H Street Line

{{Infobox bus line |box_width = 250px |number = D20 |logo =  |logo_width =  |logo_alt =  |bgcolor =  |titlecolor =  |subheader = H Street Line |operatorlogo = Metrobus Logo 2025.svg |oplogo_width = 175px |image = File:WMATA Metrobus 2008 NABI 60 BRT CNG.jpg |image_width = 250px |image_alt = |caption = Route X2 at Franklin Square in 2018 |system = Metrobus |operator = Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |garage = Andrews Federal Center<br/>Bladensburg (Late nights) |livery = Local |pvr = |status = In Service |open = 1920 |close = |predecessors = X2 |night = |locale = Northwest, Northeast |communities = Downtown, Chinatown |landmarks = Minnesota Avenue station, Benning Road, Hechinger Mall, H Street, Washington Union Station, Union Station, Government Publishing Office, Gallery Place station, Capital One Arena, Metro Center station, McPherson Square station, Franklin Square, White House, Lafayette Square, Farragut Square, Farragut West station, Farragut North station, Foggy Bottom station |termini =  |start = Minnesota Avenue station |via = H Street NW/NE, Benning Road NE |end = Farragut Square<br>Foggy Bottom station (Late Night & Early Morning) |length = |otherroutes = D2X H Street Limited |compete = |ibus = |level = Daily |level1 = |frequency = 10-12 minutes (7:00 AM - 9:00 PM)<br>15-20 minutes (Between 9:00 PM – 7:00 AM) |alt_frequency = |time = |day = 24 Hours |zone = |timetable_link= [https://www.wmata.com/content/dam/wmata-com/Timetables/D20_timetable.pdf Benning Road-H Street Line] |ridership = 3,493,072 (FY 2025)<ref name=ridership>{{cite web | title=Metrobus FY2025 Annual Line Performance Report | website=wmata.com | url=https://www.wmata.com/about/records/upload/ALPR-FY2025_DRAFT_20260107.pdf | access-date=May 9, 2026}}</ref> |transfers = SmarTrip only |map_link = |map = |map_state = |map_name = |previous_line = D1X |next_line = D24 |notes = }} The '''H Street Line''', designated '''Route D20''', is a daily bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between Minnesota Avenue station, which is served by the Orange and Silver Lines of the Washington Metro and Farragut Square in Downtown Washington. Late night and early morning trips are extended to Foggy Bottom station, which is served by the Blue, Orange and Silver Lines of the Washington Metro. The line operates every 10–12 minutes daily and 15–20 minutes during late nights. Trips are roughly 45 minutes long.

==Background== [[File:WMATA 2018 NF Xcelsior XDE60.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Route X2 at Lafayette Square]] Route D20 operates daily between Minnesota Avenue station and Farragut Square during the daytime and extended to Foggy Bottom station during the late night and early morning hours, running every 10–15 minutes during the day and 20 minutes during the late nights, providing service along H Street and Benning Road. There were select trips that operate during school hours from Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering High School and Friendship Collegiate Academy Public Charter School. One trip operates to McPherson Square while four trips operate to Minnesota Avenue.

Route D20 is one of the most heavily used bus routes with an average of 12,000 riders as of June 2016, behind the 16th Street Lines and 14th Street Lines.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rowlands |first1=DW |title=This map shows where the most bus riders live and how close they are to Metro |url=https://ggwash.org/view/43704/this-map-shows-where-the-most-bus-riders-live-and-how-close-they-are-to-metro |website=Greater Greater Washington |access-date=13 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Malouff |first1=Dan |title=Ten bus lines around Washington, DC everyone should know how to ride |url=https://ggwash.org/view/62727/ten-bus-lines-around-washington-dc-everyone-should-know-how-to-ride |website=Greater Greater Washington |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Ridership on the D20 was also increasing due to development along the H Street and Benning Road corridor.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Swalec |first1=Andrea |title=X2 Bus Ridership Has Climbed 14 Percent in 4 Months |url=https://www.hillnow.com/2015/03/25/x2-bus-ridership-has-climbed-14-percent-in-4-months/ |website=Hill Now |access-date=13 May 2020 |language=en |date=25 March 2015}}</ref>

Route D20 operates out of Andrews Federal Center division, with late night trips operating out of Bladensburg division. It is one of the few bus routes to utilize articulated buses.

