***MEDIA
ADVISORY***
Monday,
March 20
8:00 AM
Councilmember
McDuffie and Dignitaries Celebrate First Day of New G9 Bus Route
on Rhode Island Avenue with Inaugural Ride
Washington,
D.C. – On Monday, March 20, 2017, Councilmember
Kenyan R. McDuffie (D-Ward 5) will join dignitaries, neighbors,
and community leaders on an Inaugural Ride of the new G9
MetroExtra Bus Route. After a brief speaking program, the public
is invited to board the bus and ride downtown with Councilmember
McDuffie.
The new G9 MetroExtra Bus Route begins service after
Councilmember McDuffie secured the funds to start the route in
the fiscal year 2017 District of Columbia budget that the Council
approved in June 2016. After the funds became available on
October 1, 2016, the G9 route was then approved by the WMATA
Finance and Revenue Committee, and the full Board of Directors in
January.
This new bus route will – for the first time in memory – allow
passengers to travel from one side of Ward 5 to the other along
Rhode Island Avenue, without requiring a transfer. This new bus
route will also help alleviate overcrowding on the current G8
line in Bloomingdale, Eckington, and Edgewood.
The G9 MetroExtra Bus Route is expected to carry approximately
1,100 passengers per day while serving the Ward 5 neighborhoods
of Bloomingdale, Eckington, Edgewood, Brentwood, Brookland,
Woodridge, and Langdon Park. The G9 will operate weekdays 6 - 9
AM, 3-7 PM.
WHO:
- Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, Ward 5
- Councilmember Jack Evans, Ward 2; WMATA
Board Chair
- Paul Wiedefeld, WMATA
- Leif Dormsjo, DC Department of
Transportation
- Kyle Todd, Rhode Island Avenue Main
Street
WHEN:
- Monday, March 20, 8:00
AM
WHERE:
- Woodridge Public Library, 18th Street
Side
- 1801 Hamlin Street NE, Washington, DC
20018
- [Closest coffee: Zeke's
Coffee, 2300 Rhode Island Ave NE, open at 7am]
WHAT:
- Brief speaking program followed by G9 bus
ride
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