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The goal is during rush to have a bus show up every 5 or so minutes and during non-rush every 10-12 minutes.'

There will be buses for the 'yellow line' and the 'blue line' in each direction to simulate the rail.

The buses will be either a coach bus (think fancy touring bus) or a Dash bus (there are also 12 extra long articulated buses that will be running that each hold 120 people in addition to a ton of other buses). People will be there (in force the first 2 weeks and present throughout the entire shutdown) to direct people to which bus stop to use at the station. 'If you would have taken the Metrorail to reach your destination, still show up to the metro station.

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This includes free shuttles to Metro rail stations (including Pentagon and Crystal City), more frequent service and additional express buses.Īccording to Alexandria's Transportation & Environmental Services: WMATA, Alexandria City’s DASH Bus service and Fairfax County Connector bus service are providing additional options and routes for commuters this summer.

If sitting alone in your car stuck in traffic on I-395 sounds miserable, here are more options.įor more information on all of these and to plan your new commute, go to BUS and FREE SHUTTLES Officials from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the City of Alexandria, Fairfax County and other entities have been working hard to help commuters figure out alternative ways to commute between Memorial Day and Labor Day.