==History== Before WMATA implemented the Better Bus Redesign network, Route D20 was previously known as Route X2. Route X2 operates under portions of former streetcar lines route 10 which operated under the Washington Railway & Electric Company. The line was created in 1871 which were powered by Horse Trolleys. The line was later run by electric cars by 1895 and was electrified in 1899. The WR&E was later acquired by Capital Traction Company to form the Capital Transit Company in 1936. The line was later converted into bus on May 1, 1949 which was renamed into route X2.<ref>{{cite web |title=WASHINGTON DC TRANSIT ROUTES |url=http://www.chicagorailfan.com/wasdated.html |website=www.chicagorailfan.com |access-date=6 July 2020 |archive-date=4 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104040543/https://www.chicagorailfan.com/wasdated.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Afterwards the DC Transit company took over operating buses along H Street and Benning Road. Then WMATA took over DC Transit on December 4, 1973 and incorporated the X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, and X9.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/history.cfm |access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref>

Route X1 operated between Minnesota Avenue station and Potomac Park via Washington Union Station and Louisiana Avenue. Route X2 operated between Minnesota Avenue and Union station. Route X3 operated between Minnesota Avenue and McLean Gardens. Route X4 was a new route introduced on November 24, 1978 operating between Minnesota Avenue and Lafayette Square. Route X5 was designated as "Owl Trips" operating between Seat Pleasant, Maryland and Lafayette Square. Route X6 would operate between Lafayette Square and Mayfair.<ref name="Nov_1978">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1978/11/30/bus-routes-change-sunday-to-link-with-orange-line/74b7bfbd-4100-411b-b9eb-d51f9e4a0031/|title=Bus Routes Change Sunday to Link with Orange Line|date=1978-11-30|work=Washington Post|access-date=2019-05-10|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> All these routes mostly operate along Benning Road and H Street.

Since 2016, the H Street/Benning Road Line of the DC Streetcar has operated along a portion of the X2's route. The streetcar increased total transit ridership on the corridor by 15%, without significantly affecting the X2's much higher ridership.<ref name="planitmetro-x2-streetcar">{{cite web |title=Is the DC Streetcar Hurting Ridership on Metrobus X2+X9? No. |url=https://planitmetro.com/2016/12/12/is-the-dc-streetcar-hurting-ridership-on-metrobus-x2x9-no/ |website=PlanItMetro |publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |access-date=3 December 2020 |date=12 December 2016}}</ref>

Through the years, route X2 went to major service changes on its route. Routes X4, X5, and X7 discontinued during the years, X6 became the "National Arboretum Line" running between the United States National Arboretum and Washington Union Station in the 1990s, and X1 and X3 remains as the Benning Road Line where route X2 was split into the Benning Road–H Street Line.

In January 1981, route X2 was extended to Capitol Heights station and X5 was shorten to Capitol Heights station. A new route X7 was created to operate on the old route X2 routing from 1978.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Subway Stops Bring Metrobus Service Changes |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1981/01/01/new-subway-stops-bring-metrobus-service-changes/73567225-0882-45fa-b9b3-b8a9bacf17f6/ |website=Washington Post |access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref>

On December 28, 1991, route X2 was shortened back to Minnesota Avenue station but was extended to Lafayette Square in order to replace routes X4, X5, X6, and X7. Service to Capitol Heights station from Minnesota Avenue was replaced by route U8. Route X2 was also split from the Benning Road Line and formed to the "Benning Road-H Street Line".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1991/12/22/as-metrorail-moves-to-anacostia-questions-remain/40ea057b-552f-43a8-98e8-ad46edb6b987/|title=AS METRORAIL MOVES TO ANACOSTIA, QUESTIONS REMAIN|last=Fehr|first=Stephen C.|date=1991-12-22|work=Washington Post|access-date=2020-05-06|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Short trips are also operated between Minnesota Avenue station and Gallery Place station only during the weekdays.<ref>{{cite web |title=X2 Benning Road-H Street Line |url=https://studylib.net/doc/8341086/x2---wmata.com |website=studylib.net |access-date=13 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

