Riders can rejoice.
Metrobus is rolling out additional bus routes, as road conditions improve throughout the region.
There are now 47 operational routes.
“All Metrobus routes are subject to change depending on road conditions,” said Christian T. Kent, Metro’s Acting Assistant General Manager of Bus Services.
Here are the available routes:
District of Columbia –20 routes
- 32 (Friendship Heights to Potomac Ave)
- 42 (Metro Center to Mt. Pleasant)
- 60, 64 (Fort Totten to Georgia Ave-Petworth)
- 82 (Rhode Island Avenue to Gallery Pl-Chinatown)
- 96 (East Capitol Street to Cardozo)
- A2, A4, A6 and A8 (Anacostia to Fort Drum, 3rd & Livingston) snow emergency route
- B2 (Anacostia to Potomac Avenue and Stadium-Armory)
- E4 (Friendship Heights to Fort Totten)
- G8 (Brookland-CUA to Farragut Square)
- H4 (Brookland-CUA to VA Hospital)
- H6 (Brookland-CUA to Fort Lincoln) snow emergency route
- P6 (Rhode Island Ave to 11th and M St)
- M6 (Fairfax Village Line) snow emergency route
- S4 (Silver Spring to Federal Triangle)
- U2 (Minnesota Avenue to Anacostia) snow emergency route U8 (Capitol Heights to Minnesota Avenue)
- X2 (Minnesota Avenue to Lafayette Square)
Maryland – 9 routes
- 83 (College Park) will bypass 7 Spring Apartments
- A12 (Martin King Jr. Highway) snow emergency route
- C8 (College Park to White Flint) snow emergency route
- P12 (Eastover-Addison Road)
- Q2, Q4, (Silver Spring to Wheaton), bypassing Montgomery College
- T2 (Friendship Heights- Rockville)
- T18 (Annapolis Road)
- Y8 (Georgia Ave) will bypass Leisure World
Virginia – 18 routes
- 1 B (Ballston to Dunn Loring) will bypass Fairview Park
- 1C (Ballston to Fair Oaks Mall)
- 2C (Ballston to Tysons)
- 3A (East Falls Church to Rosslyn)
- 4A, (Pershing Drive-Arlington Boulevard to Court House and Rosslyn)
- 9A (Huntington to King Street and Pentagon)
- 9S (Crystal City to Pentagon)
- 10B (Huntington Towers to Ballston) will bypass Fairlington
- 16A, 16B, 16D, 16E, 16F and 16J (Columbia Pike to Pentagon and Pentagon City)
- 23A, (Crystal City to Tysons Corner)
- 28A (King Street to Tysons Corner)
- 28T (West Falls Church to West Park)
- 38B (Ballston to Farragut Square) snow emergency route.
Metro is working with local jurisdictions to find out where the biggest challenges exist for providing bus service because of the poor road conditions.
They say they will work to get those areas cleared to make bus passage safe.
“Customers should take advantage of the Next Bus prediction technology to get an idea of when the next bus will be arriving by logging onto Metro’s Web site or calling 202-637-7000 and saying, 'Next Bus,'" said Kent.
Even more expanded bus service is expected Friday. Check www.metroopensdoors.com to see if your route gets added to the list.
MetroAccess service will begin 6:45 a.m., but only curb-to-curb service will be offered in areas where snow and ice make door-to-door service unsafe.
