Bear with me on the recent map craze. I was a cartographer in a past life. Also, I've been wanting to install maps on the blog since day one and I guess I get to do it all in one fell swoop... I've gotten a few comments, so keep the suggestions coming. I will post all of the revised maps soon with permanent links on the homepage.This map shows the actual route of Metrobus' 42 bus. The route begins in Mount Pleasant at the intersection of Lamont Street and Mt Pleasant Street NW. The route follows a curve-like path through Adams Morgan, Kalorama, Dupont, Farragut, White House, Metro Center and ends in Chinatown. After leaving Mt Pleasant, the 42 travels west along Columbia Road until reaching Connecticut Avenue, heading south. The route travels around Dupont Circle and rumbles past Farragut Sqaure before turning east on H Street past Lafayette Park, New York Ave Presby Church and finally turns right, southbound on 9th Street.
No other bus can take you to falafel joints, Ethiopian goodness, empanadas, the dentist, a stroll at the White House, bike messenger hang-outs, Abe Lincoln's church, Steven Colbert's Portrait, world famous hotels, and several of the city's most desirable neighborhoods. A nice slice of the city...
5 comments:
When I first walked through the park at 16th and Columbia, after recently moving into the area, I thought to myself, I wonder what this park is called.... after seeing about a dozen rats while crossing my path it was clear to me it should be named "Rat Park". I'm glad I was not the only person to make that connection! Think we can get a sign made?
Hey Tim-- I had so much trouble getting to wmata's link to the 42 bus route that I finally just googled "42 bus route map" and got your blog with an easy-to-access map and remarkable navigable layout. Way to be more helpful than WMATA. Carina
Thanks Carina. Right now WMATA just offers the PDF files of the actual printed paper map for bus routes. Boring and hard to manage for people without Adobe software. They could use some interactivity or at least a more user friendly interface.
I have a final version of this map which I'll post in a few days. Only small changes.
YES. Rat Park. They always seem to run from under my car when I'm unloading groceries.
Thanks for posting this! I just tried opening the PDF from the Wmata site and it was giving me an error.
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