For the second half of 2007, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), in partnership with the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), studied ways of improving transit service along Metrobus routes 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, and M6.

The 30s Line Study, as it came to be known, is now complete and the project is in the implementation phase. As the project progresses through implementation, more information will be added to the site. In the meantime, you can read the study recommendations in the Final Report (or a shortened version in slide presentation format) on the publications page.

The current 30s Line service— which runs primarily along Pennsylvania Avenue from Naylor Road and Southern Avenue Metro Stations to the Foggy Bottom area and along Wisconsin Avenue from Georgetown to Friendship Heights (click on the map at right)—has an average weekday ridership of 20,000 and a total monthly ridership of nearly half a million people, making it the line with the highest ridership of any in the Metrobus system.

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The 30s Line is a vital link to destinations in Downtown, Georgetown, and Pennsylvania Avenue SE for riders from east of the Anacostia River and Northwest DC.


Members of the public and the project team discuss potential improvements to the 30s Line at a meeting in Southeast DC in October 2007.