Howard Transit

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Howard Transit
Service area Howard County, MD
Service type bus service, paratransit
Routes 10
Hubs 5
Fleet mixed variety
Annual ridership 885,616 [1]
Operator First Transit
Website howardtransit.com

Howard Transit is the primary public transit system in Howard County, Maryland, which grew from the former ColumBus bus system in Columbia, Maryland. First Transit replaced Veolia Transport as the operating company in July 2007.

Routes

Howard Transit operates eight routes designated by colors to various parts of the Howard County and surrounding areas:

Route Terminus Major Corridor (s) Connections Transfers
Brown Route
  • Mall in Columbia
  • King's Contrivance
  • Little Patuxent Parkway
  • Oakland Mills Road
  • Homespun Drive
  • Guilford Road
  • Columbia Medical Plan
  • Oakland Mills
  • Owen Brown
  • Snowden River Park & Ride
  • HT:
    • Gold, Green, Orange, Red, Silver, Yellow
  • CRT:
    • E
  • MTA:
    • 150, 310, 320, 915, 929, 995
Green Route
  • Twin Rivers Road
  • Cedar Lane
  • Wilde Lake Shopping Center
  • Hickory Ridge
  • Harper's Choice
  • HT:
    • Brown, Gold, Green, Orange, Red, Silver, Yellow
  • CRT:
    • E
  • MTA:
    • 150, 310, 320, 915, 929, 995
Gold Route
  • Mall in Columbia
  • Maryland Wholesale Food Center
  • Little Patuxent Parkway
  • Kilimanjaro Road
  • Tamar Drive
  • Waterloo Road
  • Columbia Medical Plan
  • Oakland Mills
  • Longwood Apartments
  • Long Reach
  • Columbia Crossing
  • Snowden River Park & Ride
  • Sherwood Crossing
  • HT:
    • Brown, Green, Orange, Purple, Red, Silver, Yellow
  • CRT:
    • E
  • MTA:
    • 150, 310, 320, 915, 929, 995
Orange Route
  • Mall in Columbia
  • King's Contrivance
  • Little Patuxent Parkway
  • Sunny Springs Lane
  • Cedar Lane
  • Shaker Drive
  • Guilford Road
  • HT:
    • Brown, Gold, Green, Red, Silver, Yellow
  • CRT:
    • E
  • MTA:
    • 150, 310, 320, 915, 929
Purple Route
  • Savage
  • Maryland Wholesale Food Center
  • Meadowridge Road
  • Dorsey
  • HT:
    • Gold, Silver
  • CRT:
    • A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J
  • MTA:
    • 202, 320
  • Metrobus:
    • 87, 88, 89, 89M, Z9, Z29
  • MARC:
    • Camden Line
Red Route
  • Mall in Columbia
  • Columbia Gateway
  • Longwood Apartments
  • Long Reach
  • Columbia Crossing
  • Dobbin Shopping Center
  • Snowden Square
  • HT:
    • Brown, Gold, Green, Orange, Silver, Yellow
  • CRT:
    • E
  • MTA:
    • 150, 310, 320, 915, 929, 995
Silver Route
  • Mall in Columbia
  • BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
  • Owen Brown
  • Broken Land Park & Ride
  • Snowden Square
  • Maryland Wholesale Food Center
  • Meadowridge Road
  • Dorsey
  • BWI Rail Station
  • Arundel Mills Mall
  • HT:
    • Brown, Gold, Green, Orange, Purple, Red, Yellow
  • CRT:
    • E, J, K
  • MTA:
    • 17, 99, 150, 201, 310, 320, 915, 929, 995
    • Blue Line
  • Metrobus
    • B30
  • MARC
    • Camden Line
    • Penn Line
Yellow Route
  • Dorsey's Search/Selbourne House
  • Executive Park
  • Long Gate Park & Ride
  • Long Gate
  • Main Street & Ellicott Mills
  • Howard County Government Center
  • U.S. Route 40 & Rogers Avenue
  • Heartlands
  • HT:
    • Brown, Gold, Green, Orange, Red, Silver
  • CRT:
    • E
  • MTA:
    • 150, 310, 320, 915, 929, 995

Notes:

  • Transfers:
  • All routes except Purple Route have connection to the Mall in Columbia. The Purple Route meets the Gold and Silver Routes at the Maryland Food Center. The Red, Silver, and Brown Routes all meet at Snowden Square shopping center in east Columbia.

Defunct routes

  • Blue Route -- traveled from Clarksville to the Mall in Columbia. Service eliminated as of July 9, 2010.

References

  1. ↑ "Report of the County Executives Transportation Commission". Retrieved 9 December 2010. 

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