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Washington Transit Authority SUBJECT: Service Changes Effective DATE: May 3, 2017 June 25, 2017 FROM: BOSC / BPLN - James H; TO: Distribution Effective Sunday, June 25, 2017, changes to Metrobus service will be made ‘on various lines in the District, Maryland and Virginia. Details of the changes are attached. Recipients of this memo should take appropriate action to implement these changes. BPLN and BOSC will issue revised route descriptions, headways, and manifests reflecting these changes. BPLN and BOSC staff is available to assist as needed. Please take particular note of the following changes: In the District: ‘* Service on Sixteenth Street NW is restructured to provide more limited- stop (S9) service and less local (S2,S4) service. * The following lines have additional service outside of Metrorail operating hours to mitigate rail service reductions: 30N,308: Friendship Heights-Southeast Line 38B: Ballston-Farragut Square Line 42: Mount Pleasant Line 64: Fort Totten-Petworth Line 80: North Capitol Street Line 90: U Street-Garfield Line 96: East Capitol Street-Cardozo Line A2,A6,A8: Anacostia-Congress Heights Line E4: Military Road-Crosstown Line G8: Rhode Island Avenue Line H4: Crosstown Line W4: Deanwood-Alabama Avenue Line X2: H Street-Benning Road Line 0000000000000 ‘© The following lines are adjusted to improve on-time performance: ‘© D8: Hospital Center Line E6: Chevy Chase Line N2,N4,N6: Massachusetts Avenue Line P6: Anacostia-Eckington Line St: 16" Street-Potomac Park Line $2,S4: 16th Street Line S9: 16" Street Limited Line W4: Deanwood-Alabama Avenue Line ° ° ° ° ° ° ° © The following lines have been restructured to local service, feeding Metrorail, charging local fares and providing bi-directional service: © P17,P18,P19: Oxon Hill-Fort Washington Line © W13,W14: Bock Road Line ‘© The following lines have route modifications: © 89,89M: Laurel Line © C11: Clinton Line © F13: Cheverly-Washington Business Park Line © The following lines have additional service outside of Metrorail operating hours to mitigate rail service reductions: ‘© C4: Greenbelt-Twinbrook Line F4: New Carroliton-Silver Spring Line J2: Bethesda-Silver Spring Line K6: New Hampshire Avenue-Maryland Line P12: Eastover-Addison Road Line Q1: Veirs Mill Road Line 00000 ‘* The following lines are adjusted to improve on-time performance: © F4: New Carroliton-Silver Spring Line co K6: New Hampshire Avenue-Maryland Line © Y2,Y7,Y8: Georgia Avenue-Maryland Line ‘* The following lines are eliminated: © JS: Twinbrook-Silver Spring Line © J7,9: 1-270 Express Line (effective October 2017) In Virginia: The following lines have route modifications and/or eliminations: © 7X: Lincolnia-Pentagon Line © 18K,15L: Chain Bridge Road Line © 17A17B,17F: Kings Park-North Springfield Line o 18R,18S: Burke Centre Line © 28A: Leesburg Pike Line o RE Richmond Highway Express Line The following lines have additional service outside of Metrorail operating hours to mitigate rail service reductions: 4A; Wilson Blvd.-Vienna Line 2A: Washington Bivd.-Dunn Loring Line 10A,10N: Alexandria-Pentagon Line 46E: Columbia Pike Line 23B: McLean-Crystal City Line 28A: Leesburg Pike Line 38B: Ballston-Farragut Square Line 0000000 The following lines are adjusted to improve on-time performance: © 1C: Fair Oaks-Dunn Loring Line © 16B,16E,16J: Columbia Pike Line © 16Y: Columbia Pike-Farragut Square Line The following lines are eliminated: © 27: Tysons Corer-Dunn Loring Line © 13Y: Arlington-Union Station Line © 28X: Leesburg Pike Limited Line (Distribution list) METROBUS SERVICE CHANGES DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EFFECTIVE JUNE 25, 2017 1. Friendship Heights-Southeast Line, Routes 30N,30S New westbound trips are added on Route 30S from Southem Avenue Station at 2:00 a.m. on weekdays, 2:20 a.m. on