Howard Transit

Howard Transit
Founded	1975
Defunct	2014
Service area	Howard County, MD
Service type	bus service, paratransit
Routes	10
Hubs	5
Fleet	mixed variety
Annual ridership	885,616
Operator	Regional Transportation Agency of Central Maryland
Website	howardtransit.com

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Howard Transit was the primary public transit system in Howard County, Maryland, which grew from the former ColumBus bus system in Columbia, Maryland. First Transit replaced Veolia Transport as the operating company in July 2007.

Howard Transit was replaced by the Regional Transportation Agency of Central Maryland in 2014.^[2]

History

In 1975, the Howard County Council announced plans to create a subsidized bus system for Columbia. Councilmembers Ruth Keeton and Virginia Thomas introduced legislation for Howard County to manage public transportation with a nine-member board.^[3]

Routes

Howard Transit operated eight routes designated by colors to various parts of Howard County and surrounding areas:

Route	Terminus	Major Corridor (s)	Connections	Transfers
Brown Route	Mall in Columbia King's Contrivance	Little Patuxent Parkway Oakland Mills Road Homespun Drive Guilford Road	Columbia Medical Plan Oakland Mills Owen Brown Snowden River Park & Ride	HT: Gold, Green, Orange, Red, Silver, Yellow CRT: E MTA: 150, 310, 320, 915, 929, 995
Green Route	Mall in Columbia Howard Community College	Twin Rivers Road Cedar Lane	Wilde Lake Shopping Center Hickory Ridge Harper's Choice	HT: Brown, Gold, Green, Orange, Red, Silver, Yellow CRT: E MTA: 150, 310, 320, 915, 929, 995
Gold Route	Mall in Columbia Maryland Wholesale Food Center	Little Patuxent Parkway Kilimanjaro Road Tamar Drive Waterloo Road	Columbia Medical Plan Oakland Mills Longwood Apartments Long Reach Columbia Crossing Snowden River Park & Ride Sherwood Crossing	HT: Brown, Green, Orange, Purple, Red, Silver, Yellow CRT: E MTA: 150, 310, 320, 915, 929, 995
Orange Route	Mall in Columbia King's Contrivance	Little Patuxent Parkway Sunny Springs Lane Cedar Lane Shaker Drive Guilford Road	Old Columbia Road Atholton Shopping Center Hickory Ridge Place Howard Community College Howard County General Hospital	HT: Brown, Gold, Green, Red, Silver, Yellow CRT: E MTA: 150, 310, 320, 915, 929
Purple Route	Towne Centre at Laurel Elkridge	Washington Boulevard	Savage Maryland Wholesale Food Center Meadowridge Road Dorsey	HT: Gold, Silver CRT: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J MTA: 202, 320 Metrobus: 87, 88, 89, 89M, Z9, Z29 MARC: Camden Line
Red Route	Mall in Columbia Columbia Gateway	Little Patuxent Parkway Maryland Route 175 Tamar Drive Dobbin Road Robin Fulton Drive	Longwood Apartments Long Reach Columbia Crossing Dobbin Shopping Center Snowden Square	HT: Brown, Gold, Green, Orange, Silver, Yellow CRT: E MTA: 150, 310, 320, 915, 929, 995
Silver Route	Mall in Columbia BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport	Broken Land Parkway Snowden River Parkway*Waterloo Road Washington Boulevard Maryland Route 100 Aviation Boulevard	Owen Brown Broken Land Park & Ride Snowden Square Maryland Wholesale Food Center Meadowridge Road Dorsey BWI Rail Station Arundel Mills Mall	HT: Brown, Gold, Green, Orange, Purple, Red, Yellow CRT: E, J, K MTA: 17, 99, 150, 201, 310, 320, 915, 929, 995 Blue Line Metrobus B30 MARC Camden Line Penn Line
Yellow Route	Mall in Columbia Ellicott City	Little Patuxent Parkway Columbia Road Clarksville Pike/Old Annapolis Road Maryland Route 100 Montgomery Road Rogers Avenue U.S. Route 40	Dorsey's Search/Selbourne House Executive Park Long Gate Park & Ride Long Gate Main Street & Ellicott Mills Howard County Government Center U.S. Route 40 & Rogers Avenue Heartlands	HT: Brown, Gold, Green, Orange, Red, Silver CRT: E MTA: 150, 310, 320, 915, 929, 995

Notes:

Transfers:
- Blue Line = Baltimore Light Rail (operated by MTA Maryland)
- CRT = Connect-a-Ride
- HT = Howard Transit
- MARC = Maryland Area Regional Commuter (operated by MTA Maryland)
- Metrobus = Metrobus (operated by WMATA)
- MTA = Maryland Transit Administration or MTA Maryland
All routes except Purple Route have connection to the Mall in Columbia. The Purple Route meets the Gold and Silver Routes at the Maryland Food Center. The Red, Silver, and Brown Routes all meet at Snowden Square shopping center in east Columbia.

