Baltimore wants to revamp its circulator. Here’s what the plan looks like.

It’s no secret that Baltimore’s Charm City Circulator bus system has been in need of a revamp for quite some time. The Baltimore City Department of Transportation (BCDOT)’s free, mostly downtown-based, alternative to the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)’s primary bus system launched in 2010 with great fanfare. Initially, riders flocked to the bus for its cheaper cost and trailblazing real-time tracking app. But a series of convoluted route expansions, malfunctioning buses, and funding cuts made the Circulator less and less reliable over the following decade.