Circulator Green Route to debut Nov. 1
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is planning to announce that service on the Green Route of the Charm City Circulator, the third line of Baltimore's free shuttle bus service, will start up Nov. 1, according to the Baltimore Department of Transportation.
The Green Route will make a vaguely Y-shaped loop serving the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Fells Point, Harbor East and the City Hall area before retracing its course. It will intersect with the Orange Route, which runs east and west from Central Avenue to the Hollins Street Market, and connect with the Locust Point water taxi that docks at Maritime Park. According to the city, the newest addition to its fleet, the Orion VII BRT Hybrid bus, will be used on the route.
The Green Route does not connect directly with the north-south Purple Route, which serves the Charles-St. Paul-Light corridor between the Cross Street Market and Penn Station, but the two lines come within about two blocks of each other near City Hall. In the plans is a fourth route serving Fort McHenry from the Inner Harbor.
According to the Circulator web site, the Orange Route has added a new -- and much-needed -- stop at Howard Street to provide a better connection to the light rail system.
Comments
Now if they could just keep the flash mobs of school kids off the thing - or at least teach them to behave and give up their seat to the elderly!
Posted by: Liz | October 12, 2011 6:29 PM
I applaud the city attempting to provide more public transportation. I would be even more impressed if they actually published the bus schedules and made it practical to use the service. City and MTA web sites are incredibly unusable.
Posted by: Bruce | October 12, 2011 7:09 PM
This is sickening. Why not just take all the American born cab drivers and give them cardboard and magic markers and send them out on the street to live?
Posted by: Michael Stewart | October 12, 2011 8:42 PM
I really wish they would extend the Green line to Canton. While Hopkins, Downtown, and Federal Hill have many transit options, Canton has very few. The only exception is the #7 and #11 bus. Extending the green line a few blocks east would open a whole new area to public transit!
Posted by: Jeff | October 12, 2011 10:22 PM
I still don't understand why people call this a free bus. Your tax dollars pay for it and that money lines the pockets of some big corporate big wig who has obviously made ins with the current corrupted government. Yet another entitlement program who's source of funding is the middle class.
Posted by: Phillip | October 13, 2011 9:53 AM
I thought the Circulators were mostly for guests to Baltimore. Too many locals, especially school kids. Consider a minimum charge (25c). Also, the drivers don't announce places of interest. They started in the beginning and have stopped. Possibly because of the locals. Concept is great, actual not working well.
Posted by: J. R. Stewart | October 13, 2011 12:48 PM