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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact; Long title: An Act to grant the consent of Congress for the States of Virginia and Maryland and the District of Columbia to amend the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact to establish an organization empowered to provide transit facilities in the National Capital Region and for other purposes and to enact said amendment ...
Local bus routes within the District of Columbia, Central Maryland and Northern Virginia: $2.25; Express bus routes (17B, 17G, 17K, 17L, 17M, 18G, and 18P): $4.80; The 5A and B30 Airport Express routes were $7.50 before their discontinuation. Discounts are available for senior citizens, people with disabilities and D.C. students.
WMATA announced that route G9 service will begin on March 20, 2017 as part of their system wide bus changes. In part of the new route G9, PM peak hour route 83 short trips between Mount Rainier Terminal and Rhode Island Avenue station during the PM Peak hours were discontinued and replaced by route G9.
In 2018, WMATA began experiencing "cashless" payment on buses as part of a pilot to speed up travel time. One of the routes that will work for the pilot was route 79. [11] [12] During WMATA's FY2021 budget year proposal, WMATA proposed to raise the MetroExtra fare from $2.00 to $3.00 at all times. [13]
Pylon by the entrance to the Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter station Passengers boarding a train at the Bethesda station Crossvault of the L'Enfant Plaza station Union Station, the busiest station in the system The longest continuous escalator in the western hemisphere, at the Wheaton station [5] Vaulted ceiling at Farragut West Largo Town Center station, one of the newest stations ...
Through the Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee, which is the entity certified by the mayor of Washington, D.C. and the governors of Maryland and Virginia to prepare an air-quality plan for the Washington metropolitan area under the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, [10] officials prepare clean air plans. [11]
WMATA New Flyer XN40 running on the 32 route in the "Local" scheme. An Orion VII CNG in the "MetroExtra" scheme in Washington DC Route S4 in Washington DC. This is a list of bus routes operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), branded as Metrobus in Washington, D.C.
On November 21, 2024, WMATA approved its Better Bus Network Redesign, which began in 2022. Under the plan, all routes will be renamed with easier to understand route designations, and modify most of its existing routes with the goal of making the bus system easier to use, faster, and more reliable. Changes are expected to start on June 29, 2025.