On June 25, 2017, route X2 was given a full 24/7 service due to earlier Metro closing during WMATA's FY2018 budget. At first, buses had a schedule gap of every 100 minutes between 2:30 and 4:10 am but now operates every 30 minutes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Be ready for Metro changes June 25, 2017 {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/service/status/details/june-25-changes.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Repetski |first1=Stephen |title=H Street's X2 bus now runs 24/7 |url=https://ggwash.org/view/63948/the-x2-now-runs-24-7 |website=Greater Greater Washington |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2017 during WMATA's FY2019 budget, WMATA proposed to eliminate route X2 short trips to Gallery Place station and operate the full route to Lafayette Square. However, the frequency of buses will be reduced from every 8 minutes to every 10–12 minutes. This was due to the full length route and to adjust the time between midday X2 buses and proposed midday service to route X9. It was also due to create a better balance of capacity and demand throughout the Benning Road and H Street corridor with the implementation of midday route X9, expanded limited-stop MetroExtra hours of service in Northeast, responds to requests by the District Department of Transportation, and provide the ability to add service to route X9 which would provide a weekday midday transfer-free ride throughout the entire corridor between downtown DC and Capitol Heights station.<ref>{{cite web |title=DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |url=https://www.wmata.com/service/bus/upload/2018-SOGO-Docket-B17-03-DC-Maps.pdf |access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Planned Transit Improvements for Wards 7 and 8 |url=https://www.dccirculator.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Boards-Final-1.30.18-1.pdf |website=DC Circulator |access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref>

On June 24, 2018, all route X2 trips operate between Minnesota Avenue station and Lafayette Square with short trips to Gallery Place station being discontinued. However the frequency of buses were increased from 8 minutes to 10–12 minutes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metrobus Service Changes, June 24 {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/service/status/details/metrobus-june-24-service-changes.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Big Bus Changes: X2, X9, Circulator |url=https://thex2bus.blogspot.com/2018/06/big-bus-changes-next-week.html |website=Big Bus Changes |access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref>

During the COVID-19 pandemic, route X2 was reduced to operate on its Saturday schedule beginning on March 16, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metro announces additional COVID-19 changes, including reduced service beginning Monday {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Metro-announces-additional-COVID-19-changes.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> On March 18, 2020, route X2 was further reduced to operate on its Sunday schedule.<ref>{{cite web |title=METRO SERVICE LEVELS & HOURS FURTHER REDUCED TO SUPPORT ESSENTIAL TRIPS ONLY, STARTING WEDNESDAY {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/METRO-SERVICE-FURTHER-REDUCED-TO-SUPPORT-ESSENTIAL-TRIPS-ONLY.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> Also on March 21, 2020, route X2 was further reduced to operate every 30 minutes on the weekends.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weekend: Metro service limited to 26 bus routes, reduced rail service; expect wait times of 30 minutes; customers urged to travel only if essential {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Weekend-service-3-28-3-29.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> Route X2 reverted to its regular service on August 23, 2020 with post midnight trips still being suspended.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metrobus Service Changes beginning August 23 {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/service/status/details/proposed-august-2020-metrobus-service-changes.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref>

On March 14, 2021, route X2 terminus was changed with westbound trips to terminate at McPherson Square station on 15th St NW (east) at K St NW.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metrobus Service Changes Beginning March 14, 2021 {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/service/status/details/metrobus-service-changes-march-2021.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref> On May 29, 2022, Route X2 was changed to terminate back at its previous terminal at Lafayette Square.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metrobus Service Changes Effective May 29, 2022 {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/service/status/details/metrobus-service-changes-May292022.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref>

As part of WMATA's Better Bus Redesign beginning on June 29, 2025, the X2 was renamed into the D20, keeping the same routing.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metro Board of Directors approves Better Bus Network Redesign, new bus routes to start next summer |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Metro-Board-of-Directors-approves-Better-Bus-Network-Redesign-new-bus-routes-to-start-next-summer.cfm |website=WMATA |access-date=23 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

