I gotta give credit to WMATA for keeping some of the MetroBus routes and for keeping them for that far away of distance. I know they dropped a lot of routes 4-5 years ago in Fairfax County, and thankfully the Connector (with a little bit of ART and DASH) brought back the routes. They could have easily got rid of the routes and “delegate” it the Connector or RideOn.
@@sammymarrco47 Yes. He also lives either there or Ashburn. He was actually a regular customer of mine at the shop I used to work at. If you see a larger sized bicycle with a bunch of flags everywhere, that is his.
Ugh that stroad there in Fairfax!! Too bad we have so many dangerous, unproductive, expensive to maintain stroads and so close to transit. I hope we can change for the better and move away from car dependency.
due to my pessimistic nature, I don't see that happening anywhere in Fairfax that's not near a metro station, but remember local elections are key for things like that!
@@sammymarrco47 That's too bad and that'sdefinitely true about local elections. Near me it'll be interesting to see how the city where I work Kingston, NY about 90 miles north of NYC does with form-based zoning and stripping all parking requirements citywide.
This is cool. You know, you can also ride the MARC commuter train out of the DC Union Station, and for 14 dollars, end up over 60 miles away in the middle of some crack town in West Virginia. Maybe a future video idea lol.
The Greenbelt-BWI Airport Line, Route B30 ran from Greenbelt to BWI Airport which was a whole 30 mile trip. However, this route was suspended in 2020 and eliminated in 2021.
I am glad B30 is being mentioned! I wanted to ride it as I was getting back and forth between Baltimore and DC and wanted to try other modes besides MARC/Amtrak. There are infrequent and indirect Central Maryland RTA routes along the corridor but there was trip cancellation when I wanted to ride. I was in BWI last year and I still saw signage of B30.
Once upon a time, before the Metrobus 12 routes to Centreville, VA were handed over to Fairfax Connector, Centreville United Methodist Church Park & Ride would've been a contender for farthest Metrobus stop from the Capitol.
The 1C/2B was my stop for like 8 years. A wildly inconsistent bus because of its route through several major traffic areas. It should run every 20 minutes, though. It SUCKED having to rely on it.
@@sammymarrco47 it seems to be the same story for a bunch of buses outside of the beltway. I keep hearing them say there's "low ridership," but the buses are almost always full, no matter what time of day. And that's in spite of the usual once an hour run, which makes them an option only for people with no other option (like myself). Metro canceled the 29W a couple years back because of "low ridership," even though it was usually standing room only by its last stop. It only started losing ridership when they switched to contractors instead of Metro drivers, and the bus, which only ran a handful of times each day, and only ran every 30 minutes, stopped showing up, or would show up 20+ minutes late. The bus was an "express" so cost $4.25, and catered largely to Pentagon employees, but became completely unreliable, so I think a lot of folks started driving or carpooling. Thankfully Fairfax Connector took up the route after Metro canceled it, but I'm not sure if they're doing better, as I think they use contractors, too. I quickly got out of the habit of using it when it was late, or didn't show up at all, three days in a row, making me very late for work.
I remember when the W19 bus used to run 24 miles from Southern Avenue to Indian Head in Charles County. It has been replaced in part by MTA Commuter Bus going directly into downtown DC. Because it was out of the WMATA compact area, the route initially remained in private hands in the 1973 public takeover. I wonder if legal issues forced the switch to MTA.
Almost as far as the Y8, the 89M runs from Greenbelt all the way to Laurel. Weirdly, there are now 3 buses that go from Greenbelt to Laurel, each run by a different agency and taking somewhat different routes: 89M run by WMATA 301 run by Howard County's RTA 61 run by PG County's TheBus, the newest of these 3 routes, having only started service this year I believe. Of these, I believe the 301 is the only route to offer weekend service.