Defunct routes

Blue Route -- traveled from Clarksville to the Mall in Columbia. Service eliminated as of July 9, 2010.

References

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v t e Maryland Transit Administration
Bus routes	1 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 27 29 30 31 33 35 36 38 qb40 44 qb46 qb47 qb48 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 64 77 91 97 98 99 104 120 150 160 201 202 203 204 205 310 320 410 411 420 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 909 915 922 929 950 991 995
Metro Subway stations	Owings Mills Old Court Milford Mill Reisterstown Plaza Rogers Avenue West Coldspring Mondawmin Penn-North Upton State Center Lexington Market Charles Center Shot Tower Johns Hopkins
Light Rail stations (List of stations)	Hunt Valley Pepper Road McCormick Road Gilroy Road Warren Road Timonium Timonium Business Park Lutherville Falls Road Mount Washington Cold Spring Lane Woodberry North Avenue Mt. Royal Penn Station Centre Street Cultural Center Lexington Market Baltimore Street Convention Center Camden Yards Hamburg Street Westport Cherry Hill Patapsco Baltimore Highlands Nursery Road North Linthicum Linthicum Ferndale Cromwell BWI Business District BWI Marshall Airport
MARC Penn Line (List of stations)	Perryville Aberdeen Edgewood Martin Airport Penn Station West Baltimore station Halethorpe BWI Odenton Bowie State Seabrook New Carrollton Union Station
MARC Camden Line (List of stations)	Camden Station St. Denis Dorsey Jessup Savage Laurel Race Track Laurel Muirkirk Greenbelt College Park–U of Md Riverdale Union Station
MARC Brunswick Line (List of stations)	Martinsburg Duffields Harpers Ferry Brunswick Point of Rocks Frederick Monocacy Dickerson Barnesville Boyds Germantown Metropolitan Grove Gaithersburg Washington Grove Rockville Garrett Park Kensington Silver Spring Union Station
Proposed services	Red Line Green Line Yellow Line Washington Purple Line Charles Street Trolley Corridor Cities Transitway
Other	MTA Maryland bus service Greater Baltimore Bus Initiative History of MTA Maryland
Nearby transit agencies	Annapolis Transit Central Maryland Regional Transit Charm City Circulator Harford Transit Howard Transit Rabbit Transit RTA Central Maryland Ride On Shuttle-UM TransIT UMBC Transit WMATA

v t e Howard County, Maryland
Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area Patapsco Valley
Administration	Howard County Fire Department Howard County Police Department Howard County Department of Corrections Howard County Housing and Community Development Howard County Department of Planning and Zoning
County Council	County Executive Allan H. Kittleman District 1: Jon Weinstein (Ellicott City/Elkridge) District 2: Calvin Ball, III (East Columbia/Jessup) District 3: Jen Terrasa (South Columbia/North Laurel) District 4: Mary Kay Sigaty (West Columbia) District 5: Greg Fox (Western Howard County)
Landmarks	Historic Districts Ellicott City Historic District Lawyers Hill Historic District Savage Mill Historic District Historic Landmarks Belmont Estate Clark's Elioak Farm Dorsey Hall Doughoregan Manor Elkridge Furnace Inn Savage Mill Thomas Viaduct Waverley
Transportation	Howard Transit Maryland Transit Administration MARC (Dorsey, Jessup, Savage, Laurel Race Track) Haysfield Airport
Attractions	Merriweather Post Pavilion The Mall in Columbia
Education	Howard Community College Howard County Public School System
Parks	Patapsco Valley State Park Patuxent River State Park Blandair Park Centennial Park Lake Elkhorn Columbia Lakefront Park Rockburn Branch Park Troy Park Wilde Lake Park Nature Centers Howard County Conservancy Middle Patuxent Environmental Area Robinson Nature Center

v t e Columbia, Maryland
Founders	James Rouse James A. Clark, Jr. William S. Hanna Charles E. Miller Edwin Warfield III
Education	Howard Community College Howard County Public School System Atholton High School Hammond High School Long Reach High School Oakland Mills High School Wilde Lake High School Maryland School for the Deaf
Historic Sites	Athol Blandair Christ Church Guilford Dorsey Hall Fairway Hills Golf Course Oakland Manor Woodlawn
Public Places	Lake Centennial Lake Elkhorn Lake Kittamaqundi Little Patuxent River Merriweather Post Pavilion The Mall in Columbia Wilde Lake
Services	Columbia Association Hospital Fire Stations Libraries
Roads	Columbia Pike (US 29) I-95 MD Route 100 Clarksville Pike (MD 108) Rouse Parkway (MD 175) Patuxent Freeway (MD 32)
Transportation	Howard Transit CMRT MARC Train MTA Maryland RTA Central Maryland Washington Metro
Villages	Dorsey's Search East Columbia Harper's Choice Hickory Ridge King's Contrivance Long Reach Oakland Mills Owen Brown River Hill Town Center Wilde Lake
Settlements	Atholton Clarksville Guilford Hopewell Pfeiffers Corner Simpsonville

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