==Incidents== Route X2 and D20 are notorious for having a high crime rate on its buses, suffering from many cases of crimes and fare evasions on the route.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Di Caro |first1=Martin |title=Metro Sends Mixed Messages About Crowded X2 Buses |url=https://wamu.org/story/16/07/01/metro_sends_mixed_messages_about_crowded_buses/ |website=WAMU |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Connell |first1=Jonathan |title=24 tweets about Metro's X2 bus |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/digger/wp/2015/03/10/24-tweets-about-metros-x2-bus/ |website=Washington Post |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Fare evasion is also a major concern for WMATA on route X2 losing $700,000 from riders which is third in most fare evasions behind the W4 and 92.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metro reportedly losing $40M a year to fare evasion |url=https://wjla.com/news/local/fare-evaders-costing-metro-millions-of-dollars |website=WJLA |access-date=12 May 2020 |date=8 November 2019}}</ref> In 2015, X2 riders called out to WMATA to improve the crime rate on the buses as the crime rate was increasing on the buses.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ramonas |first1=Andrew |title=WMATA Takes Heat Over Rowdy X2, X8 Bus Lines |url=https://www.hillnow.com/2015/03/20/wmata-takes-heat-over-x2-x8-bus-lines/ |website=Hill Now |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=en |date=20 March 2015}}</ref> The Metro Board began all its best to slow the crime on the route with examples are installing surveillance video monitors, employing undercover police officers, and adding new driver shields on newer bus orders.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ramonas |first1=Andrew |title=Metro to Install Surveillance Video Monitors for X2 Bus Riders |url=https://www.hillnow.com/2015/08/11/metro-to-install-surveillance-video-monitors-for-x2-bus-riders/ |website=Hill Now |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=en |date=11 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Max |title=Tased, covered in hot coffee, spit at: Metro drivers hope for fewer assaults |url=https://wtop.com/dc-transit/2016/04/tased-covered-hot-coffee-spit-metro-drivers-hope-fewer-assaults/ |website=WTOP News |access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sadon |first1=Rachel |title=Metro Will Test Surveillance Monitors On X2 Buses |url=https://dcist.com/story/15/08/11/metro-to-test-use-of-surveillance-m/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715131211/https://dcist.com/story/15/08/11/metro-to-test-use-of-surveillance-m/ |url-status=live |archive-date=July 15, 2023 |website=DCist |access-date=13 May 2020 |language=en }}</ref> Also in 2017, WMATA drivers, supervisors and Local 689 union members protested at WMATA for unsafe conditions on the job and for better protection on the X2.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bus drivers protest Metro's response to security concerns, ask for police protection on X2 line |url=https://www.fox5dc.com/news/bus-drivers-protest-metros-response-to-security-concerns-ask-for-police-protection-on-x2-line |website=FOX 5 DC |access-date=14 August 2020 |date=1 September 2017}}</ref> Route X2 has the highest crime rate on any Metrobus route comparing it to routes in Southeast but has the crime rate decreased after added protection in 2017. Incidents and accidents are listed below.

