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APR 2013

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2013 BRT Survey: Coordination, Construction Top Challenges m While many operators cited receiving plenty of political and community support, they reported contending with difculties in coordination with other jurisdictions, Departments of Transportation, transit agencies and city staf. BY NICOLE SCHLOSSER, Senior Editor 14 < mETRO mAGAZINE APRIL 2013 ETRO's bus rapid transit survey results for 2013 include 64 projects, 61 of which are located in the U.S., with three in Canada. Since we checked in on various projects last year, Chicago; Las Vegas; Stockton, Calif.; Seattle (RapidRide C and D Lines); and San Antonio (Prímo) began operating new routes. Tis year, Aspen, Colo.-based Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA), Monterey Salinas Transit, and two San Diego and Seattle lines will launch new routes, for a total of six, the same number as last year. Te projects slated farthest in the future are Minneapolisbased Metro Transit's Orange Line and San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's Geary Corridor BRT. Last summer, RFTA won a "White House Champion of Change" award as a transit innovator for its VelociRFTA route. Meanwhile, construction on the project will be done this fall, Dawn Chicago Transit Authority is planning to open a second BRT route next year. Rendering shown. Rendering courtesy of CDM Smith, Chicago Transit Authority Chase, marketing, communications & design manager, says. Additionally, San Bernardino, Calif.based Omnitrans received six of the vehicles for its E Street Corridor sbx BRT project from New Flyer over the past four months. Te remaining eight are in production and due by April. The region producing the highest number of BRT projects was, as usual, the West Coast, with 30. The majority of them are located in California (63%). Projects in this region combined for a total of $1.8 billion, on par with last year's $1.7 billion total. The project that reported the highest number of vehicles is OC Transpo's Transitway, with 500 buses. Nearly all respondents (91%) are using or plan to use low-foor style vehicles. Tree-quarters selected enhanced aesthetics, slightly more than last year, and two-thirds selected passenger amenities — another bump from last metro-magazine.com

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