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Issue Position: Norton Gets First Indoor Intercity Bus Service at Union Station

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Date: Jan. 1, 2012
Issues: Transportation

Following hearings in her subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over Union Station, the Congresswoman required Union Station's first-ever intercity bus service, which includes two companies, Boltbus and DC2NY. Determined to make Union Station a true intermodal center, she insisted that intercity bus service begin now on the existing upper bus deck in advance of the years of work necessary to create a new intercity bus terminal there. Meanwhile, Norton is simultaneously pursuing more low-cost intercity bus service in the District. In November, she spoke at the launch of a new Megabus hub in D.C., which also will bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to the District annually. In 2007, Norton secured $500,000 in federal funds for a new makeover of Union Station and a mixed-use development above the rail tracks.


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