Highlights of the year's accomplishments include: opening of Phase II (the Blue Line, National Airport-Stadium Armory) on July 1, drawing a daily ridership of 135,000, the combined system now had 25 stations and carried over six times as many passengers as before, rerouting of 385 bus routes to serve the rail stations and eliminate duplicate service, reorganization of the Authority staff to function as a transit service agency in addition to a construction agency, purchase of 281 buses, over half equipped with wheelchair lifts, implementing two fare increases, phasing in two-way bus radios and improving graphics in the rail stations. At year's end, five stations and 14.2 miles of line were substantially completed and 21 stations and 21.0 miles of line were under construction, and another 21 stations and 27.2 miles of line were under design.
Annual Report, 1977
1977
29 pages
Report
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English
Transportation & Traffic Planning , Metropolitan Rail Transportation , Road Transportation , Transportation management , Mass transportation , District of Columbia , Buses(Vehicles) , Passenger transportation , Services , Rail transportation , Operating costs , Construction , Handicapped persons , Elderly persons , Transportation planning , Subways , Financial management , METRO transit system , Transit ridership