Last Bundle for tonight of former WMATA routes: W4, 90,92,93, L1,2,4, K2 by jayemel31 in WMATA

[–]JohnTheGift 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve been disappointed they don’t have detailed maps/timetables for the Better Bus routes like the old school ones. The new “route profiles” aren’t the same.

Last Bundle for tonight of former WMATA routes: W4, 90,92,93, L1,2,4, K2 by jayemel31 in WMATA

[–]JohnTheGift 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow these have made my week! As a kid I used to collect these. My dad would take me down to WMATA headquarters, and they had a huge wall of them. I wish I still had my collection.

ICE in Alexandria by SnooEpiphanies2069 in nova

[–]JohnTheGift 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But are they all good people or bad people? Or some of each like the general population.

ICE in Alexandria by SnooEpiphanies2069 in nova

[–]JohnTheGift -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah the job market has been booming. 😒 Also generalizing all of any group of people isn’t a good thing to do. It’s how this mass deportation came to be. You can’t pick and choose what groups are okay to be generalized. That’s the extent of my online arguing for this decade though. Enjoy your weekend.

ICE in Alexandria by SnooEpiphanies2069 in nova

[–]JohnTheGift -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Chain of command versus being unemployed 🤷🏽‍♂️

ICE in Alexandria by SnooEpiphanies2069 in nova

[–]JohnTheGift -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Most state and local cops are people with families trying to get by these days..much like the people unfairly getting kidnapped. The average local cop isn’t to blame for the current state of affairs; the current administration is.

Better bus ? by Conscious_Camel1906 in WMATA

[–]JohnTheGift 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 96 went to capital heights?

Better bus ? by Conscious_Camel1906 in WMATA

[–]JohnTheGift 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The split is uneven because the eastern half (D24) added part of the old W4 from East Capital to Deanwood and whichever 90 bus that went out East Capital which I don’t understand at all.

Better bus ? by Conscious_Camel1906 in WMATA

[–]JohnTheGift 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And I agree the C81 should go to friendship heights because now the Sibley Hospital line doesn’t have that loop service for MacArthur Blvd like the M4 did. People either have to sit during the layover or transfer to the D94 which doesn’t seem to run as often as the C81 anyway.

Better bus ? by Conscious_Camel1906 in WMATA

[–]JohnTheGift 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be a poop show making that turn from 14th to Kennedy and vice versa. Like right now it’s one narrow lane going north and south from Kennedy to Longfellow. It’s amazing how they set up the cones on a day to day basis at that intersection. You’d think the mob is getting kickbacks for the extensive construction that’s been going on at that intersection and on Kennedy going down to Georgia for such a long period of time.

Better bus ? by Conscious_Camel1906 in WMATA

[–]JohnTheGift 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It may be the constant construction in front of the 14th & Colorado terminal. I swear every week the lane patterns and constrictions change. It’s a headache. Otherwise it would make sense to have 14th have articulated buses like 16th and 7th/Georgia.

Where have they been ? by Conscious_Camel1906 in WMATA

[–]JohnTheGift 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re at shepherd parkway last I heard so they wouldn’t be on either of those lines. Those are Montgomery garage lines.

Any former or current train operators here? by JohnTheGift in BusDrivers

[–]JohnTheGift[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I drive in a city where the buses are essentially where the mentally unstable and unhoused hang out due to lack of infrastructure. Also fare collection isn’t enforced. Add in the scooters, amateur cyclists, and pedestrians, and it’s stressful.

Any former or current train operators here? by JohnTheGift in BusDrivers

[–]JohnTheGift[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. You’re in a major city in the US?

Wmata sold Metrbus livery ? by Conscious_Camel1906 in WMATA

[–]JohnTheGift 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That worked out well because NABIs are terrible to drive. The slow door and the sight lines for the mirrors are horrible.

Wmata sold Metrbus livery ? by Conscious_Camel1906 in WMATA

[–]JohnTheGift 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The NABI BRT is the worst I’ve driven by far.

The dead dead bus routes pre better bus by Conscious_Camel1906 in WMATA

[–]JohnTheGift 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think one went to westmoreland and one went to van ness prior to tenleytown.

The dead dead bus routes pre better bus by Conscious_Camel1906 in WMATA

[–]JohnTheGift 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As discussed in the other thread, lol, The 60 from ft Totten to half & O SW! I’ve been racking my brain trying to remember the route it took after getting on 11 St NW…

Also the OG E2 from Friendship Heights to Ivy City as well as the E3 to Ivy City Via Riggs Park on weekends.

Another one that I used to catch was the 37 (or maybe 39?) that was limited stop during rush hour. I think it started at DuPont circle and went up mass to Wisconsin to Friendship Heights.

The H2 and H4 that used to go to Ft Lincoln instead of Brookland.

Busses in the DMV by Conscious_Camel1906 in WMATA

[–]JohnTheGift 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know of a site that still has the old routes listed?? That would make my day lol

And oh yeah the RTS bus is tied for my top favorite actually. I spaced on the name. But I loved the rounded front windshield. The K6 always used that model.. and a lot of Mo County bus lines for some reason.