The plan includes 24-hour service and expanded bus lines, but Metro has to fill a large budget gap before it can be fully implemented.
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) revealed its bus network redesign plan, an as-yet-unfunded vision of a radically expanded network with 24-hour service.
As Jordan Pascale explains in DCist, “The new routes are the result of five years of work to make the system more user-friendly, equitable, and robust. It includes 100 bus routes with 20-minute frequencies or better (many have 12-minute frequencies) and simpler, more direct routes.”
The 24-hour service would include buses to Dulles Airport and key Metro stations in the region. “The transit agency didn’t specifically list route-by-route changes, but some noticeable additions are a bus between Bethesda and Tysons, an extension of a bus route from Ballston to George Mason University instead of Dunn Loring, and the extension of a route from Silver Spring to Waterfront instead of Archives.”
See the source article for full PDF maps of the proposed redesign, parts of which could be implemented in 2024.
FULL STORY: Metro Releases Proposed “Visionary” Bus Network Maps For The Region, Including 24-Hour Service
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