Five months after the Maryland Transit Administration rerouted its entire Baltimore-area bus network, buses now arrive on time about 80 percent of the time, but ridership remains flat, according to MTA Administrator Kevin Quinn.
The $135 million bus system overhaul called BaltimoreLink has increased reliability by 9 percent, thanks in part to new bus-only lanes designed to help buses bypass gridlock downtown and traffic-light sensors that extend green lights and shorten red ones for them, among other measures, he said.
“That may not sound like a lot, but any transit system nationwide would be thrilled with a 9 percent increase in reliability,” he said. “All around, pieces are coming into place.”
The agency has been tweaking the system based on rider feedback since the June launch, Quinn said, and it incorporated ridership trends into its proposed 2018 Winter Service Adjustments set to take place in February.
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