Circulator marks best day yet
The Charm City Circulator bus system marked its most productive day yet last Friday as its two routes carried more than 6,000 riders, according to the Baltimore Department of Transportation.
The free circulator carried 3,368 riders on the east-west Orange Line and 2,742 on the north-south Purple Line, said Jamie Kendrick for a total of 6,110, deputy director of the department. Kendrick said ridership received a boost from the "Americans for the Arts" summit at the Marriott Harbor East.
Kendrick said Saturday was another strong performance, with 4,427 passengers between the two routes. A 4:05 p.m. Orioles game increased ridership that day, he said.
The response to the circulator has been "beyond our wildest expectations," Kendrick said. "I think we've developed an early kind of brand loyalty." The free shuttle bus service was launched with the Orange Route in January, with the Purple Route joining it earlier this month.
Kendrick said the service's 10-minute intervals between buses took a bit of a beating last week as 95-degree temperatures took a toll on the buses. At worst, he said, headways slipped at 14 minutes. But he said the problems had eased by the end of the week.