Saturdays and 2:10 a.m. on Sundays. New westbound trips are added on Route 30N from Naylor Road Station at 2:30 a.m. on weekdays, and 2:50 a.m. on Saturdays. New eastbound trips are added on Route 30S from Friendship Heights at 2:47 a.m. ‘on weekdays and 3:00 a.m. on Saturdays. New eastbound trips are added on Route 30N from Friendship Heights at 2:17 a.m. ‘on weekdays, 2:35 a.m. on Saturdays and 2:30 a.m. on Sundays. a Mount Pleasant Line, Route 42,43 Route 43 p.m. terminal stand is relocated to the NW comer of | (Eye) & 14" Streets (westbound on I (Eye) St.) New northbound trips are added from Gallery Place at 3:20 a.m. on weekdays and Saturdays, plus 1:30 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. on Sundays. New southbound trips are added from Mount Pleasant at 2:55 a.m. on weekdays, 2:50 a.m. on Saturdays and 1:05 a.m. and 1:35 a.m. on Sundays. 7 4th Street Line, Routes 52,53,54 Route 53 terminal stand is relocated to stop #1003653 at Franklin Square (on the same block as the current terminal stand.) Late-night trip times are adjusted and some additional trips are added. 4. Fort Totten-Petworth Line, Route 64 The existing Friday only trips departing from Federal Triangle at 1:20 a.m. and 1:55 a.m. and from Fort Totten at 12:43 a.m. and 1:18 a.m. now operate every weekday. 5 5. Georgia Avenue-7" Street Line, Route 70 Late-night trip times are adjusted and some additional trips are added. 6. North Capitol Street Line, Route 80 New short northbound trips to Brookland are added from McPherson Square at 2:13 a.m. on Fridays, 2:18 a.m. on Saturdays, and 12:45 a.m. on Sundays. New short southbound trips to McPherson Square are added from Fort Totten at 1:05 a.m. on Fridays, 1:09 a.m. on Saturdays and 12:05 a.m. on Sundays. a U Street-Garfield Line, Routes 90,92 Additional trips are added to create a 24 hour service on route 90 seven days-a- week. Trip times are coordinated to facilitate transfers with routes A6 and A8 at Anacostia Station to the most reasonable extent possible. 8. East Capitol Street-Cardozo Line, Route 96 Late night trip times on Fridays are adjusted. Anew short westbound trip to Duke Ellington Bridge is added from Capitol Heights at 2:15 a.m. on Fridays. New eastbound trips are added from Duke Ellington Bridge at 3:10 a.m. on Fridays and 2:33 a.m. on Saturdays. The 1:23 a.m. Saturday trip from Capitol Heights is extended from U & 14" Sts. NW. to Duke Ellington Bridge. 9. Anacostia-Congress Heights Line, Routes A2,A6,A8 Additional trips are added to create a 24 hour service on routes A6 and A8 seven days-a-week. Late night trip times are coordinated to facilitate transfers with Route 90 at Anacostia Station to the most reasonable extent possible. ‘A new southbound trip on Route A2 from Anacostia is added at 1:25 a.m. seven days-a-week. 10. Minnesota Avenue ia Line, Routes A31,A32, Line has been renamed, routing remains the same. 11, Hospital Center Line, Route D8 Running times are adjusted to reflect actual running time. Frequency is reduced to keep running time adjustments cost neutral. 12. 16th Street-Tenleytown Line, Routes D31,D32,D33,D34 Line has been renamed and westbound trips on all routes are extended to Tenleytown Station. 13. Congress Heights-Georgetown Line, Route D51 Line has been renamed and route has been adjusted to serve the renovated Duke Ellington High School in Georgetown. 14, Military Road-Crosstown Line, Route E4 New eastbound trips are added from Friendship Heights at 1:05 a.m. on weekdays, 4:22 a.m. on Saturdays, and 12:45 a.m. on Sundays. New westbound trips are added from Fort Totten at 1:40 a.m. on weekdays, 1:55 a.m. on Saturdays and 1:10 a.m. on Sundays. 