The bus is finally coming.
After a long delay, the Purple Line of the free downtown shuttle will start picking up passengers June 7. See the full Sun story.
The first route on the Charm City Circulator, which runs east-west, has been running for months. And officials told the Sun that it's exceeded expectations with 2,000 riders a day. (Though, I never see more than a few people on them at once.)
The new line will run north-south, from Federal Hill to Penn Station.
Mike Dresser, the Sun reporter following the story, tells me that bikes will not be allowed but officials are looking into installing racks at some stops.
So, anyone plan to use the bus? Anyone use the existing route? Waiting for the third route? I'll give it a try next week and report back. Here are the routes and maps.
Baltimore Sun photo/Jed Kirschbaum