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IronLionZion

(46,898 posts)
Tue Jul 30, 2024, 01:26 PM Jul 2024

The DC Circulator Bus Is Officially Going to Die

https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/07/30/the-dc-circulator-bus-is-officially-going-to-die/

The DC Circulator is coming to its last stop.

The iconic red buses, which shuttled riders to high-traffic stops for just $1 a trip, will cease service on December 31, DC’s Department of Transportation announced Monday.

DDOT will begin phasing out service on October 1. The Circulator’s Dupont Circle to Rosslyn route is set to be eliminated that day, and late-night service on all routes will also be cut. Buses on all routes are set to run every 20 minutes, up from the current headway time of 10 minutes.

While the Circulator buses have been a ubiquitous presence since the service first launched in 2005, ridership cratered during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to DDOT data, the Circulator saw 5 million riders in fiscal year 2019; in FY2023, ridership was just under 2 million.

The failure to return to pre-pandemic ridership levels, as well as steadily-rising operating costs during a DC budget deficit, was enough for Mayor Muriel Bowser to propose axing Circulator service earlier this year. The DC Council concurred, and bus operators have been given written notice of the service’s end.


Another pandemic casualty. There was a time when I used this bus for commuting and to get to Georgetown.
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The DC Circulator Bus Is Officially Going to Die (Original Post) IronLionZion Jul 2024 OP
the circulator was great, and a deal at a dollar bottomofthehill Jul 2024 #1

bottomofthehill

(8,791 posts)
1. the circulator was great, and a deal at a dollar
Tue Jul 30, 2024, 02:52 PM
Jul 2024

I have not taken it lately but used it to go to PT years ago. A cab was 14 dollars plus tip round trip, the circulator was two bucks.

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