Pike Ride is a combination of bus routes along Columbia Pike in Northern Virginia, United States. It consists of service operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metrobus) and Arlington Transit (ART), connecting the Pentagon and Pentagon City Washington Metro stations in Arlington County with Annandale in Fairfax County.
The service started in 2003. Route timetables and other useful information were implemented in numerous bus stops along the corridor, printed in both English and Spanish. ART provides cell phone users with an 800 number that is listed at each bus stop to call and obtain bus schedule information.
The following routes are branded as Pike Ride service:
- Metrobus 16A, 16B, 16D, 16F, 16J, 16P Columbia Pike Line to Pentagon
- Metrobus 16E Columbia Pike Line to Pentagon City (nights only)
- Metrobus 16G, 16W Columbia Heights West-Pentagon City Line
- Metrobus 16H Columbia Heights West-Pentagon City Line to Crystal City
- Metrobus 16K Columbia Heights West-Pentagon City Line to Pentagon (weekend mornings only)
- Metrobus 16L Annandale-Skyline City-Pentagon Line
- Metrobus 16Y Columbia Pike-Farragut Square Line to McPherson Square
- ART 41 Columbia Pike-Ballston-Court House
- ART 74 Douglas Park-Arlington Village-Pentagon City
- ART 75 Wakefield H.S.-Carlin Springs Rd.-Ballston
Read more about Pike Ride: History
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