DC Circulator

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The DC Circulator is a downtown circulator bus system in Washington, D.C., U.S.A.. It is owned by a public-private partnership among the District of Columbia Department of Transportation, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (which also operates the Metrobus system in the capital and its suburbs), and DC Surface Transit, Inc., and operated by First Transit.

The DC Circulator has three lines. The east-west line connects Georgetown with Union Station and operates primarily along K Street and Massachusetts Avenue. The north-south line connects the Washington Convention Center with the Maine Avenue waterfront and operates primarily along 7th and 9th streets, which have bus lanes. These two lines meet at Mount Vernon Square. The third line, starting on March 21, 2006, serves the National Mall in a loop along Constitution Avenue, 4th Street, Independence Avenue, and 17th Street.

[edit] Extended Routes 2007

As of March 26, 2007, the Circulator will extend its routes and times to run on 10 minute increments. The current Georgetown-Union Station route (east-west line) will service as far as Whitehaven Street near the Naval Observatory and offer extended service between Whitehaven Street and 17th Street 7 am - 9 pm daily and nightly from 9 am - midnight (Sunday - Thursday), and 9 pm - 2 am (Friday - Saturday). The Smithsonian-National Gallery of Art route will also change from a weekend only schedule to a daily one from 10 am - 4 pm.

The fare may be paid in a variety of ways, including cash, SmarTrip, and a transfer from a Metrobus.

[edit] External links

• DC Circulator

Washington, D.C. metropolitan area bus systems
Metrobus — District of Columbia: DC Circulator Maryland: The Bus · Ride On · Connect-a-Ride Virginia: ART · CUE · DASH · Fairfax Connector · GEORGE · PRTC

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