other proposed changes affecting burleth involve eliminating the D1 and some 30s-line buses and reducing D6 service.

under a metro proposal, the d2 would be eliminated and combined with the g2 route. other proposed changes affecting burleth involve eliminating the D1 and some 30s-line buses and reducing D6 service.

Share your views with the BCA, ANC commissioner kishan putta, and WMATA.

Share your views with the BCA, ANC commissioner kishan putta, and WMATA.

Note: Originally published on January 8, this post has been updated to include links to WMATA’s Balancing the Next Metro Budget to Reflect Your Priorities. This page includes information about the proposed fare and service changes, a link to make online comments (by Monday, March 2, 2020 at 5 pm), and information about three public hearings/open houses. (The DC event takes place on Wednesday, February 26, at Metro Headquarters Building, 600 5th Street NW, with the open house at 4 pm and the public hearing at 4:30 pm.)

(The following information has been taken directly from a December 9, 2019, WTOP article. Information about these and other proposed changes are also included in a December 12 Washington Post article. See WMATA’s proposed FY 2021 budget document [page 16 of the PDF] for details on these proposed “efficiencies and restructuring.” Public hearings are required for most of these changes, which would take effect in July 2020.)

The DC bus routes Metro is considering completely eliminating starting in summer 2020 are:

[Routes not serving Burleith directly have been deleted from the list below.]

the g2 currently connects howard and georgetown universities.

the g2 currently connects howard and georgetown universities.

  • Route 30N and 30S between Friendship Heights and Southeast (Wisconsin Avenue Northwest/Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest/Southeast) and Route 34 (Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast): Service in Northwest D.C. would be replaced by Route 31 and 33 trips, while service in Southeast would be replaced at off-peak hours by Route 32 and Route 36 trips. Only some rush-hour trips would be replaced in Southeast. The changes would also cancel the last bus of the night.

  • Route 37 (Limited-stop Wisconsin Avenue).

  • Route D1 (Glover Park-Franklin Square).

  • Route D2 (Glover Park-Dupont Circle): would be folded into a new route with G2.

  • Route G2 (P Street-LeDroit Park): would be folded into a new route with D2.

Service could be reduced on the following Metro bus routes. [Routes not serving Burleith directly have been deleted from WTOP’s list.]

  • Route D6 (Sibley Hospital-Stadium Armory): Eliminate some late-night trips.

In addition, Metro is proposing the elimination of Route 5A (DC-Dulles) and Route B30 (Greenbelt-BWI Airport Express).

Some changes “to improve safety and service reliability” on some 30-lines bus routes serving Burleith were effective Sunday, December 15, 2019. Read a summary of these Metrobus changes affecting DC, Maryland, and Virginia.

  • 30-Lines Routing Change Map. Westbound buses to Archives, Friendship Heights and Potomac Park will travel across the National Mall along 4th Street between Pennsylvania Avenue NW and Independence Avenue SW (instead of 7th Street) to improve safety and provide more direct service.