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.
On March 26, 2007, the Circulator extended its routes and times to run on 10 minute increments.
As of October 26, 2007, the National Mall loop line runs only on weekends.
The fare may be paid in a variety of ways, including cash, SmarTrip, and a transfer from a Metrobus.
The Circulator runs 29 Van Hool A330 buses that were part of an order by AC Transit of Oakland. These buses are built to their specifications, but had air conditioning added for use during DC's hot summers.
[edit] Accidents
On April 18, 2007, a driver of a bus was off-duty and had left the bus to attend to other business. While he was out of the bus, the bus rolled back and crashed into a building of Georgetown University. One woman was injured.[1]
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