Comments on: Expanded bus service – 16th St Express and the Circulator in CH? http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/ Welcome to the beautiful life Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:32:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: El Gringo http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/#comment-135194 El Gringo Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:38:01 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/#comment-135194 This was my question originally...thanks Chris Loos and The Tim for digging up the DDOT info! An good guess, Just Guessing! This was my question originally…thanks Chris Loos and The Tim for digging up the DDOT info!

An good guess, Just Guessing!

]]> By: 2b3s http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/#comment-135193 2b3s Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:13:01 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/#comment-135193 Working on K Street, the Circulator is the best and cheapest way to go east/west downtown. Drewlove: It's relatively uncrowded because it comes every 10 minutes -- i.e., there's no build-up, it keeps riders uh . . . circulating . . . rather than waiting and then crowding onto buses. Great idea, expanding it to Adams Morgan, MtP, etc. Working on K Street, the Circulator is the best and cheapest way to go east/west downtown. Drewlove: It’s relatively uncrowded because it comes every 10 minutes — i.e., there’s no build-up, it keeps riders uh . . . circulating . . . rather than waiting and then crowding onto buses. Great idea, expanding it to Adams Morgan, MtP, etc.

]]> By: Chris Loos http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/#comment-135192 Chris Loos Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:24:54 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/#comment-135192 Whoops...if anyone was wondering why DrewLove sent a comment to himself, its because it was from me. I must have pasted his name in the wrong field when writing my resonse. Der. Whoops…if anyone was wondering why DrewLove sent a comment to himself, its because it was from me. I must have pasted his name in the wrong field when writing my resonse. Der.

]]> By: Tim http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/#comment-135191 Tim Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:54:28 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/#comment-135191 @anon 11:19 at one of the mt p transportation study meetings (maybe 5 years ago?) someone in the audience suggested moving the 42 bus nothern terminus form mt pleasant street to to 14th street, because of noise concerns. i'm not sure it was ever considered seriously though. @anon 11:19

at one of the mt p transportation study meetings (maybe 5 years ago?) someone in the audience suggested moving the 42 bus nothern terminus form mt pleasant street to to 14th street, because of noise concerns. i’m not sure it was ever considered seriously though.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/#comment-135190 Anonymous Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:20:14 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/#comment-135190 My only gripe with the Circulator buses are that the seats are about 1 or 2 inches too high. My legs below knee just dangle when i sit in the seat, which ironically cuts off my circulation. My only gripe with the Circulator buses are that the seats are about 1 or 2 inches too high. My legs below knee just dangle when i sit in the seat, which ironically cuts off my circulation.

]]> By: Julia http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/#comment-135189 Julia Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:17:35 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/#comment-135189 I used the Union Station-Georgetown circulator all the time when I lived downtown. It was the easiest way to get from my old apartment (12th and M) to Trader Joes (25th and Penn). I don't know when Drewlove was riding, but whenever I take it to Georgetown after work it's always at least 3/4 full. I'm all in favor for a CH-WP circulator, esp. now that I live in CH. I used the Union Station-Georgetown circulator all the time when I lived downtown. It was the easiest way to get from my old apartment (12th and M) to Trader Joes (25th and Penn). I don’t know when Drewlove was riding, but whenever I take it to Georgetown after work it’s always at least 3/4 full. I’m all in favor for a CH-WP circulator, esp. now that I live in CH.

]]> By: TheTim http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/#comment-135188 TheTim Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:31:30 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/#comment-135188 I went to DrewLove's link...the December meeting has a presentation that maps out a proposed Circulator on the route that Just Guessing suggested and lists the start date as March '09. Check out page 33. http://www.dcgetinvolved.com/CirculationStudy/AdamsMorgan12-11-08.pdf I went to DrewLove’s link…the December meeting has a presentation that maps out a proposed Circulator on the route that Just Guessing suggested and lists the start date as March ‘09. Check out page 33.
http://www.dcgetinvolved.com/CirculationStudy/AdamsMorgan12-11-08.pdf

]]> By: DrewLove http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/#comment-135187 DrewLove Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:27:38 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/#comment-135187 Drewlove- What time of day are you riding? I use the Circulator to get between Shaw and Georgetown in the morning and evenings, and the bus is usually standing room only. PoP- The reason you didn't find any Circulator info on the WMATA site is because they're run by DDOT, not WMATA. Info on the Circulator Expansion Study is available here: http://www.dcgetinvolved.com/CirculationStudy/ Drewlove- What time of day are you riding? I use the Circulator to get between Shaw and Georgetown in the morning and evenings, and the bus is usually standing room only.

PoP- The reason you didn’t find any Circulator info on the WMATA site is because they’re run by DDOT, not WMATA.

Info on the Circulator Expansion Study is available here:

http://www.dcgetinvolved.com/CirculationStudy/

]]> By: vonstallin http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/#comment-135186 vonstallin Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:08:40 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/#comment-135186 The circulator is such a sexy bus....one of the best in the country. The circulator is such a sexy bus….one of the best in the country.

]]> By: 14thandColumbia http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/#comment-135185 14thandColumbia Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:50:34 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/02/expanded-bus-service-16th-st-express-and-the-circulator-in-ch/#comment-135185 It's implicit in Just Guessing's route that eastbound Columbia turns into Harvard between 16th and 14th. I don't know what city Drewlove lives in, but in DC the Circulator buses are always semifull. This route seems a bit ambitious though. We definitely need a connector between Woodley and Columbia Heights metro stations, but I don't see the point of looping all the way down to McPherson. If there was an express 42 that skipped the circle, that would the function. It’s implicit in Just Guessing’s route that eastbound Columbia turns into Harvard between 16th and 14th.

I don’t know what city Drewlove lives in, but in DC the Circulator buses are always semifull.

This route seems a bit ambitious though. We definitely need a connector between Woodley and Columbia Heights metro stations, but I don’t see the point of looping all the way down to McPherson. If there was an express 42 that skipped the circle, that would the function.

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