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Description How Will This Help? Washington, D.C. Circulator bus transit is a short-distance, • Improves mobility and The DC Circulator is a circular, fixed-route transit mode that circulation in target areas. cooperative effort of the District takes riders around a specific area with • Fosters the redevelopment of Columbia Department of major destinations. It may include street- of urban spaces into walk- Transportation, the Washington cars, rubber-tire trolleys, electric buses, able, mixed-use, high-density Metropolitan Area Transit or compressed natural gas buses. environments. Authority, DC Surface Transit, and First Transit. The DC Two common types of circulator bus • Improves parking availability in transit are downtown circulators and areas with shortages. Circulator began service in neighborhood circulators. A circulator • Reduces environmental 2005 and has bus system targeted at tourists/visitors impacts from private/individual experienced is more likely to use vehicle colors to be transportation. increasing clearly identifiable. ridership each Implementation Issues year. Target Market There are many barriers, constraints, and Most downtown circulators are orient- obstacles to successfully implement, ed toward employee and tourist/visi- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania operate, and maintain a circulator bus. tor markets. Neighborhood circulators The Independence Visitor However, funding is the major constraint meet the mobility needs of transit-reliant Center Corporation manages in most programs. Inadequate funding populations, such as low-income and the downtown circulator, and costs were the most common mobility-challenged people. reasons that agencies did not implement Phlash, in the Center City or continue a circulator system. District of Philadelphia. Phlash has been in operation for Lack of interest is another issue for the 15 years. implementation and planning of a circu- lator system. Low ridership and produc- tivity may cause the service to end.