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Service Alerts2025 Columbia Pike Blues Festival -ART 77 Detour: The Columbia Pike Blues Festival will take place on Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia, featuring live music, local vendors, and family-friendly activities. Due to street closures on S Walter Reed Drive @ Columbia Pike and also 9th St. S, ART 77 will detour. Customers traveling northbound towards Court House Metro Station can access service at S. Walter Reed Drive/6th St S. Southbound, service will be available on S. Walter Reed Dr. at Columbia Pike in the direction of Shirlington Transit Center. View all ART Alerts

Service AlertsART Route 45 - Bus Stop Closure: Stop at Columbia Pike @ S Walter Reed Dr (Northbound) will not be served 4/28/2025 - 7/28/2025 due to construction. Transit customers can board ART Arlington and Metrobus at Columbia Pike and S Highland St. (across from McDonalds). View all ART Alerts

Service AlertsART Route 42 - Bus Stop Relocation: Stop at Columbia Pike @ S Scott St (Eastbound) will not be served 4/28/2025 - 7/28/2025 due to construction. Customers can board ART Arlington and Metrobus beside the "Lancaster Bldg." View all ART Alerts

ART Bus Fares, Text Only

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ART Bus Fares, Effective July 1, 2024

Adults

  • SmarTrip $2.25
  • Cash $2.25

Senior Citizens (ages 65+)

  • SmarTrip $1.10
  • Cash $1.10

People w/Disabilities (w/WMATA ID or Medicare Card)

  • SmarTrip $1.10
  • Cash $1.10

K-12 Students (w/school ID)

  • Free with Student iRide SmarTrip
  • Cash $1.10

Transfers

  • SmarTrip Card Required
  • Bus to Bus -- Free within 2 hours from first trip

ART to ART

  • Regular Fare Free
  • Senior/Disabled Free
  • K-12 Free

ART to/from Metrobus

  • Regular Fare Free
  • Senior/Disabled Free
  • K-12 Students Free

Metrorail to ART

  • Regular Fare $2.25
  • Senior/Disabled $1.10
  • K-12 Students $1.10

ART to Metrorail

  • Regular Fare $2.25 discount
  • Senior/Disabled $1.10 discount
  • K-12 Students $1.10 discount

Transfers to and from Fairfax County, Loudoun County, DASH and OmniRide buses may require an additional fare.

Senior citizens age 65 and older, people with disabilities and customers with a Medicare card, pay a reduced fare. K-12 students receive the $1.10 student fare on ART only when paying with cash, a green iRide token or an iRide SmarTrip card. Regular fares can also be paid with a 7 Day Regional Bus Pass (loaded on SmarTrip) or a gold ART token. Children under the age of 5 ride free.