QuickLink 40 starts at the North Bend Loop in Westgate, running on Edmondson Avenue until reaching West Baltimore station.

Rather, its stops are limited to certain locations of importance, including transfer points to other bus lines, major landmarks, and other busy intersections selected by MTA.

[3] When it started operating, Route 40 ran from Security Square Mall to the Essex Park-and-Ride lot on Eastern Avenue.

Customer will find additional bus trips added on west side between CMS and City Hall to enhance off-peak and weekend access to jobs.

Low ridership and unrealistic time allocation initially being built into the schedule resulted in poor on-time performance and buses clumping together.

On the west side of the route, there is no designated Park-and-Ride lot allowing motorists to park their vehicles and catch the bus.

Security Square Mall has not allocated any spaces for riders of Route 40, and an existing park-and-ride lot at the end of I-70 is not within a practical or pedestrian friendly walk of a bus stop.

While rapid transit lines are generally modeled for commuter purposes, QuickBus is marketed only to those who do not own vehicles and depend on a neighborhood bus stop.

Electronic signs at these stops, tied into a GPS system, indicate the expected time of arrival for the next bus, so riders do not have to rely on a less reliable printed schedule.