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In the United States, a downtown circulator is a local transportation service typically a bus, streetcar, or designated road loop designed to move people within a confined urban area, connecting key destinations within a downtown city centre and linking them to major transit corridors.
The form of transportation has roots back to 1828 in Paris with the Ommes Omnibus, where large horse-drawn carriages would carry locals and alike throughout the French capital.[1]
Examples
[edit]- Miami, Florida's Downtown Distributor
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island's Downtown Circulator
- The former DC Circulator bus system in Washington, D.C.
- Tulsa, Oklahoma's Inner Dispersal Loop formed by I-444 (Unsigned) and I-244.
- Kansas City, Missouri's downtown freeway loop
- Molly the Trolley of Trinity Metro in downtown Fort Worth.[2] One everyday line and one lunch weekday line.
- Lymmo of LYNX (Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority) in Orlando.[3] Four lines.
- Music City Circuit of WeGo Public Transit of Nashville.[4] Two free lines.
Circulator bus
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A circulator bus is a bus serving an area confined to a specific locale, such as a downtown/city centre area (downtown circulator), university campus, or suburban neighborhood, with connections to major traffic corridors.[5] The concept was first brought to and popularized in the United States in 1982 with the creation of the MallRide, now called FreeRide, in Denver.[6]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ "Did you know? Before the metro, Parisians traveled by horse-drawn omnibus — the ancestor of today's RATP network". SotiraParis.com. Retrieved September 18, 2026.
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- ↑ "LYMMO | Public Transportation in Orange, Seminole & Osceola". 12 June 2020.
- ↑ "WeGo Public Transit no longer offers the Music City Circuit service in downtown Nashville".
- ↑ M. Scott Ball (March 2012). Livable Communities for Aging Populations: Urban Design for Longevity. John Wiley & Sons. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-118-19728-8.
- ↑ Ledesma, Jackson (October 2, 2025). "MallRide to FreeRide: Back to the future". RTD-Denver. Retrieved September 18, 2026.
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