Anyone know the purpose of the S80 and S91 routes? They are only 2-4 minutes long and seem somewhat useless. I would not be shocked if these routes get canned like the George lines did in the next WMATA budget cuts. Just speaking in a logical perspective. I mean, people could just walk to the Mall from the station and vice-visa.
I wondered the same thing. I think they used to have a dedicated paint scheme. The only VA routes with a alphabet prefix.
Yeah, I noticed that too. It's possible that they used to be part of the 18 line I guess?
Quote from: BigPimpinSlimDB on July 18, 2013, 10:21:23 PM
I wondered the same thing. I think they used to have a dedicated paint scheme. The only VA routes with a alphabet prefix.
Now there is the W99 with a public timetable online. W99 - West Ox Road Shuttle. I thought the division letter and "99" meant employee shuttle. Should the W99 really be the A99? Was "W99" used because it was pre-programmed in the destination signs back when Arlington closed and West Ox opened?
At first those W99 buses just used the SHUTTLE sign on the destination signs. Then a few months later you saw W99 VIENNA STATION en route to Vienna and SHUTTLE back to West Ox. Then, several months after that, someone programmed a WEST OX RD & ALLIANCE DR destination (with the annoying small font) that could be paired with W99 so both directions of the W99 have specific destination signs.
Quote from: Chargerdodge9 on July 18, 2013, 06:46:47 PM
Anyone know the purpose of the S80 and S91 routes? They are only 2-4 minutes long and seem somewhat useless. I would not be shocked if these routes get canned like the George lines did in the next WMATA budget cuts. Just speaking in a logical perspective. I mean, people could just walk to the Mall from the station and vice-visa.
TAGS info: http://www.tagsva.org/about-tags/
Interesting that the website says the point of TAGS is to shuttle in the Springfield central business district but the S80 and S91 buses only go as far as the Hilton near the old Springfield Mall and then to a suburban office park near Beulah Street and Walker Lane.
It's funny that they just got new buses too.
Well the other division that uses the W is Western, and since they don't have a W99 because Western is right next door to Friendship Heights Sta so they won't really need a shuttle, might as well let West Ox use it.
So, is the W99 strictly for WMATA driver use only then?
No, or else it wouldn't have a public timetable.
Good point.