Supporting Bus Rapid Transit is part of the city's Sustainability Plan. A BRT dedicated lane on the roadway increases the bus' ability to move quickly through downtown traffic. BRT offers improved travel times, reliability, safety and security, and moves commuters at a higher capacity, reducing the need for downtown parking, and decreases greenhouse gas emissions.
Population densities above 10,000 people per square mile are amenable to higher transit use, and this includes the Monroe Ward (the area immediately east and south of Belvidere and Broad), the Fan, areas around Virginia Commonwealth University, and the surrounding Richmond Redevelopment and Housing authority communities. These areas are also major employment hubs.
BRT offers many of the advantages of rail transit at a more affordable cost using new routes, high quality stations, and roadway improvements.
The Broad Street Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) study team presented the latest plans to improve transit service along the seven mile length of Broad Street from Rocketts Landing east of downtown Richmond to Willow Lawn just over the city limits line to the public in August.
The study website and electronic comment form, with corridor maps
To send comments by mail, address them to Larry Hagin, Director of Planning, GRTC Transit System, 301 E. Belt Blvd., Richmond, VA 23224
I want BRT and I want it now. Broad street is a cluster mess of weaving bicycles and buses, jaywalkers, and other chaotic messes that bring shame to rational transportation planning everywhere. City of Richmond officials, stop the bread and circus politics around the fantasies that sports venues are going to revive the economy of the city. Make the transit improvements the City needs and do it now.
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