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title: Bladensburg Garage Facility – United States
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date_published: 2024-03-05
date_modified: 2026-07-23
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type-market:
  - Urban mobilities
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  - Urban transit
  - Bus rapid transit
  - Buildings
  - Depot facilities and operation control centres
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  - United States
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# Bladensburg Garage Facility – United States

![Bladensburg Garage Facility – United States](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/bladensburg.jpg)

**Our American teams are contributing to the replacement of the Bladensburg Garage Facility bus centre, one of 10 such centres of this type in the American capital, Washington D.C.**

The Bladensburg centre is currently operated by Metrobus, one of the operators
of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). In operation for
almost 60 years, this bus centre, located in the north-east of the city, is one
of the oldest in the network, and its obsolescence means that it needs to be
completely replaced.

### A STATE-OF-THE-ART, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE

The American authorities chose a new ultra-modern garage with a capacity of 300
vehicles. To reduce energy bills, the lighting equipment will be low-energy and
the roof, fitted with photovoltaic panels, will have openings to provide natural
light. Employees will benefit from a separate entrance and more parking space
for their cars.

### SYSTRA’S BIM EXPERTISE

SYSTRA is providing pre-construction services, particularly relating to the
site’s electrical and communication systems. Our main task is to design a BIM
model covering all electrical, security, fire alarm, interior and exterior
lighting, gas detection, telecommunications and inter-departmental coordination
equipment.

To ensure that the new equipment will work well with the existing equipment,
SYSTRA is also responsible for systems integration, as well as safety and
security certification, two key aspects of the project, and will identify all
the sub-systems that need to be protected during the demolition phase.

[This bus depot project](https://www.systra.com/en/markets/bus-rapid-transit/)
is not a first for SYSTRA on the other side of the Atlantic, as we were involved
from 2014 to 2020 in the refurbishment of the Hilton Garage bus centre in
Maplewood, New Jersey, for the operator NJ Transit. SYSTRA also worked on the
D.C. Streetcar line in Washington.

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