tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post3530452212076357214..comments2024-02-14T06:26:09.116-05:00Comments on Frozen Tropics: Tell WMATA Not to Eliminate the D3 BusUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-17057480020983705972012-12-05T19:02:11.343-05:002012-12-05T19:02:11.343-05:00andrew
My Point is the D3 and D4 could improve by...andrew<br /><br />My Point is the D3 and D4 could improve by running on H street for as long as practical.<br /><br />By Putting more service on H Street, H Street really grows, you pull traffic off of a residential street<br />and you really make crosstown traffic run better as the trolley begins to leverage this flow.<br /><br />THe goal as I see it is to do on H St NE what the Arlington County Gov did on Columbia Pike.<br /><br />By Consolidating all the 16(A-Y) to the pike, anyone could walk down and grab any bus in a direction and get further along.pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088731122765315298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-41138768118331333812012-12-04T00:40:50.918-05:002012-12-04T00:40:50.918-05:00Pat, d4 -- concur with both of you, great points. ...Pat, d4 -- concur with both of you, great points. adlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-82729822434312988862012-12-03T16:26:37.727-05:002012-12-03T16:26:37.727-05:00in other news, spoiled and rotten is closing and m...in other news, spoiled and rotten is closing and moving to baltimore - http://www.popville.com/2012/12/spoiled-and-rotten-boutique-kids-spa-moving-from-h-st-ne-to-baltimore-md/page-cat/hst-neighborhoods/ , and CH MASSAGE has opened- http://massagewashingtondc.com/405-h-st/ grrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-46120358640359064672012-12-03T13:45:45.689-05:002012-12-03T13:45:45.689-05:00+1 on the need for a Circulator to run east of Uni...+1 on the need for a Circulator to run east of Union Station. They travel up Maryland Avenue to get to their depot, why not have an actual line on Maryland Avenue? Perhaps a line that goes up to the Arboreum and then back to Union Station? That would markedly increase Arboreum visits, I bet.wylie coyotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-58816097041413155162012-12-03T11:57:40.305-05:002012-12-03T11:57:40.305-05:00Huh? What other routes does this bus duplicate?
...Huh? What other routes does this bus duplicate?<br /><br />Apart from the Georgetown Circulator, there really just isn't any good crosstown route that doesn't end abruptly in the middle of the city. I always considered the D3 to be the H2's more-southern equivalent. <br /><br />My only complaint with the D3 is that the route's a bit circuitous, and could run a bit more frequently. There's definitely a need for a crosstown K St bus line, and it makes sense for that line to branch off to serve Trinidad and Ivy City. <br /><br />H St already has too many buses. It might make sense to move the D3/4 onto H at night (when frequent service is more important than traffic congestion), but I don't think you could cram many more buses down H.<br /><br />Traveling east-to-west in DC is just so needlessly difficult (and likely the result of some not-so-great motives in the past). We shouldn't be deliberately making this situation even worse. If nothing else, the D3 is probably the closest thing we've currently got to the proposed crosstown streetcar line.<br /><br />That all said, if you extended the X2 to run down K St to Georgetown (or the Circulator to run East of Union Station), I'd have a lot fewer complaints about all this.andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-26939086430555494622012-12-03T11:42:17.158-05:002012-12-03T11:42:17.158-05:00When I started taking the D4 to work instead of th...When I started taking the D4 to work instead of the X2 it was a life changer. The D4 in the morning between 7 and 9 is extremely reliable, arriving every 15 minutes at Montello and Florida. It is sometimes crowded but I get a seat 95% of the time, and it is also quieter/less crazy than the X2. The drivers tend to be friendlier too. I really hope Metro doesn't mess this up and I sent them a note saying so.D4 Ridernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-9064642026762368112012-12-03T10:46:45.026-05:002012-12-03T10:46:45.026-05:00I ride this bus every day, except of course when i...I ride this bus every day, except of course when it just doesn't show up. I had no idea that it was potentially going to be eliminated. The suggestion that the D3 and D4 are duplicative seems spurious to me. I certainly couldn't ride the D4 without adding significantly to my commute time. <br /><br />I would like to weigh in about the proposal, but would appreciate it if anyone has any advice about the type of messaging/argument that will be most effective. Are there any specified factors that WMATA must take into account when potentially eliminating a bus line? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-80059079927107986762012-12-03T08:47:22.444-05:002012-12-03T08:47:22.444-05:00Ugh. I take this bus every day. At least when it c...Ugh. I take this bus every day. At least when it comes. Service was already cut back last year so it will often not show up for an hour, thereby reducing ridership because I have to find someone to give me a ride or walk to the metro. The route is great the way it is, and the bus is always packed when it actually shows up. I got my comments submitted to WMATA with 20 minutes to spare. Thanks for posting the info!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-69351752169763836092012-12-03T07:48:02.064-05:002012-12-03T07:48:02.064-05:00Latest news on the trolley...
http://washingtonex...Latest news on the trolley...<br /><br />http://washingtonexaminer.com/spingarns-new-historic-status-creates-hurdle-for-streetcars-schools/article/2514730#.ULye-o5EB0U<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-46103700731845095692012-12-03T01:46:32.167-05:002012-12-03T01:46:32.167-05:00
It strikes me the D3 and D4 should be re-routed s...<br />It strikes me the D3 and D4 should be re-routed so that they run down H street.<br /><br />One of the smart things Arlington county did was condense a bunch of lines so they ran down Columbia Pike and then split off to neigborhoods.<br /><br />It seems if the D3 and D4 were routed to run down H St and then head north to Ivy City or Ft Totten, you would get traffic off K Street, and onto H Street which would benefit from improved service.<br /><br />pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088731122765315298noreply@blogger.com