LocalLink 38 is a bus route operated by the
Maryland Transit Administration in
Baltimore
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Primarily serving high school students traveling to the
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and
Western High School Western High School may refer:
Schools in the United States
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* Western High School (Illinois) – Barry, Illinois
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campuses, the route was suspended on April 6, 2020, as schools closed during the
2020 coronavirus pandemic
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The Maryland Transit Administration announced that the route would remain suspended on September 30, 2020, along with the LocalLink 92, while all other LocalLink routes would continue service.
In Fall 2021, as
Baltimore City Schools
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re-opened for in-person instruction, the MTA restored the LocalLink 38 route as a limited service for school trips on weekdays only. The bus departs from North Bend Loop, near the corner of North Bend Road and Edmondson Avenue just outside the western edge of the city border, and terminates at Poly Western High, near the intersection of Cold Spring Lane and Falls Road in north Baltimore, for two morning trips scheduled 5 minutes apart. Two reverse trips also scheduled 5 minutes apart run after school.
Performance
The LocalLink 38 route had the lowest on-time performance out of any route serving Baltimore City Schools during its operation prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was on-time for 40% of trips in October 2019, and 45.2% of trips in February 2020.
The MTA considers a window of two minutes early to seven minutes late to be an on-time arrival. The LocalLink 38 was early more often than it was late prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the first week of service after reinstatement, from August 30 to September 3, 2021, on-time performance was 47.2%. These trips were late more often than they were early.
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Maryland Transit Administration bus routes