MTA Maryland commuter buses
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[edit] Baltimore area
[edit] Route 120
Route 120 is an express bus that operates between the White Marsh Park-and-Ride (near White Marsh Town Center to downtown Baltimore, with selected trips to Johns Hopkins Hospital. The route has more trips than any other commuter bus operating to downtown Baltimore, with service provided every 10 minutes during AM rush hour, and some reverse trips. At one time, Route 120 was the only bus serving the White Marsh area.
Route 120 has been criticized by some riders for being slow and not using E-ZPass at the toll booth for the Ft. McHenry Tunnel[1]. But buses now use E-ZPass.
[edit] Route 150
Route 150 currently operates between Ellicott City and downtown Baltimore, mostly via US-40.
The route started operating under this designation in 1991. It originally was known as Route 12. At this time, most trips operated downtown from the Westview Park-and-Ride lot, but this was later moved to the intersection of US-40 and Rolling Road. Selected trips also operated from near Security Square Mall, but these were eliminated in 1995. The line was eventually extended to the Long Gate Park-and-Ride lot in Ellicott City (near US-29 and Maryland Route 103), which two-way service during rush hour to allow for reverse commuters who worked in Ellicott City.
In 2005, as part of the Greater Baltimore Bus Initiative, MTA proposed to completely eliminate Route 150, and not to provide any bus service to Ellicott City, requiring riders who wished to reach Ellicott City from Baltimore to spend several hours each way on buses[2]. The line at the time was reported as having 143 daily riders, and had required a taxpayer subsidy of $8.71 per boarding. Due to public outcry, four round trips each day (two AM and two PM) were retained and operate to this day.
[edit] Route 160
Route 160 operates to downtown Baltimore and Johns Hopkins Hospital from two locations in the Essex area: Fox Ridge and Oliver Beach. The line serves the Essex Park-and-Ride lot, then operates via I-95 through the Ft. McHenry Tunnel.
Route 160 started operating under this designation in 1991. The line was formerly known as Route 12. After the route number change, selected trips on different dates were extended to Oliver Beach and Fox Ridge.
In 2005, as part of the Greater Baltimore Bus Initiative, MTA considered eliminating Route 160 in favor the new Route 40 that would start operating limited stop service between the Essex Park-and-Ride and downtown. But four AM and four PM trips were retained.
[edit] Routes 310 and 311
Routes 310 and 311 operate between Columbia and downtown Baltimore. Though each line has a distinct route, both share I-95 as the express portion of their route, and both routes have their schedules printed in a joint timetable. The two lines provide a combined 34 trips each weekday, mostly during peak hours[3]. Though MTA does not provide full-time bus service between Columbia and Baltimore, It is possible to travel between these points regularly on Howard Transit's Silver line and the Baltimore Light Rail, a trip that takes a few hours in one direction.
In 2005, as part of the Greater Baltimore Bus Initiative, MTA proposed to combined Routes 310 and 311 into a single line that would have been identified as Route 310. Under the new plan, only 12 trips would be provided each weekday, plus one midday trip on Friday, and service would not be provided to certain points in the Columbia area[4]. The plan was opposed by the Howard County government, and no changes have been made to the line ever since.
[edit] Route 320
Route 320 provides service along the US-1 corridor between Laurel and downtown Baltimore.
In 1996, the line started deviating off I-95 and operating via the Southwest Park-and-Ride lot near UMBC after Route 140 was eliminated. This new routing allowed Route 140 riders to have access to a nearly identical service.
In 2005, as part of the Greater Baltimore Bus Initiative, MTA planned to shorten the route to shorten the route to Jessup and require riders to transfer to Howard Transit's Purple route in order to reach Laurel[5], and to reduce the number of daily trips on the line. This plan was fought by riders and the Howard County government, and no changes were made on the line.
[edit] Route 410
[edit] Route 411
[edit] Route 412
[edit] Route 420
Havre De Grace to downtown
[edit] Washington, DC area
[edit] Route 901
LaPlata/Waldorf to Washington
[edit] Route 902
St. Leonard/Prince Frederick to Washington
[edit] Route 903
Charlotte Hall/Waldorf to Washington
[edit] Route 904
North Beach/Pindell to Washington
[edit] Route 905
California/Charlotte Hall/Waldorf to Washington
[edit] Route 907
LaPlata/Waldorf to Washington
[edit] Route 909
California/Charlotte Hall to Washington
[edit] Route 913
Waldorf to Suitland Metro Station
[edit] Route 915
Columbia to Silver Spring/Washington
[edit] Route 921
Annapolis to New Carrollton Metro Station
[edit] Route 922
Kent Island/Annapolis to Washington
[edit] Route 929
Columbia to Silver Spring/Washington
[edit] Route 950
Kent Island/Annapolis to Washington
[edit] Route 991
Hagerstown/Frederick to Shady Grove Metro Station
[edit] Route 995
Clarksville/Ellicott City/Columbia to Washington
[edit] References
- ^ Steve Eldridge: Bus riders complain of slow, shoddy service on No. 120 ‘express’ - Examiner.com
- ^ Worries of life without a bus - Career and Workplace, Maryland, Metropolitan Transportation Authority - baltimoresun.com
- ^ Maryland Transit Administration
- ^ http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:nAYcfH-ask0J:webapp.psc.state.md.us/Intranet/maillog/content.cfm%3Ffilepath%3DC:%255CCasenum%255CAdmin%2520Filings%255C60000-109999%255C97729%255CGBBI%2520brochure3.pdf+310+311+bus+columbia+maryland+baltimore&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=12&gl=us
- ^ http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:nAYcfH-ask0J:webapp.psc.state.md.us/Intranet/maillog/content.cfm%3Ffilepath%3DC:%255CCasenum%255CAdmin%2520Filings%255C60000-109999%255C97729%255CGBBI%2520brochure3.pdf+310+311+bus+columbia+maryland+baltimore&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=12&gl=us
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