The DC Circulator is managed by the District Department of Transportation and WMATA and operated by First Transit. Service began in 2005 on two routes and service was gradually expanded to include five routes serving all four quadrants of the city. Circulator buses do not operate on a fixed schedule. Instead, they use a headway based schedule; each route operates every 10 minutes during its hours of operation. The service used Van Hool A300Ks and Van Hool A330s until 2015, at which time New Flyer XDE40s were introduced to the Circulator fleet.
New Flyer XD40 2116 on Harvard Street at Argonne Place, September 24, 2017
New Flyer XD40 2120 on 14th Street, NW at Q Street, September 17, 2017
New Flyer XD40 2124 on the Duke Ellington Bridge, May 4, 2020
New Flyer XDE40 2003 on E Street, NW at Columbus Circle, July 5, 2015
New Flyer XDE40 2013 on Memorial Circle at Henry Bacon Drive, August 23, 2018
New Flyer XDE40 2015 on Jefferson Drive at 12th Street, September 14, 2016
New Flyer XDE40 2017 on K Street, NW at 18th Street, August 23, 2015
New Flyer XDE40 2108 on K Street, NW at 19th Street, NW, August 23, 2017
New Flyer XD40 interior
Proterra Catalyst 3001 on New Hampshire Avenue at Sunderland Place, NW, September 7, 2018
Proterra Catalyst 3005 on Memorial Circle at Henry Bacon Drive, August 23, 2018
Proterra Catalyst 3005 on Memorial Circle at Henry Bacon Drive, August 23, 2018
Proterra Catalyst 3005 on Henry Bacon Drive at Memorial Circle, August 23, 2018
Proterra Catalyst 3006 on Massachusetts Avenue, NW at Q Street, June 12, 2020
Proterra Catalyst 3008 on 19th Street, NW at N Street, August 4, 2019
Proterra Catalyst 3008 on 19th Street, NW at N Street, August 4, 2019
Van Hool A300K 1130 at Union Station, June 17, 2009
Van Hool A300K 1133 on M Street, NW at Wisconsin Avenue, March 13, 2015
Van Hool A300K 1133 on M Street, NW at Wisconsin Avenue, March 13, 2015
Van Hool A300K 1134 on 19th Street, NW at N Street, November 11, 2018
Van Hool A300K 1140 on 1st Street, NE at East Capitol Street, February 16, 2015
Van Hool A300K 1144 on Florida Avenue, NW at 19th Street, July 24, 2018
Van Hool A330 on K Street, NW at 17th Street, March 13, 2015
Van Hool A330 1108 on Wisconsin Avenue at M Street, March 13, 2015
Van Hool A330 1119 at RFK Stadium, July 4, 2005
Van Hool A330 1110 on 4th Street, NW, crossing the National Mall, June 13, 2006
Van Hool A330 1111 on K Street, NW at 17th Street, June 17, 2009
Van Hool A330 1111 on K Street, NW at 17th Street, June 17, 2009
Van Hool A330 1114 on 7th Street, NW at E Street, July 14, 2008
Van Hool A330 1118 on 9th Street, NW at Massachusetts Avenue, July 4, 2007
Van Hool A330 1127 on Massachusetts Avenue at Columbus Circle, July 14, 2008
Van Hool A330 1147 on Columbia Road, NW at 18th Street, December 11, 2017
Van Hool A330 Interior