The 52, 74, and P6 are all useful lines that would now be a further walk. I use the 52 to commute and really appreciate its current location on 7th street. I do not want to see it moved to 4th and M. I appreciate a bus to union station but not at the loss of access on 7th.

I see that D6 is split, D24 and D94 with extensions, although one can still access the hospitals, downtown, etc. I hope there will be bus shelters along the new routing. It is unfortunate that the Circulator service will be eliminated. One wonders if those who made the plans actually have ridden the current bus routes, or has the planning been done mainly on the drawing board with various input.

Keep the 74!!

Losing a route that goes through actual southwest/waterfront and takes people to the major employment corridors is a terrible idea. Either the 74 should stay, or the 52 should leave M St and head down 4th St as well.

Elimination of the 96 route is a huge blow to the neighborhood. It should be kept.


If they can’t keep it, then the D24 (old D6) should run via East Capitol Street and Massachusetts Ave, rather than via C and D streets. This way people in the Southeast part of the neighborhood still have a bus to Union Station within a reasonable walk, and people to the Northeast can choose between the East Capitol St bus or the high frequency D22 (old X2).

Wanted to add one more comment after reviewing the map again. Take a look at the high frequency map. Ward 6 gets completely screwed. The expectation is that riders are going to transfer 3 to 4 times to get where they are going and further that the buses they plan out their transfers on are going to arrive on time and not late or early.


There are very few east/west high frequency routes in general, particularly in areas that already lack metro stations. Georgetown and upper NW will be almost impossible to get to. It is heavily focused on getting north to south, downtown, and massive intersecting coverage of SE and near NW.


Ward 6 is getting screwed. Capitol Hill is getting screwed. Kingman Park is getting screwed. I expect you as the Transportation Chair to work to fix this.

I do not like how it splits cross town routes. I do not understand why this city has an allergy to cross town routes. For those of us that actually use the bus system to commute and get around the city, the idea of having to rely on transferring between buses on time is terrifying. Buses are never on time. You can transfer between a bus and a metro line or vice versa but you cannot depend on a commute that involves transfers across buses.


Please fight to preserve the 96 and D6 buses. These buses actually allow us to get places and know that while a bus may be late or early, once we are on a bus we are going to get where we need to go. With the new system I could get on a bus, get to my transfer point, and then the bus I needed to get on next to get to work arrived 7 minutes early or is 17 minutes behind and I am late to wherever I am going.


More minor concern, but same for Georgetown-Union Station circulator. That is a key way for people in NE and your Ward to be able to easily access Georgetown on an express route. An area that we are at best a decade plus away from having a metro station in.


Ward 6 is getting screwed in this plan in the name of “efficiency” by people who have never had to actually try to make transfers. I don’t own a car like many of your constituents. I use the system to both get around and commute to work. No one that uses it as often as I do is looking forward to the idea of having to rely on increased transfers nor do we believe the proposed improvements of “efficiencies” will make the system dependable enough to rely on transfers. It will result in more rideshare usage, which means more cars, which means more traffic and less walk in traffic for businesses that desperately need it.

I was disappointed in the removal of the union station – Georgetown circulator line! Would very much like to see that added as an additional WMATA route. It also looks like bus 3F may not be replaced with an equivalent route, which is another helpful line for ward 6.