The Shirley Highway corridor express bus transit improvement program recommended in the report has already been initiated. Travel time savings over previous conditions gained by morning peak-period commuters are up to 20 minutes. With normal rush hour travel times between corridor residential areas and central employment locations in the District of Columbia of 40 to 60 minutes, the above immediate improvement is significant. Estimates of the effect of this major upgrading of mass transportation service, the first of its kind in the country, have indicated that in addition to this direct benefit there will be overall reductions in peak-period traffic congestion on the Shirley Highway and on the downtown Washington street system, reduced demand for parking in the District and along major corridor arterial streets, reduced levels of air pollution, availability of a through route on the Shirley Highway for emergency use and for construction operations, and the opportunity to demonstrate the potential of high-quality express but rapid transit as an integral part of the balanced urban transportation system. (Author)


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