Metro has been forced to backtrack on an effort to consolidate bus stops, restoring a handful of stops just months after eliminating them on several D.C. lines. The transit agency had quietly eliminated 67 stops from four bus lines in the District when it rolled out new “service enhancements” amid fanfare from public officials in December.
The agency targeted the lines because they had the most stops per mile in the system. The idea was to streamline the routes to about four or five stops per mile to keep the buses moving. The agency had estimated it could save 10 to 20 seconds for each stop it removed.
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