If you check out Metro's website, you will see that there are some major changes coming down the pike on June 25, 2017. There are going to be shorter hours, and there are going to be some changes to the bus service. New timetables are being added every day, and from what Metro tells me, most of the new bus timetables should be out by the beginning of next week. Please check out things carefully, so you don't get caught with your pants down.
I am particularly interested in changes in the bus service. Buses are the unsung heroes of the Metro system. I love riding the bus. The bus routes that I use on a regular basis are the E4, J2, J3, J4, H2, H3, H4, H6, H8, H9, Q1, Q2, Q4, Q5, Q6, S2, S4, S9, T2, 70, 79, 80, 83, and 86. For Prince George's County Transportation, I use the 17 bus, but it only runs on weekdays, and doesn't run after 8 PM. In Montgomery County, besides the MetroBuses, I use RideOn bus routes, 1, 5, 11, 28 VanGo, 34, 45, and 55. Starting on October 2, 2017, there is going to be a new RideOn bus service, called the RideOn Extra. You can get information about this new bus service on that website. It's exciting!
The RideOnExtra, is a step in the right direction. Even though I am a huge fan of rail based public transportation, and do enjoy riding DC's MetroRail, bus service, especially dedicated lane with traffic light priority capability, is more than a viable option. If they scrap the Purple Line and expand the bus service from Bethesda to New Carrollton, with the planned stops enroute, and with the hours running until midnight or later, I'm fine with that. Unlike the fine upstanding, college degreed residents of Chevy Chase and Bethesda, I don't have any problem whatsoever, riding a public transportation bus, with those "little brown people," that they love to exploit in the interest of social justice.
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