CACrafter88bk2504

Jul 14 2008, 10:38 PM

They should send the 6 back to Midvale. I live 2 blocks away from route 6 & the 6 doesn't need artics after 9pm during the week. I could be wrong but I think the 6 has since lost some ridership counts over the years.

If the 6 stays @ Allegheny, it may remain an all artic route. If the 6 gets reassigned to Midvale, they will take many of the artics off the 55 & deploy them onto the 6 during the weekday schedules.

One thing about the 6, you will always need room on the 6. It is better to be safe than sorry.

Before the 6 became bus in January 1986, the line served as a feeder to the broad & olney subway & carried nearly 10,000 daily. That was itneresting at the time, given that the line was only 20 minutes in length from end to end & the Germantown routes(L, 6exp which became the 22 & 55) served specific suburbs in Montgomery County that, in November 1985, were either sparsely populated or no one really paid attention to these areas.

Around November 1985(shortly before 6 went bus), the L, 22 & 55 didn't carry the headways & ridership counts that could top the 6. Not even the S (which became the 18)& 26. The C may have came close.

On weekends, the 6 can get tricky.

When Midvale had the 6, there were some trips going to or from olney terminal on Saturday or Sunday that were empty, and there were some trips that were so filled that you had to literally go to the roof of the bus just to either get a seat or get some fresh air. And yes Midvale ran Neos on the 6 during the weekends(daytime hours, mainly the Neo EIs & a few Neo EZs before Midvale lost the line.