Metrobus riders, take note: The Examiner has good news for you in the form of Metro deciding on a roll out schedule for several new express bus routes over the next three years, with the first being a hotly anticipated, limited-stop Express S line bus traveling up and down 16th Street NW. Metro is currently planning on having the Express S operating by the end of 2009.

Other scheduled express bus services include:

2010: An Express Q2 line in Montgomery County and Express 28 Line along Leesburg Pike in Northern Virginia.

2011: New Express service along H Street/Benning Road in D.C., and along Georgia Avenue and New Hampshire Ave. in Maryland.

WMATA told the Examiner they hope the new express bus routes, of which there are at least 10 more in the pipeline farther in the future, “will speed customers’ trips and improve reliability.” Or in other words, that if they get you to work just a little bit faster, maybe you’ll all stop complaining about D.C. buses so much.

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