15. Chevy Chase Line, Route E6 Additional running time is added to accommodate long-term detour routing and the annunciators and real-time prediction information is updated to reflect the detour routing 16. Bennit |-Stadium-Armory Line, Route E32 Line has been renamed, routing remains the same. 17. P Street-LeDroit Park Line, Route G2 Route is adjusted to reflect the conclusion of the long-term detour near Dupont Circle. ‘The eastbound timepoint at 4" St. & Florida Ave. NW is relocated to New Jersey & Rhode Island Avenues NW to match the westbound timepoint. 18. — Rhode Island Avenue Line, Route G8 ‘Anew late night pattem is added operating between Farragut Square and Rhode Island Avenue Station. New short eastbound trips to Rhode Island Avenue Station are added from Farragut Square at 12:23 a.m., 12:58 a.m., 1:33 am,, and 2:08 a.m. on Fridays, plus 12:15 a.m., 12:50 a.m., 1:30 a.m., and 2:08 a.m. on Saturdays. New short westbound trips are added from Rhode Island Avenue Station at 12:23 aum., 12:58 a.m., 1:33 a.m., and 2:03 a.m. on Fridays, plus 12:55 a.m., 1:25 a.m., and 2:03 a.m. on Saturdays. Late night trip times are coordinated to facilitate transfers with route 83 at Rhode Island Ave Station to the most reasonable extent possible. 19. n Line, R New eastbound trips are added from Tenleytown at 2:05 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, plus 1:20 a.m. on Sundays. New westbound trips are added from Brookland at 1:30 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, plus 12:40 a.m. on Sundays. 20. McKinley High School Line, Route M31 Entire line is eliminated, additional trips are added to P6 line as replacements. 21. Massachusetts Avenue Line, Routes N2,N4.N6 Running times are adjusted to reflect actual running time. Frequency is reduced to keep running time adjustments cost neutral. Route is adjusted to reflect the conclusion of the long-term detour near Dupont Circle. 22. Anacostia-Eckinaton Line, Route P6 Running times are adjusted to reflect actual running time. Frequency is reduced to keep running time adjustments cost neutral. Additional short trips are added between Rhode Island Avenue Station and Eckington to replace trips from the M31 line. 23. 16! Street-Potomac Park, Route S1 Running times are adjusted to reflect actual running time. Frequency is reduced to keep running time adjustments cost neutral. All southbound trips are modified to start at 14" & Buchanan Sts. northbound utilizing the space formerly used by Route S2 short trips. 1 line will now have a separate timetable. Schedule will no longer be included on the S2,S4 line timetable. 24. 16" Street Line, Routes S2.S4 Running times are adjusted to reflect actual running time. Frequency is reduced on weekdays during peak-periods and middays, plus on Saturdays. Additional Route S9 trips are added during these time periods as replacements. Several short-trip route patterns are eliminated to simplify the service. Late-night trip times are adjusted and some additional trips are added. 25. 16" Street Limited Line, Route S9 Additional trips are added during weekday peak periods. New service is added midday on weekdays and on Saturdays between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. New short trips are added during weekday peak periods between 16" St. and Missouri Avenue NW and Franklin Square southbound; and Franklin Square and 16" Street & Colorado Avenue NW northbound. The Route $9 bus zone at Franklin Square is expanding to accommodate the additional trips. 26. Fort Dupont Shuttle Line, Route S35 Line has been renamed, routing remains the same. oe ode Island Ave.- 1 Terr ine ite S41 Line has been renamed, routing remains the same. 28. — Shipley Terrace-Fort Drum Line, Route W: Stop location at Southern Avenue Station is relocated to bus bay C. 29. United Medical Center-Anacostia Line, Route W2 Stop location at Southern Avenue Station is relocated to bus bay C. 30. Deanwood-Alabama Avenue Line, Route W4 Running times are adjusted to reflect actual running time. Frequency is reduced to keep running time adjustments cost neutral. New northbound trips are added from Anacostia at 1:56 a.m. on weekdays, 2:00 a.m. on Saturdays, and 12:30 a.m. on Sundays. New southbound trips are added from Deanwood at 2:30 a.m. on Saturdays, and 4:00 a.m. on Sundays. 