Transportation leaders in the Denver-Aurora-Boulder area are collaborating in a unique multi-agency partnership to plan and implement a robust Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network throughout the region. Through the Denver Regional Council of Governments's 2050 Regional Transportation Plan, the Colorado Department of Transportation’s 10-Year Plan, and related local plans, the region has committed to implementing 11 BRT corridors by 2050 — five of them by 2030 — to advance equitable transportation and achieve federal air quality and state greenhouse gas emission reduction requirements. CDOT, DRCOG, Denver’s Regional Transportation District, and several municipalities have formed a Regional BRT Partnership to address shared funding, implementation, and coordination challenges. Explore the innovative, multi-agency partnership formed to accelerate simultaneous planning, design, and implementation of multiple BRT projects and corridors across the Denver region.
Learning Objectives:
Identify how state greenhouse gas laws can provide the impetus for quickly creating a multi-line BRT network.
Understand the importance of multijurisdictional collaboration in designing and implementing a BRT network — that users regard as functionally a single system — that is operated by multiple agencies and jurisdictions.
Describe select operational and design characteristics of BRT that require consistency in a regionally diverse BRT system.
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