Greater Greater Washington  Posts about Bus Lanes   An H Street
bus lane would help both transit & cars  Every day 33 bus routes
converge on H and I Streets in downtown DC, making it the
busiest bus corridor in the DC region. According to a WMATA
report, a contraflow bus lane on H Street would dramatically
improve travel times for both transit riders and car drivers.
Potential H Street contraflow bus lane. Image from WMATA.  At
peak times, one bus per minute travels along H or I. At off-
peak, it's a bus every two minutes. Today, all those buses mix
with car traffic on both H and I Streets, which slows them down.
Meanwhile, all those buses make several stops to pick up and
unload passengers, which slows down car traffic trying to use
the same lane.  Moving all the buses to H Street, which is less
congested, and giving buses in the westbound direction a
separated lane, would speed up both modes.  Since H Street is
one-way going east, westbound buses would need a contraflow
lane. There are no contraflow bus lan