tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post3967774367702877542..comments2023-10-30T11:47:53.134-04:00Comments on why.i.hate.dc: DC pulls funding for Privileged People Transit System to H Street NEDave Strouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12284013068083846700noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-22820112249483191832009-12-08T00:02:28.288-05:002009-12-08T00:02:28.288-05:00As someone who works on H St NE, I just wanted to ...As someone who works on H St NE, I just wanted to jump in and make a few points about the shuttle.<br /><br />1. While the shuttle does serve many of the same stops on H Street as the X2, the fact that its route runs from 7th and H NW and does not make another stop until 5th and H NE is HUGE. It cuts travel time roughly in half.<br /><br />2. People assume that the shuttle is only used by people coming to drink on H Street but this is false. Many of our staff and customers live near the H Street NE corridor and use the shuttle as a way to get to Chinatown for metro access or to patronize the area bars and restaurants as well as attend events at the Verizon Center and other venues near Chinatown/Gallery Place.<br /><br />3. As someone that rides buses with great frequency (at least 6-8 times/week), I can say that the shuttle is often a much better option to get from NW DC to H Street and the surrounding area. It's more punctual than the X2 or the 90 buses by far. One of our staff members lives a 20 minute walk from where we work on H Street and has walked the entire way during morning rush hour several times without a single X2 bus coming by during the time he was walking along the bus route. Numerous people I know have waited nearly an hour for an X2 bus at night trying to get back to the metro.<br /><br />4. The area is not as well-served by cabs as many neighborhoods in NW. I've had many nights where it has taken me 20 minutes standing outside to get a cab back home at 11pm and I've often called for a cab and had them finally call me to let me know a cab is on the way 40 minutes later after I'd already sourced another ride home.<br /><br />So maybe we're not quite Georgetown or Dupont and therefore can't generate the same numbers of ridership, but as long as the streets are a wreck from construction and it takes the X2 half an hour to go ten blocks, it seems like the shuttle isn't a terrible idea. If people would be willing to pay, great, and maybe there is some nominal fee that gets attached to it but simply saying that everyone should just suck it up and ride the X2 doesn't seem to be a fitting response.AKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12854070868552904081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-17558798110743467592009-12-05T18:48:43.803-05:002009-12-05T18:48:43.803-05:00I've never ridden either the X2 or the H Stree...I've never ridden either the X2 or the H Street Shuttle, but if one was free and the other costs money, I can see why people would be upset... I always prefer something free over something that costs money :) Did it stop between the Atlas District and Gallery Place, or just a direct route between the two? What days/times did it run?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05458756774729315992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-30455094714611709352009-12-05T16:39:40.562-05:002009-12-05T16:39:40.562-05:00"in a couple of years"
HAHAHAHAHA!! Oh,..."in a couple of years"<br /><br />HAHAHAHAHA!! Oh, that's a good one. "A couple of years"... in DC!! Hahahahahahaha. (heehee)anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14191145629675271704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-14781427585945778292009-12-05T13:19:22.181-05:002009-12-05T13:19:22.181-05:00Well, they ARE building a street car line along th...Well, they ARE building a street car line along the street. So that will serve both crowds. So some of this will be moot in a couple of years. But in the meantime, I think expanding the circulator is a fine idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-63386834265205488692009-12-05T11:47:59.111-05:002009-12-05T11:47:59.111-05:00Don't they have ipods loaded with Nickleback t...Don't they have ipods loaded with Nickleback to block out the rowdiness. Ride the bus like the rest of us! There are usually three clustered together waiting to serve you.MATTHEWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07252072547658920580noreply@blogger.com