According to the WMATA Guideline, South Capital Street Limited Line had bad average weekly riders and cost recovery numbers.
WMATA proposed to eliminate the W9 in its FY2007 budget as the route only averages 98 passengers per day since the DIA Shuttle took over the route. The South Capital Street Limited Line, designated Route W9, was a bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between L'Enfant Plaza station of the Blue, Yellow, Orange, Green, and Silver lines of the Washington Metro and the Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building (Coast Guard) or Livingston (AM Peak only). Cost Recovery <13% Fail According to WMATA, its performance measures goes as follows: Cost Recovery 16.6% Fail Average Weekday Riders 432 Fail Passengers <300 Fail The line was discontinued on June 24, 2018 due to low ridership and the U.S. Coast Guard ending their subsidy for the W9 on July 1, 2018. 