* On June 23, 2013, an X2 bus driver and two female passengers got into an altercation where one of the female passengers reportedly threw a piece of paper at the driver and the driver hit the female passenger with "something sharp in his hands." According to the victim, the X2 driver looked at Anderson inappropriately at the start of their ride and told the victim upon exiting, “Don’t let your male tendencies think you’re a man”; and subsequently stood up and attacked the victim with hate and violence, repeatedly punching her outside of the bus and fracturing a couple of her fingers.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mimica |first1=Mila |title=Woman Says Her Sexuality Spurred Metrobus Brawl With Driver |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/driver-female-rider-scuffle-aboard-wmata-bus/1947652/ |website=NBC4 Washington |access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Clarence |title=Female passenger assaults Metro bus driver during a wild ride |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/female-passenger-assaults-metro-bus-driver-during-a-wild-ride/2013/06/27/746251fa-ded8-11e2-963a-72d740e88c12_story.html |website=Washington Post |access-date=12 May 2020 |date=27 June 2013}}</ref> The victim would later file a lawsuit against WMATA in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Giambrone |first1=Andrew |title=Woman Files Suit Against Metro, Bus Driver Over Alleged Anti-Gay Attack |url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/city-desk/blog/13069872/woman-files-suit-against-metro-bus-driver-over-alleged-anti-gay-attack |website=Washington City Paper |access-date=13 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * On January 19, 2015, two men were shot inside an X2 bus after getting into an argument with another passenger between New Jersey Avenue and H Street NW. Bus camera footage shows the shooter exited the rear door of the bus and shot into the vehicle.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=DeNeen |last2=Zauzmer |first2=Julie |title=Two men shot on Metro bus near Union Station; 45 passengers were on board |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/two-men-shot-injured-on-metrobus-near-union-station-45-passengers-on-board/2015/01/20/75b08d2a-a0c8-11e4-903f-9f2faf7cd9fe_story.html |website=Washington Post |access-date=12 May 2020 |date=20 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Reeve |first1=Richard |title=2 injured in double shooting on Metro bus |url=https://wjla.com/news/crime/2-injured-in-double-shooting-on-metro-bus-110710 |website=WJLA |access-date=12 May 2020 |date=19 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Mimica |first1=Mila |title=Two Shot on Metrobus in D.C. After Fight, Injuries Are Minor |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/two-shot-aboard-metrobus-in-dc-minor-injuries-sustained/1966497/ |website=NBC4 Washington |access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref> The suspect was later arrested on January 21, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Suspect Arrested in Metrobus Shooting That Injured 2 |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/suspect-arrrested-in-metrobus-shooting-that-injured-2/122805/ |website=NBC4 Washington |access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref> * On March 30, 2015, a person threw a brick at an X2 bus windshield at 19th Street and Benning Road NE injuring two people on board.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Swalec |first1=Andrea |title=X2 Bus Reportedly Has Brick Thrown Through Windshield; 2 People Injured |url=https://www.hillnow.com/2015/03/30/x2-bus-reportedly-has-brick-thrown-through-windshield/ |website=Hill Now |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=en |date=30 March 2015}}</ref> Later on April 29, 2015, three juveniles exited the bus and one of the members threw a rock at an X2 bus rear door, shattering one of the glass panels also at 19th Street and Benning Road NE, but no injuries were reported. The three juveniles were later arrested by DC Police.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Swalec |first1=Andrea |title=Youth Throws Rock Through X2 Bus Window |url=https://www.hillnow.com/2015/04/29/youth-throws-rock-through-x2-bus-window/ |website=Hill Now |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=en |date=29 April 2015}}</ref> * On April 29, 2015, a man was arrested from an X2 bus after pulling out a knife to a woman after an argument they got into.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ramonas |first1=Andrew |title=Man Pulls Knife on Woman on X2 Bus |url=https://www.hillnow.com/2015/04/30/man-pulls-knife-on-woman-on-x2-bus/ |website=Hill Now |access-date=13 May 2020 |language=en |date=30 April 2015}}</ref> * On May 15, 2015, police arrested a man after he a assaulted another passenger on board an X2 bus.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ramonas |first1=Andrew |title=Men Struggle Over Knife Aboard X2 Bus |url=https://www.hillnow.com/2015/05/15/men-struggle-over-knife-aboard-x2-bus/ |website=Hill Now |access-date=13 May 2020 |language=en |date=15 May 2015}}</ref> * On November 12, 2015, an X2 bus and a DC Streetcar collided along H and 7th Streets NE. No injuries were reported.