10 31. Mt, Pleasant-Ter Line, Routes W45, W47 Line has been renamed, routing remains the same. 32. Benning Road-H Street Line, Route X2 Additional trips are added to create a 24 hour service seven days-a-week. 1 METROBUS SERVICE CHANGES MARYLAND EFFECTIVE JUNE 25, 2017 1. Laurel Line, Routes 89,89M Routing is revised in Laurel to avoid 5" Street near Laurel Elementary School. The current alternate route to avoid congestion near the school is now the permanent route. 2. Greenbelt-BWI Airport Express Line, Route B30 Alll Saturday and Sunday service is eliminated. Weekday service is reduced to hourly frequency departing Greenbelt at the top of each hour and BWI Business District Light Rail Station at 55 minutes after each hour. 3. Greenbelt-Twinbrook Line, Rot 4 A new Sunday Route C4 eastbound trip is added from Twinbrook Station at 5:25 a.m. New Sunday Route C4 westbound trips are added from Prince George's Plaza Station starting at 5:37 a.m. with increased frequency to every 20 minutes between 5:37 a.m. and 7:57 a.m. 4. Clinton Line, Routes 11,13 Frequency is reduced to operate approximately every 20 minutes. Routing on Route C11 is revised southbound to exit Branch Avenue at Old Branch Avenue / Kirby Road. 5. Central Avenue Line, Routes C21,C22,C26 Weekday trip times are adjusted by up to 2 minutes primarily in the westbound direction to even out recovery times. 12 6. Oxon Hill-Suitland Line, Routes D12,D13,D14 Bus Bay assignments at Southern Ave Station are changed. Route D12 will serve bus bay P. Routes D13 and D14 will serve bus bay Q. 7. New Carroliton-Silver Spring Line, Route F4 Running times are adjusted to reflect actual running time. Frequency is reduced to keep running time adjustments cost neutral. New eastbound trips are added from Silver Spring Transit Center at 6:00 a.m., 11:00 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. on Sundays. New westbound trips are added from New Carroliton Station at 6:00 a.m., 10:30 P.m., 11:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. on Sundays. 8. Cheverly-Washington Business Park Line, Route F13 Routing is revised to address safety concerns. Service on Boston Way is eliminated and routing through Washington Business Park is modified to eliminate left turns and muttiple pathways. 9. Marlow Heights-Temple Hills Line, Routes H11,H12,H13 Weekday peak frequency is reduced to operate every 25 minutes. 10. Bethesda-Silver Spring Line, Route J2 Late-night trips are modified to extend service from Bethesda to Medical Center Station. Annew eastbound trip is added from Montgomery Mall at 12:20 a.m. on Sundays. New westbound trips are added from Silver Spring at 5:08 a.m. and 12:03 a.m. on ‘Sundays. 13 11. Twinbrook-Silver Spring Line, Route J5 Entire line is eliminated. 12. 1270 Express Line, Routes J7,9 Entire line will be eliminated in October 2017. All service is scheduled as trippers until that time. 13. New Hampshire Avenue-Mat K6 New Sunday southbound trips are added from White Flint (Sears) starting at 5:43 a.m. with increased frequency to every 24 minutes between 5:43 a.m. and 9:22 am. ‘Sunday running times are adjusted to reflect actual running times. 14. Nati 2 Lit NH4 Bus Bay assignments at Southern Ave Station are changed. Route NH1 will serve bus bay M. 15. Eastover-Addison Road Line, Route P12 Bus Bay assignments at Southern Ave Station are changed. Eastbound Route P12 (toward Addison Rd Station) will serve bus bay E. Westbound Route P12 (toward Eastover) will serve bus bay N. New eastbound trips are added from Eastover at 12:30 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, plus 12:30 a.m. on Sundays. New westbound trips are added from Addison Road Station at 11:30 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, plus 6:30 a.m., 7:00 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. on ‘Sundays. 