Metroway

Metroway
Metroway logo
A Metroway New Flyer XN40 bus at the Braddock Road station
Overview
System Metrobus
Operator Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Vehicle New Flyer Xcelsior XN40
Livery Metroway
Status In service
Began service August 24, 2014 (2014-08-24)
Predecessors Metrobus 9S[1]
Routes
Routes 1
Locale City of Alexandria and Arlington County
Virginia, United States
Start Pentagon City
End Braddock Road
Length 6.8 mi (11 km)
Stations 16
Service
Level Daily
Frequency 6 minutes peak
12 minutes daytime
15 minutes evening
Weekend frequency 20 minutes
Journey time 24 minutes
Operates 5:30 am – 10 pm
Daily ridership 2,067 (January 2018)[1]
Increase 1.04%
Fare $2.00
Timetable Metroway timetable
Map Metroway map
Route map

toward Pentagon
Pentagon City
Crystal City
toward National Airport
18th & Crystal Virginia Railway Express
23rd & Clark
23rd & Crystal
26th & Clark
27th & Crystal
 33rd & Crystal
 South Glebe
Four Mile Run
Arlington
Alexandria
 Reed – Potomac Yard
East Glebe
 Swann
 Custis
 Potomac
toward National Airport
 Fayette
Braddock Road
toward King Street
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Metroway is a bus rapid transit (BRT) line operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) as part of their Metrobus system. It consists of a single line operating in Arlington and Alexandria, Virginia. It opened on August 24, 2014. It is the first bus rapid transit line to open in Virginia and in the Washington metropolitan area.[2]

Route

The service runs from its northern end at the Pentagon City south through Crystal City and Potomac Yard before ending at the Braddock Road Metrorail station. The service runs along a bus-only roadway along Jefferson Davis Highway in Alexandria between Potomac and East Glebe stations, as well as a busway in Arlington. The remainder of the service runs on mixed-traffic roadways.[3]

Stations

There are fifteen stations on the route. Eleven of the stations offer two-way service; two of the stations, 18th & Crystal and 23rd & Crystal, are northbound-only; and two other stations, 26th & Clark, 23rd & Clark, are southbound-only.[3]

The Metroway stations vary depending on location and jurisdiction, though all stations consist of side platforms and sidewalk-level bus stops.

Service

Metroway operates seven days a week with longer hours and more frequent service during weekdays. All runs take place on board the New Flyer Xcelsior XN40 CNG buses with Metroway livery, which replaced the original NABI 42 BRT Hybrid buses on December 18, 2016.

Connections

As a WMATA Metrobus service, Metroway is integrated within the regional transit network, and is subject to the same fares and transfer rules as any other local Metrobus service. The Braddock Road, Crystal City, and Pentagon City stations offer service for the Metrorail Yellow Line and Blue Line.[3] As it parallels the Yellow and Blue Lines between Pentagon City and Braddock Road, it can be used as an alternative to Metrorail during service outages on Metrorail.[4]

The Crystal City VRE station is a short distance (0.1 mile) away from the 18th & Crystal station.

Metroway provides connections to the Mount Vernon Trail at the 18th & Crystal station, and the Four Mile Run Trail at the South Glebe station. Capital Bikeshare stations exist at or near several Metroway stations.[3]

Expansions

Metroway has been expanded since its opening in 2014, both in number of stations and length of route. Two new stations opened in Arlington, both in April 2016. Fayette station in Alexandria opened in 2017.[5]

On April 17, 2016, the 33rd & Crystal and Pentagon City stations opened, bringing the total number of operating stations to fifteen. At the same time, a dedicated transit lane and a peak period transit lane opened in Arlington.[5][6] While the Fayette and 33rd & Crystal stations are infill stations along the existing route, the addition of the Pentagon City station extended the route north, which changed the northern terminus from Crystal City to Pentagon City. The 33rd & Crystal stop offers two-way service, while Pentagon City, the new northern terminus is southbound-only.

The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board wants to extend the dedicated transitway in Crystal City North to the Pentagon City Metro station.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Crystal City-Potomac Yard Transitway Project". City of Alexandria. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  2. ↑ Lazo, Luz (August 23, 2014). "Metroway, the region's first bus rapid transit, to debut in Northern Virginia". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Route | Metroway". Metroway. MetrowayVA.com. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  4. ↑ Siddiqui, Faiz (March 4, 2017). "For Metro riders in Virginia, one last dance with SafeTrack — if all goes to plan". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  5. 1 2 Smith, Max (April 17, 2016). "New bus-only lanes open along Jefferson Davis Highway". WTOP.com. WTOP. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Crystal City Potomac Yard Transitway - Projects & Planning". Arlington County Government. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Trains, buses, new lanes for cars and bikes—highlights from the 2016 CLRP Amendment". National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board. October 18, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
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