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sturdivant |first1=Christina |title=X2 Metrobus Hits Streetcar On H Street |url=https://dcist.com/story/15/11/12/x2-metrobus-hits-street-car-on-h-st/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309091625/https://dcist.com/story/15/11/12/x2-metrobus-hits-street-car-on-h-st/ |url-status=live |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |website=DCist |access-date=13 May 2020 |language=en }}</ref> * On June 2, 2017, another collision occurred between an X2 bus and the DC Streetcar injuring 10 people.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hedgpeth |first1=Dana |title=10 injured after D.C. streetcar and bus collide |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2017/06/02/10-injured-when-d-c-streetcar-and-bus-collide/ |website=Washington Post |access-date=13 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * On August 20, 2017, an X2 bus spun out of control and hit multiple cars and nearly hitting a building in Gallery Place. Seven people were injured.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Powers |first1=Martine |title=Metrobus strikes parked vehicles near Capital One Arena in Chinatown |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2017/08/20/metro-bus-strikes-parked-cars-near-capital-one-arena-in-chinatown/ |website=Washington Post |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Nadeem |first1=Reem |title=Bus almost crashes into building near Gallery Place Metro, injuries reported |url=https://wtop.com/dc/2017/08/bus-crashes-building-near-verizon-center-multiple-injuries-reported/ |website=WTOP |access-date=13 May 2020 |language=en |date=20 August 2017}}</ref> * On August 26, 2017, a woman was arrested after she threw a cup of urine at an X2 bus driver over the tone of the driver.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kurzius |first1=Rachel |title=Woman Who Threw Urine On Bus Driver Explains Why |url=https://dcist.com/story/17/08/30/woman-who-threw-urine-on-bus-driver/ |website=DCist |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528040232/https://dcist.com/story/17/08/30/woman-who-threw-urine-on-bus-driver/ |archive-date=28 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Metro Transit Police announce arrest of suspect who threw urine on bus operator {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/arrested-opal-brown.cfm?alerts-widget-next-train-all=A07 |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref> After the incident, X2 drivers demand better protection on their buses due to its high crime rate and the lack of police presence on its buses.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brannan |first1=Taylor |title=Metro bus drivers request police protection on X2 line |url=https://dcw50.com/news/metro-bus-drivers-request-police-protection-on-x2-line/ |website=DCW50 |access-date=12 May 2020 |date=1 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hedgpeth |first1=Dana |title=Metrobus drivers ask for police escorts on X2 line after woman throws urine on operator |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2017/09/01/metro-bus-drivers-ask-for-police-escort-on-x2-line-after-woman-throws-urine-on-driver/ |website=Washington Post |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Dan |title=Metro, Bus Drivers Union Fighting After Urine Attack |url=https://patch.com/district-columbia/washingtondc/huge-fight-erupts-between-metro-union-after-urine-attack |website=Patch Washington DC |access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref> Drivers called out WMATA over the lack of protection for the X2 buses where passengers can easily get to the driver and cause disruptions to other passengers causing delays.<ref>{{cite web |title=DC Bus Drivers Demand Police Protection After Urine Attack |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/metrobus-drivers-ask-for-police-escort-after-urine-throwing-attack/26350/ |website=NBC4 Washington |access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Urtz |first1=Hannah |title=WMATA Under Scrutiny After 2 Bus Operators Assaulted |url=https://thehoya.com/wmata-scrutiny-2-bus-operators-assaulted/ |website=The Hoya |access-date=12 May 2020 |date=13 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Di Caro |first1=Martin |title=Metro Slams Transit Union Over 'Potentially Unlawful' Delays On X2 Bus |url=https://wamu.org/story/17/09/01/metro-slams-transit-union-potentially-unlawful-delays-x2-bus/ |website=WAMU |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * On October 4, 2017, a passenger was arrested after he pulled out a knife and threatened to kill the driver of an X2 bus over a disputed fare. The driver was unharmed.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sadon |first1=Rachel |title=Passenger Threatens X2 Driver With Knife: 'When I See You Again, I'll Kill You' |url=https://dcist.com/story/17/10/04/x2-bus-operator-knife/ |website=DCist |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715031345/https://dcist.com/story/17/10/04/x2-bus-operator-knife/ |archive-date=15 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Suspect who threw Sterno can at X2 bus operator arrested by MTPD overnight, was also wanted for armed robbbery and assault {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/MTPD-aric-holmes.cfm?alerts-widget-next-train-all=A11 |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref> * On August 16, 2018, a white woman got into a physical altercation with passengers after a video surfaced of the woman saying the n-word on an X2 bus along 2nd and H streets. The woman was beaten up after she left the bus by passengers on the bus. Two suspects were questioned by Metro Transit Police but were not arrested. The women was sent to the hospital<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chandler |first1=DL |title=N-Word Spewing White Woman Got Wig Tightened Up On DC's Infamous X2 Bus |url=https://hiphopwired.com/761321/n-word-spewing-white-woman-got-wig-tightened-up-on-dcs-infamous-x2-bus/ |website=The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media {{!