Attracting the Business Crowd
Washington, D.C. is looking to attract the business crowd to its bus system with the introduction of two new bus routes, reports the Washington Post. The routes will run between the major train station (Union Station), the convention center, and Georgetown, a neighborhood that is sorely underserved by transit currently. They're modeled on the "circulator" model - the hop-on, hop-off bus lines that allow people to ignore schedules and quickly get from place to place within a certain period of time. It's an idea that has proved successful elsewhere, but has also been a horrendous failure.
Washington is hoping to get away from some of the concerns about buses by running new, low-profile buses from Belgium. The fares - lower than normal at $.50 a pop - will be paid at the station, rather than on the bus, and buses will have three doors that let people in and out quickly.
It looks like a good idea, and we hope it's successful. They've even gotten the local business community involved -- businesses are ponying up $500k of the $4.5 million annual budget to operate the lines.
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amg | 5:53 PM |
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