dash bus service in los angeles see los angeles department of transportation dash . for the downtown area shuttle dash bus service in hartford see hartford connecticut transportation . for the davidson avenue shuttle dash bus service in new jersey see somerset county new jersey transportation . this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message dash a dash gillig phantom at king street old town station slogan keeping alexandria moving parent city of alexandria founded 1984 headquarters 3000 business center drive alexandria va service area alexandria virginia service type bus service alliance wmata routes 10 and the king street trolley fleet orion v gillig phantom gillig low floor daily ridership 12 400 q1 2016 1 annual ridership 4 209 500 2015 2 fuel type diesel diesel electric hybrid operator alexandria transit company website dashbus.com dash sign on a lamppost on duke st. driving alexandria safely home dash is the public bus system for the city of alexandria virginia operated by the alexandria transit company a non profit organization wholly owned by the city . contents 1 history 2 ridership 3 fares 4 fleet 5 bus routes 6 references 7 external links history edit dash was founded in 1984 with a fleet of 17 buses 3 by the city of alexandria to supplement metrobus service within the city . in its first year of operation dash carried less than one million passengers . today dash carries over 4 million passengers a year and has a fleet of 79 buses . ridership edit dash carries over 12 000 passengers per weekday 1 within the city of alexandria virginia . the at8 route which runs through the duke street corridor is dash s busiest route with about 3 000 rides per weekday . in 2011 dash ordered three new 40 gillig low floor diesel electric hybrid buses which are 5 longer than the rest of the dash fleet . 4 these buses went into service in april 2012 . five additional 40 gillig low floor diesel electric hybrid buses went into service in march 2013 . the new 40 buses are used on the at8 route to reduce crowding . on july 28 2014 dash introduced the new at9 crosstown route . the at9 provides crosstown connections between mark center southern towers northern virginia community college bradlee shopping center shirlington transit center in arlington parkfairfax arlandria and potomac yard . fares edit dash s current base fare is 1.60 for riders paying cash or smartrip . in 2007 dash converted its buses to allow the use of the wmata smartrip an electronic debit farecard . dash continued to accept and issue paper transfers until they were eliminated altogether january 1 2013 . 5 fleet edit dash operates using 79 buses . 6 all buses are equipped with bike racks . 7 manufacturer model image year quantity notes orion international orion v an orion v on at5 route 1999 2008 41 gillig corporation phantom a gillig phantom at king street old town station 1996 2007 13 low floor a kitsap transit gillig low floor 2011 2012 20 low floor trolley a county connection gillig low floor trolley 2011 5 operates under the king street trolley branding bus routes edit routes route description at1 van dorn street station eisenhower avenue seminary plaza at2 braddock road station landmark at3 hunting point shirlington at4 old town pentagon city station at3 4 old town alexandria via parkfairfax loop at5 braddock road railway station van dorn street station at6 king street old town northern virginia community college nvcc at7 nannie j. lee center landmark mall at8 van dorn street station old town alexandria at9 potomac yard shopping center mark center at10 king street old town potomac yard shopping center king street trolley potomac river waterfront king street old town references edit a b transit ridership report first quarter 2016 pdf . american public transportation association . may 19 2016 . retrieved 2016 09 17 via http www.apta.com resources statistics pages ridershipreport.aspx . transit ridership report fourth quarter 2015 pdf . american public transportation association . march 2 2016 . retrieved 2016 03 19 via http www.apta.com resources statistics pages ridershipreport.aspx . dash alexandria transit announces launch of website redesign . alexandria transit company . march 10 2009 . retrieved 2016 07 17 . dash to preview new hybrid low floor bus and trolley . alexandria news . december 7 2011 . retrieved 2016 09 17 . important dash pass news . alexandria transit company . october 17 2012 . retrieved 2016 07 17 . alexandria transit company 2016 transit development program pdf . alexandria transit company . february 27 2015 . retrieved 2016 09 17 . bike n roll on all dash buses . alexandria transit company . february 20 2013 . retrieved 2016 07 17 . external links edit official site v t e transit in metropolitan washington d.c. agencies wmata mta ddot nvtc prtc washington metro red orange yellow green blue silver list of stations commuter rail marc train virginia railway express bus arlington transit cue bus dash dc circulator fairfax connector loudoun county transit fredericksburg regional transit metrobus list of routes mta maryland commuter bus prtc omniride regional transportation agency of central maryland ride on shuttle um thebus metroaccess paratransit bus rapid transit metroway streetcar dc streetcar aviation heliports future projects purple line corridor cities transitway pike transit initiative west end transitway retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dash bus & oldid 744459412 categories bus transportation in virginiatransportation in alexandria virginiahidden categories articles lacking reliable references from september 2016all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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