14 16. Oxon Hill-Fort Washington Line, Routes P17,P18,P19 Line is restructured to eliminate service to Downtown DC. All trips now terminate at the Southern Ave Station. Additionally, Route P17 is eliminated with all former Route P17 trips operating as Route P18 trips. Route P19 routing is modified to serve Southern Avenue Station. Bi-directional service is also established during the peak-periods supplementing the existing midday bi-directional service. Routes P18 and P19 will serve bus bay F at Souther Ave Station. Fares for this line are now local fares only. Express fares are no longer charged on any trips on this line. 17. Veirs Mill Road Line, Routes 1,04 Late-night Friday and Saturday Route Q4 trips now operate as Route Q1 trips. A new eastbound trip is added from Shady Grove at 12:47 a.m. on Saturdays. A new westbound trip is added from Silver Spring at 1:43 a.m. on Saturdays. 18. River Road Line, Route T2 Running times are adjusted to reflect actual running time. Weekday frequency is reduced to every 30 minutes in peak periods to keep running time adjustments cost neutral. 19. Bock Road Line, Routes W13,W14 Line is restructured to eliminate service to Downtown DC. All trips now terminate at the Southern Ave Station. Additionally the Route W13 designation is eliminated with all former Route W13 trips operating as either Route W14 trips or extended Route W14 trips to Fort Washington Forest. Bi-directional service is also established during the peak-periods between Southern Avenue Station and Friendly supplementing the existing midday bi-directional service. Route W14 will serve bus bay G at Southem Ave Station. 20. Indian Head Express, Route W19 Entire line is eliminated. 15 21. Georgia Avenue-Maryland, Routes Y2,Y7,.Y8 Saturday and Sunday service is restructured to operate as route Y2 and Y8 trips instead of route Y7 and Y8 trips. Running times are adjusted to reflect actual running time. Frequency is reduced to keep running time adjustments cost neutral. 22. Laurel-Old Columbia Pike Express Line, Route Z7 Frequency is reduced to every 35 to 45 minutes and running times are adjusted to reflect actual running time. Evening service span is shortened, with the last northbound trip departing Silver Spring at 7:30 p.m. 16 METROBUS SERVICE CHANGES VIRGINIA EFFECTIVE JUNE 25, 2017 1. Wilson Boulevard-Vienna Line, Route 1A New eastbound trips are added from Vienna Station at 12:17 a.m. on Fridays, 12:31 a.m. on Saturdays, and 11:35 p.m. on Sundays. New westbound trips are added from Ballston Station at 1:20 a.m. on Fridays, 1:35 a.m. on Saturdays, and 10:31 p.m. on Sundays. 2. Fair Oaks-Dunn Loring Line, Route 1C Running times are adjusted to reflect actual running time. Frequency is reduced to keep running time adjustments cost neutral. 3. Washington Bivd.-Dunn Loring Line, Route 2A, Weekday peak period frequency is increased to every 10 minutes. New eastbound trips are added from Dunn Loring Station at 12:40 a.m. on Fridays and 12:30 a.m. on Saturdays. New westbound trips are added from Ballston Station at 1:15 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. 4. Fair lantown Road Line, Route 2B Weekday peak-period frequency is reduced to every 40 minutes. Early morning service span on weekdays is shortened, with the 5:35 a.m. westbound trip from Dunn Loring eliminated. 5. ‘Tysons Comer-Dunn Loring Line, Route 2T Entire line is eliminated. 