Bus-only lanes along MD 355 were activated early this morning between North Bethesda and Friendship Heights. The Bethesda, Medical Center, and Grosvenor Metro stations will be closed for major construction from today until September 6, 2026. Monday morning commuters at the Bethesda Metro station found no personnel from transit agency WMATA on-site to assist customers in locating the free shuttle buses that will be running between the shuttered stations for the next eight weeks. There was also a lack of signage.
Adding to the confusion is that, unlike previous station closures in Bethesda, a hodgepodge of privately-owned charter buses is being employed as shuttles, instead of Metrobuses. And many of those buses had the name of the charter company displayed on the screen above the windshield, instead of the destination.
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The absolute most terrifying possibility, if not probability with this, is these bus only lanes will be made permanent. There is already chatter going around town that that is indeed what they intend to do. Does anybody reading this have any doubt in their mind, based upon the ridiculous bike lane takeover all around the county, which has snarled traffic on both county and state roads, that they will not indeed do this and remove an entire travel lane on 355/ Rockville Pike and elsewhere in the area like Georgia avenue? I think not. With situations like this, it's always strongly recommended to write your elected officials. But as we've seen time and again that does nothing. They are in charge and they know what's good for you like it or not. And we don't.
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