}} Hip-Hop Wired |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=en |date=20 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ramirez |first1=Stephanie |title=A white woman yelled the 'N' word on a DC bus. She ended-up in the hospital. |url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/a-white-woman-yelled-the-n-word-on-a-dc-bus-she-ended-up-in-the-hospital/65-585901473 |website=wusa9.com |access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref> * On December 10, 2018, a teenager was caught hanging from the back of an X2 bus along Benning Road. No injuries were reported.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vitka |first1=Will |title=VIDEO: Teen clings to back of X2 bus |url=https://wtop.com/dc/2018/12/video-man-clings-to-back-of-x2-bus/ |website=WTOP |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=en |date=11 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Dan |title=Man Caught On Video Riding X2 Bus From The Outside: Report |url=https://patch.com/district-columbia/washingtondc/man-caught-video-riding-x2-bus-outside-report |website=Washington DC, DC Patch |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=en |date=11 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pomeroy |first1=Courtney |title=That's one way to ride: Video shows person clinging to the BACK of a Metro bus |url=https://wjla.com/news/local/person-riding-back-of-metro-bus |website=WJLA |access-date=12 May 2020 |date=11 December 2018}}</ref> * On January 22, 2021, an X2 bus and a car collided along the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road. The driver of the car died while seven people were taken to the hospital.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pusatory |first1=Matt |title=DC 24-year-old man killed in head-on crash with Metrobus, police say |url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/metrobus-head-on-crash-friday/65-ab6631dd-c256-468a-bbeb-79e1743e7934 |website=wusa9.com |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Sophia |title=1 Dead, Several Injured After Metrobus, Car Crash in Northeast DC |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/several-injured-in-metrobus-car-crash-in-northeast-dc/2549041/ |website=NBC4 Washington |access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Man dead, several injured after car crashes head-on into Metrobus |url=https://wtop.com/dc/2021/01/several-injured-in-northeast-dc-crash-involving-metrobus/ |website=WTOP |access-date=23 January 2021 |language=en |date=22 January 2021}}</ref> * On July 30, 2024, a man was involved in an armed robbery and assault onboard an X2 bus along H Street NW.<ref>https://x.com/MetroTransitPD/status/1819011968193237463</ref> * On November 9, 2024, three X2 buses were involved in a collision at Minnesota Avenue station.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCK8o5IxNNz/?igsh=MXV3b3R6bDAxcmc1eQ%3D%3D</ref> It was reported that one of the buses suffered a brake problem, and sideswiping another bus, sending that bus rear-ending into another bus. * On December 11, 2024, Metro Transit Police arrested 30-year-old Gerald Evans onboard an X2 bus after he refused to pay the bus fare and was founded to be in possession of a loaded shotgun.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metro Transit Police bust man armed with loaded shotgun on bus |url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/man-takes-loaded-shotgun-onto-metrobus-arrested/65-e2d794a2-b8d9-4a5f-8152-c2eefacf186f |website=wusa9.com |access-date=13 April 2025 |date=12 December 2024}}</ref> * On August 25, 2025, a man was shot onboard a D20 bus after getting into a confrontation with another passenger. The suspect was later arrested.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Domingo |first1=Ida |title=Suspect arrested after altercation on Metrobus leads to shooting |url=https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-suspect-arrested-altercation-metrobus-shooting-gunfire-erupts-shts-inside-bus-fight-gun-violence-crime-washington-route-assault-deadly-weapon-reckless-endangerment-destruction-arrest |website=WJLA |access-date=16 April 2026 |language=en |date=25 August 2025}}</ref> * On April 14, 2026, a man was stabbed onboard a D20 bus after getting into an verbal altercation with another passenger. The victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries while the suspect was arrested.<ref>{{cite web |title=Suspect arrested after stabbing on bus near Union Station |url=https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/suspect-arrested-after-stabbing-on-bus-near-union-station/ |access-date=16 April 2026}}</ref>

==See also== * Benning Road–H Street Limited Line (route X9)

==References== {{reflist}} {{clear}} D20 Category:Streetcars in Washington, D.C.