In 1980 Metro rail extended another 3.52 miles and three stations to Addison Road on the Blue Line for a total of 37.15 miles and 41 stations. Bus and Rail ridership increased by 14.2 million trips in 1980 or 8.1 percent above the total for 1979. Over a two-year period beginning January 1, 1978, annual total transit trips have increased by 35.5 percent from 13.9 million in that year to 189.1 million trips in 1980. The journal describes bus garages and the Nicholson Lane Metrobus facility in Rockville, a prototype of a new generation in bus facility design.


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