(30 May 2016, 9:34 pm)Washingtonian wrote Some good points made there mate. I think the 82/82A/82B are a total mess and complicated. I also think all the local Washington services need to be improved and replanned if need be as only parts of the routes get good loadings while the other half carries fresh air half the time. The original routes W1/W2/W3 seemed to work much better and had better loadings, even on evenings and were often very reliable.
Ultimately the 82/82A/82B/83/M2/M3/whateveritisthisweek have been chopped and changed too much and too often. Without checking, I couldn't tell you which one done which nowadays, or which route they take.
I do think the route planners do a lot of good work, but chops and changes like this really do not benefit the customer in the slightest.