17 6. DC-Dulles Line, Route 5A Sunday evening frequency is reduced to every 75 minutes after 6:30 p.m. 7. incolnia- i 1s TW.7X Route 7X is eliminated. Trip times are adjusted on Route 7W. 8. Alexandria-Pentagon Line, Routes 10A,10E,10N New Route 10N is added operating between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Crystal City, Pentagon City and the Pentagon. New Route 10N trips are added on Friday and Saturday nights between 12:30 a.m. and 3:07 a.m. operating about every 35 to 40 minutes, plus Sunday mornings departing the Pentagon at 6:30 a.m. and 7:40 a.m. and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport at 6:45, a.m. and 7:55 a.m. New northbound Route 10A trips are added from Huntington Station at 1:55 a.m. on Fridays and 1:25 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. New southbound trips are added from the Pentagon at 2:00 a.m. on Fridays and 1:30 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. 9. Arlington-Union Station Line, Route 13Y_ Entire line is eliminated. 10. Chain Bridge Road Line, 15K.L Line is restructured to operate between East Falls Church Station and Langley only with the exception of the first early a.m. trip. The Route 15L designation is eliminated with all trips operating as Route 15K. The first Route 15K trip will start at Rosslyn at 5:40 a.m. and is the only trip that will serve Rosslyn. 18 11. Columbia Pike Line, Routes 16A,16B,16E,16J,16P Saturday running times are adjusted to reflect actual running time. Frequency is reduced to keep running time adjustments cost neutral. New 16E short trips are added on Sundays between Franklin Square and Pentagon departing Franklin Square at 6:13 a.m. and 7:23 a.m. and also departing Pentagon towards Franklin Square at 7:05 a.m. 12. Columbia Pike-Farragut Square Line, Route 16Y Running times are adjusted to reflect actual running time. 13. Kings Park-North Springfield Line, Routes 17A,17B.17F,.17M Line is restructured and renamed the “Kings Park-North Springfield Line.” Route 47A and 17F designations are eliminated. Route 17B routing is modified to terminate at the Burke Centre VRE Park & Ride with northbound and southbound service on Twinbrook and Guinea Roads. Route 178 service on Zion Dr., Sideburn Road and Commonwealth Bivd. is eliminated, Route 17M routing remains the same and trip times are adjusted, 14. Burke Centre Line, 18P,R,S Routes 18R and 18S are eliminated. Additional a.m. peak-period trips are added to Route 18P. 15. McLean-Crystal City Line, Route 23B New eastbound route 23B trips are added from Ballston Station at 1:55 a.m. on Fridays and 1:24 a.m. on Saturdays. New westbound trips are added from Crystal City at 1:13 a.m. on Fridays and 12:25 a.m. on Saturdays. 19 16. Leesburg Pike Line, Route 28A Westbound route is modified to no longer serve Tysons Comer Center (Towers Crescent Drive, Tysons One Place and Fashion Blvd.) Eastbound trips will continue to serve Tysons Comer Center. Weekday PM Peak running times are adjusted to reflect actual running time. New eastbound trips are added from Tysons Comer Station at 1:15 a.m. on Fridays, 4:25 a.m. on Saturdays, and 12:30 a.m. on Sundays. New westbound trips are added from King Street-Old Town Station at 12:05 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and 11:05 p.m. on Sundays. 17. Leesburg Pike Limited Line, Route 28X Entire line is eliminated. 18. — Ballston-Farragut Square Line, Route 38B New eastbound trips are added from Ballston at 2:00 am. on Fridays and Saturdays, plus 12:30 a.m. on Sundays. ‘Anew westbound trip is added from Farragut Square at 12:20 a.m. on Sundays. 19. Richmond Highway Express Line, REX Route is modified to serve the Post Exchange (PX) & Commissary at Ft. Belvoir weekdays between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. Route is also modified to serve the Tully gate at Ft. Belvoir after 9 p.m. on weekdays and all-day Saturdays and Sundays. Trips routed through the Tully gate terminate at the hospital and do not serve the PX & Commissary. Alll service to Jackson Loop is eliminated. 20

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