Transit initiative moves into public meeting phase
Damon Scott
Reporter-
Albuquerque Business First
Albuquerque’s bus rapid transit idea will launch into a public meeting phase next month with six dates scheduled.
BRT aims to speed up bus service by giving busses dedicated lanes or extra right-of-way through medians. It would result in raised platform “subway style” stations along the way, something that has spurred ancillary development in other cities that have deployed it.
Dayna G. Crawford, the deputy director at ABQ RIDE, said the goal of the public meetings is to share BRT alignment details and preliminary station ideas. ABQ RIDE first began studying the idea of a BRT system for Albuquerque in 2011.
The city has been working on the project with Dekker/Perich/Sabatini, HDR Inc. and Parsons Brinckerhoff. The first phase would happen on the Central Avenue stretch from 98th Street to Tramway Boulevard. It would be considered part of the city’s revitalization of historic Route 66, Innovate ABQ and Downtown. BRT could subsequently move into other corridors of the city.
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