DC Metro and Bus

I take Metrobus 38B round trip Arlington /DC. Its route through Georgetown & GWU has many visitors from out of town including those seeking medical evaluation. The bus drivers are uniformly knowledgeable, helpful & efficient. Their patience with people who are overwhelmed by the traffic, schedules of different transportation options is above what I have observed in many cities in US & abroad. My 1st difficulty in more than a decade using Metro bus & train was last evening (Wed 11/12) at 8 pm. I went into Clarendon Metro station to check on time it opened since I had an appointment at 7:15 am & Metro website says individual stations may have different opening & closing times. The kiosk had a msg card stating the Metro station attendant was away & would retuned shortly. I waited for 45 min. & finally returned home & took my chances with the am train. It worked out OK in spite of a separate incident leading to Metro police arriving & train stopped for almost 10 min. Staff were so calm during entire incident. Metro & ARL do a great job. Thank you!

Dear Developer, When I downloaded this app a few years back, the bus route for the W8 schedule was available to view. I am not sure what happened, but now the bus route has disappeared. I typed W8 route in the search engine of the app and the route directions does not appear. It only appears for the W6 route instead. As a disabled rider with mobility issues the W8 bus stops in front of the building I reside in. Since being disabled I have to come to rely on this bus and rail to get to and from where I need to go on a weekly basis. Rectifying this issue would be beneficial to my neighbors as well as others that utilize this bus route for their needs as well. Thank you.

This app is fantastic, until suddenly there’s no data. This has happened multiple times when tracking the T2 bus from my home in Bethesda southbound to Friendship Heights, and northbound from Friendship Heights towards my home in Bethesda. “WMATA reporting no data” appears on the screen. So frustrating. Makes an otherwise fantastic app completely useless. Several times in Friendship Heights, my bus is tracked by the app, and I time my arrival at the stop for 10 minutes before the bus is predicted to arrive. A few minutes after my arrival, that bus disappears from the app and the next bus (which is to arrive 30 or so minutes later) is the only one showing up on the app! What happened? Did my bus show up early? No, about 8 minutes later, my bus shows up at the stop (not on the app), and the driver is oblivious to the problem. (There is also the additional problem that buses show up at the stop with Not In Service on their displays, and you have to ask the driver to identify their bus— super annoying). I want to do right by the environment by using public transportation, but WMATA and this app have not ironed out the kinks.