Olney is pretty far. I remember taking the T2 pretty much the whole way to Rockville. One stop is technically in the district which I found funny. Mostly immigrants or houseworkers; I imagine few who actually live in Potomac used it. Most of the route had that suburban rural feel to it. Btw there actually is a zero milestone for DC-it's located on the north end of the Ellipse, just south of the White House. I don't know if it's used for calculations nowadays but it's there.
yeah T2 is such a weird route, esp for such a rich area, mostly immigrants or houseworkers makes sense as we know buses arnt seen very highly by people with alot of $$$.
@@sammymarrco47 It's more like most residents have cars haha. I will say it's a pretty vital route; it's the only regular public transit to "downtown" Potomac that I know of. Ride-On is responsible for weekend service which is interesting. Multiple schools along the route too. Also Congressional Country Club where they have some major golf tournaments. It's pretty quiet and scenic if you ever get the chance to to take it.
I'm a lot more capable than I was when I started my transit hobby (and things should get even easier now that I'm no longer being hindered by ADHD medication side effects), but trying to pull that off that would have driven me insane. I also have at least one friend who would have felt the same.
I gotta give credit to WMATA for keeping some of the MetroBus routes and for keeping them for that far away of distance. I know they dropped a lot of routes 4-5 years ago in Fairfax County, and thankfully the Connector (with a little bit of ART and DASH) brought back the routes. They could have easily got rid of the routes and “delegate” it the Connector or RideOn.
this is the collab I didn’t know I needed and I love it
thank you Alex! It was fun, next you'll see me on Thom's channel.
0:24 Flag Guy!!! Probably the most famous guy in Leesburg.
haha is that where he's most spotted?
@@sammymarrco47 Yes. He also lives either there or Ashburn. He was actually a regular customer of mine at the shop I used to work at. If you see a larger sized bicycle with a bunch of flags everywhere, that is his.
Ugh that stroad there in Fairfax!! Too bad we have so many dangerous, unproductive, expensive to maintain stroads and so close to transit. I hope we can change for the better and move away from car dependency.
due to my pessimistic nature, I don't see that happening anywhere in Fairfax that's not near a metro station, but remember local elections are key for things like that!
@@sammymarrco47 That's too bad and that'sdefinitely true about local elections. Near me it'll be interesting to see how the city where I work Kingston, NY about 90 miles north of NYC does with form-based zoning and stripping all parking requirements citywide.
This is cool. You know, you can also ride the MARC commuter train out of the DC Union Station, and for 14 dollars, end up over 60 miles away in the middle of some crack town in West Virginia. Maybe a future video idea lol.
yep, Martinsburg!
The Greenbelt-BWI Airport Line, Route B30 ran from Greenbelt to BWI Airport which was a whole 30 mile trip. However, this route was suspended in 2020 and eliminated in 2021.
That was also the only metrobus route that could connect to MTA Maryland local buses.
yeah that one was a beast, it just didn't recover like other routes so they got rid of it.
Plus the 5A Metrobus to Dulles Airport, but they discontinued that when the Silver Line Phase 2 opened.
I am glad B30 is being mentioned! I wanted to ride it as I was getting back and forth between Baltimore and DC and wanted to try other modes besides MARC/Amtrak. There are infrequent and indirect Central Maryland RTA routes along the corridor but there was trip cancellation when I wanted to ride. I was in BWI last year and I still saw signage of B30.
Once upon a time, before the Metrobus 12 routes to Centreville, VA were handed over to Fairfax Connector, Centreville United Methodist Church Park & Ride would've been a contender for farthest Metrobus stop from the Capitol.
wow, Metrobus went all the way to Centerville? thats nuts!
@sammymarrco47 Well, that was before mid-2009. Now those routes are run by Fairfax Connector, mostly during the week.
The 1C/2B was my stop for like 8 years. A wildly inconsistent bus because of its route through several major traffic areas. It should run every 20 minutes, though. It SUCKED having to rely on it.
yeah its a cool route but not one id want to be my only option, it got more ridership then I was expecting for midday.
