Maryland bus routes, which already saw a sweeping makeover during the Better Bus rollout in June, underwent more adjustments.
WASHINGTON — More changes were scheduled for Metrobus on Sunday.
Maryland bus routes, which already saw a sweeping makeover during the Better Bus rollout in June, will undergo adjustments as the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority said it continues to respond to customer and employee feedback.
“These changes will improve on-time performance and expand service,” WMATA said.
Described as only the first round of changes, nine routes running through Prince George’s County will be the ones impacted.
WUSA9 spoke with rider, Icina, while she was waiting on her bus at the Greenbelt station. Her route is not impacted, but she says she would like to see bus frequency improve on her commute home.
“It’s a good thing as long as it work but then have they actually followed through and been out there and checked the areas to make sure that somebody is really coming to pick people up? I was at a location where I was there for…I got off at 3:30 I was there until almost 5.”
Here are routes — all beginning with the letter “P” for Prince George’s — that are subject to these changes, as well as the adjustments as specified by WMATA:
- On weekdays, the first southbound trip will be changed to depart Greenbelt earlier at 5 a.m. instead of 5:15 a.m.
- On Saturdays and Sundays, a new schedule will reflect trip time adjustments to improve service reliability.
P32 Greenbelt-Fort Totten
- On weekdays, a new schedule will reflect trip time adjustments to improve service reliability and the combined frequency of routes P32 and P35 to and from Fort Totten for customers who can use either route.
- On Saturday and Sunday evenings, a new schedule will reflect trip time adjustments to improve service reliability.
P35 New Carrollton-Fort Totten
- On weekdays, a new schedule will reflect trip time adjustments to improve service reliability and the combined frequency of routes P32 and P35 to and from Fort Totten for customers who can use either route.
- On weekdays and Saturdays, earlier trips will be added to the schedule in response to ridership and customer feedback:
- Weekdays: an earlier westbound trip will depart New Carrollton at 4:45 a.m.
- Saturdays: an earlier westbound trip will depart New Carrollton at 6:20 a.m.
- On weekdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, a new schedule will reflect trip time adjustments to improve service.
P60 Martin L. King, Jr. Highway-Suitland
- On weekdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, a new schedule will reflect trip time adjustments to improve service.
- Earlier trips will be added to the schedule in response to ridership and customer feedback:
- Weekdays: earlier northbound trips will depart Suitland at 4:42 and 5:12 a.m., and earlier southbound trips will depart New Carrollton at 4:30 and 5 a.m.
- Saturdays: an earlier northbound trip will depart Suitland at 5:45 a.m. and an earlier southbound trip will depart New Carrollton at 5:45 a.m.
- Sundays: earlier northbound trips will depart Suitland at 6:45, 7:15, and 7:45 a.m., and earlier southbound trips will depart New Carrollton at 6:45, 7:15, and 7:45 a.m.
- On weekdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, a new schedule will reflect trip time adjustments to improve service.
- On weekdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, a new schedule will reflect trip time adjustments to improve service.
- At Bowie Health Center, buses will serve a new stop west of the Health Center Drive traffic circle (new stop 3002626).