A Desire Named Streetcar
Originally, Washington's streetcars were powered by these familiar beasts of burden.
What are horses?
Washington's Metrorail began service in this Bicentennial year.
When was 1976?
Recently raised from $1.90, this is the current regular Metrobus fare.
What is $2.00?
The Potomac RiverBoat's Water Taxi docks at two points in D.C., one in Virginia and this location in Maryland.
What is National Harbor?
This transportation mode made last century’s privately-owned transit systems unprofitable to operate.
What is the automobile?
Later, power was supplied by this clean energy source.
What is electricity?
This is the Metro station served by the most lines.
What is L'Enfant Plaza?
There's no religious significance to this ability of Metrobuses to lower the first entrance step.
What is kneeling?
Passengers on Water Taxis to Georgetown are denied access to the upper deck due to these hazards the ships travel under.
What are bridges?
They’re a leading nontraditional financing method adopted by states for transportation projects.
What are public-private partnerships?
Outside the city's core, power was transmitted to streetcars by a network of these.
What are overhead wires?
This is the only U.S. city with more subway riders than D.C.
What is New York?
This type of Metrobus has two sections and can bend in the middle.
What is an articulated bus?
Though not on its Water Taxi schedule, Potomac RiverBoat's cruise line can take you to this former president's home.
Where is Mt. Vernon?
Transit is provided through 18 distinct modes, divided into these two major categories.
What is rail and non-rail?
D.C. streetcar service began during the Civil War, and ended a century later in this year.
When was 1962?
This was the first line; serves the most stations; and is the only one to begin & end in the same jurisdiction.
What is the Red Line?
Before smartcards, this use of a second bus to complete a single trip used to be signified by a slip of paper.
What is a transfer?
The Water Taxi trip between Georgetown & The Wharf would be shorter if not for this artificial landmass.
What is East Potomac Park?
Before becoming the Federal Transit Administration, the agency went by this name.
What is the Urban Mass Transportation Administration?
Washington's first streetcar line began in Georgetown and ended at this spot on the Anacostia River.
What is the Washington Navy Yard?
The only line not to extend beyond the Beltway.
What is the Green Line?
If a Metrobus route identifier is missing this element, it means the route used to be a streetcar line.
What is a letter of the alphabet?
Georgetown to this Virginia city is the longest direct Water Taxi route.
What is Alexandria?
They’re the largest and smallest vehicles in the non-rail transit fleet.
What are buses and aerial tramways?