@@sammymarrco47 it seems to be the same story for a bunch of buses outside of the beltway. I keep hearing them say there's "low ridership," but the buses are almost always full, no matter what time of day. And that's in spite of the usual once an hour run, which makes them an option only for people with no other option (like myself).
Metro canceled the 29W a couple years back because of "low ridership," even though it was usually standing room only by its last stop. It only started losing ridership when they switched to contractors instead of Metro drivers, and the bus, which only ran a handful of times each day, and only ran every 30 minutes, stopped showing up, or would show up 20+ minutes late. The bus was an "express" so cost $4.25, and catered largely to Pentagon employees, but became completely unreliable, so I think a lot of folks started driving or carpooling. Thankfully Fairfax Connector took up the route after Metro canceled it, but I'm not sure if they're doing better, as I think they use contractors, too. I quickly got out of the habit of using it when it was late, or didn't show up at all, three days in a row, making me very late for work.
I remember when the W19 bus used to run 24 miles from Southern Avenue to Indian Head in Charles County. It has been replaced in part by MTA Commuter Bus going directly into downtown DC. Because it was out of the WMATA compact area, the route initially remained in private hands in the 1973 public takeover. I wonder if legal issues forced the switch to MTA.
thats so FAR!
Almost as far as the Y8, the 89M runs from Greenbelt all the way to Laurel. Weirdly, there are now 3 buses that go from Greenbelt to Laurel, each run by a different agency and taking somewhat different routes:
89M run by WMATA
301 run by Howard County's RTA
61 run by PG County's TheBus, the newest of these 3 routes, having only started service this year I believe.
Of these, I believe the 301 is the only route to offer weekend service.
oh I didnt know about TheBus's route there, I do wanna do that one at some point.
Olney is pretty far. I remember taking the T2 pretty much the whole way to Rockville. One stop is technically in the district which I found funny. Mostly immigrants or houseworkers; I imagine few who actually live in Potomac used it. Most of the route had that suburban rural feel to it.
Btw there actually is a zero milestone for DC-it's located on the north end of the Ellipse, just south of the White House. I don't know if it's used for calculations nowadays but it's there.
yeah T2 is such a weird route, esp for such a rich area, mostly immigrants or houseworkers makes sense as we know buses arnt seen very highly by people with alot of $$$.
@@sammymarrco47 It's more like most residents have cars haha. I will say it's a pretty vital route; it's the only regular public transit to "downtown" Potomac that I know of. Ride-On is responsible for weekend service which is interesting. Multiple schools along the route too. Also Congressional Country Club where they have some major golf tournaments.
It's pretty quiet and scenic if you ever get the chance to to take it.
I remember that day as the friday before the NFL conference championships were happening. It did not end well for me.
as an Eagles fan I can understand your pain
Ravens were better than the Chiefs imo but sometimes one team is just more dominant
I am jealous of the far MetroBus routes because they count for their day pass while the connector does not
yeah it’s nice to get the pass when you’re doing a lot, there is a regional bus system pass as well but that’s mostly for tourists.
sweet!
as honey
I'm a lot more capable than I was when I started my transit hobby (and things should get even easier now that I'm no longer being hindered by ADHD medication side effects), but trying to pull that off that would have driven me insane. I also have at least one friend who would have felt the same.
Pull what off, it wasn't actually that hard.
Omg I live 5 minutes from there!
cool! do you ever use it ?
I thought the bus to BWI was the farthest
that doesn't run anymore
that is super close to my house
no doxxing intended
what's the furthest metrobus stop from metrorail?
I don't know but that would be an interesting question to answer. Maybe REX or Y2 or even the one I showed.
Growing
whats growing?
That part of VA barely even DMV. Shit is too far
metro goes there, so its definitely the DMV.
@ key word barely
The Capitol isn’t the Center of the city Franklin park is IMO😂
I know its not the center but its a location everyone knows and that's easy to measure from.
@@sammymarrco47 Nice video!