Route 20 (MTA Maryland)

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Route 20
Overview
System Maryland Transit Administration
GarageEastern (until Feb. 2015)
Bush
Statusactive
Began service1948
Route
LocaleBaltimore City
Baltimore County
Communities served Westview Park
Edmondson Village
Landmarks served Westview Mall
Grace Medical Center
Other routes 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 31, 35, 36, qb40, 44, qb46, qb48, 51, 57, 61, 64, 77, 91, 99 (on Security Blvd.), 120, 150, 160
Service
LevelDaily
FrequencyEvery 10 minutes (Edmondson Village to City Hall)
Every 30 minutes (Security Square Mall service)
Weekend frequencyEvery 30-60 minutes
Operates24 Hours a Day [1]

Route 20 is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line currently runs from Security Square Mall east through downtown Baltimore to Baltimore City Hall. The main roads on which the line operates are Old Frederick Road, Baltimore Street, Fayette Street, and Boston Street. The line serves the communities of Westview, Edmondson Village.

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The bus route is the successor to the 15 West Baltimore Street, 20 Point Breeze, and Fairmount Avenue streetcar lines; the West Baltimore Street Line was the third streetcar line in Baltimore. 26 to Dundalk Marine Terminal & 31 CCBC Dundalk

History

In 1899, the No. 15 streetcar started operating along the western portion of this route as far west as Franklintown Road. [2] Parts of the eastern portion were served by the nos. 23 and 26 streetcars during the streetcar era. Several Baltimore streetcars held the no. 20 designation. These included one that operated along Orleans Street from 1894 to 1929 before being absorbed into the No. 6 Streetcar (where service is currently provided by bus route 35), the West Arlington Jerkwater which operated briefly in 1930 (where service is currently provided by bus route 44), [3] the Dundalk Short Line, which operated from 1930 to 1936, and the Point Breeze streetcar/bus, which operated from 1940 to 1948, which was reduced to a shuttle in 1948 before being absorbed by other services. [4]

The current Route 20 on Baltimore Street started operating in 1948. [4] In that year, the line absorbed Bus Route N, which had operated since 1932 when no. 15 streetcar service on West Baltimore Street was discontinued. [4]

The line saw later expansions on the west side while communities developed in Edmondson Village, Westview, and Woodlawn, and was eventually extended to Rolling Road and Security Boulevard. The layover point was then moved across the street to Security Square Mall. On the east side, the line was extended to Dundalk Community College (now the Community College of Baltimore County Dundalk campus) and Dundalk Marine Terminal.

In October 2005, as part of the Greater Baltimore Bus Initiative, a comprehensive overhaul plan, Route 20 underwent the following changes:

On 22 February 2015, service was cut to run between Security Square Mall and City Hall, with short turns at Edmonsdon Village [6] as part of the first phase implementation of the Bus Network Improvement Project. Service on the eastern portion of the route was picked up by the new Route 31 for trips to Dundalk and by new Route 26 with expanded service to Dundalk Marine Terminal and the Amazon Warehouse.

In Every Secret Thing By Laura Lippman, the narrator describes her plans to take the bus to St. Agnes Lane near U.S. 40, where Route 20 operates. [7]

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References

  1. http://mta.maryland.gov/sites/default/files/20_FEB2015_WINTER%20service%20change_WEB.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  2. "Routes of Baltimore Transit - 1900 to Today". Archived from the original on 2002-06-01. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  3. Adam Paul. "A History of the 5 and 33 Streetcar Lines". Archived from the original on 2002-04-10. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  4. 1 2 3 "Routes of Baltimore Transit - 1900 to Today". Archived from the original on 2002-06-01. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  5. Dresser, Michael (2005-07-29). "State unveils bus route changes less sweeping than prior proposal - LA Times". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  6. http://mta.maryland.gov/node/143935
  7. Lippman, L. (2009). Every Secret Thing. HarperCollins. p. 88. ISBN   9780061808500 . Retrieved 2014-10-04.