One Year of WMATA’s Better Bus Plan
Washington City Paper
One year after WMATA overhauled its Metrobus system by cutting routes from 225 to 125 and eliminating hundreds of stops, ridership has fallen 8 percent and bus speeds have declined, though the agency is providing 13 percent more service and 27 percent more riders now have access to frequent buses. New extended cross-jurisdictional routes like the C53 have attracted strong ridership, while coordination gaps with Montgomery County’s Ride On system contributed to a 19 percent ridership drop in that county.
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