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    Metro Bus Routes

    Metadata Updated: April 15, 2026

    This line layer was created from the GTFS data feeds from the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority (WMATA) to represent the new WMATA bus transit routes for the Better Bus Network Redesign(BBNR). Lines in this layer represent individual bus routes; they were generalized from the GTFS format where lines depicted individual services.

    On June 29, 2025, WMATA implemented a brand new Metrobus Network – known as Better Bus. Read more about this update from BBNR info page.

    Each line represents the route that a specific bus follows during its daily service. The unique field, shape_id, is derived from the GTFS to identify the route, while route_id (route_shortname), direction, and variation fields use familiar letter or number designations for buses, with distinct IDs for each route. This layer was developed as part of the WMATA Better Bus Network Redesign and will be updated as necessary to reflect changes in the transit system. Learn more about GTFS feeds at wmata.com/about/developers.

    The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) has added DC attribution for Roadway Blocks and Roadway Subblocks to the Metro Bus Stop dataset. Use BLOCKKEY, SUBBLOCKKEY, and ROUTEID to relate back to DC government data. Learn more about DDOT's roadway centerline data at opendata.dc.gov/pages/roadway-centerlines.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date April 15, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DC data

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date April 15, 2026
    Publisher City of Washington, DC
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=35738eb6405f4bb0bfdceddb21ac3122&sublayer=59
    Data First Published 2015-02-27T21:15:05.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-12T23:30:36.000Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
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    Harvest Source Id b05f955a-65d6-4288-9558-15a5ebc74e36
    Harvest Source Title DC data
    Homepage URL https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/DCGIS::metro-bus-routes
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -77.3678,38.6910,-76.7156,39.1562
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 53156c091258832e6b7aad3ffca9b7c7568330245e69c6ad558b634b2dee6dd2
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -77.3678, 38.6910, -77.3678, 39.1562, -76.7156, 39.1562, -76.7156, 38.6910, -77.3678, 38.6910}

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