RTC BRT

Posted by Downtown Reno Development Feed on June 5, 2007 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

I know a lot of readers are wondering what’s up with the BRT rapid transit solution for Virginia Street. It hasn’t been receiving much publicity lately, and I was wondering too, so I spent a little time digging over at RTC’s site. It turns out they’ve been talking about Bus Rapid Transit quite a bit in recent meetings. Take a read here, and more recently here. It seems Route 1 is bursting at the seams with riders, and needs some kind of expansion soon. Not sure if it was discussed at all at their May meetings, minutes aren’t approved yet, but it’s really interesting if you follow their discussion. I’m going to throw my two cents in here. If you increase the appeal of riding a bus, people who wouldn’t normally consider riding a bus might consider it, like me. If the City of Reno decides BRT is the right solution (when will they?), please pick buses like this or this (which lists RTC Las Vegas as a customer of this bus). Let’s avoid ones that look like this. Do you agree?