BRT B-Side: Agencies Getting in Tune with Street Owners and Operators

Transit agencies develop bus rapid transit (BRT) projects on streets owned or administered by the city, the county or the state. Inroads must always be made – to understand and find solutions amidst competing interests and possibly different outcomes desired. Together, let’s take a look at tensions and tradeoffs in BRT project design and the varying perspectives of street owners and operators. How can we be better partners at the BRT table? What should be “in” and “out” of a BRT project? How can negotiating be a platform for agreement from all parties about what to expect from BRT?

Haley Peckett, Deputy Director, Policy and Planning, Department of Transportation, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Rockville, MD
Ashley Lickliter, P.E., Senior Vice President / Transit Practice Leader, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc, Richmod, VA
Katie Roth, AICP, Manager, Arterial BRT, BRT / Small Starts Project Office, Metro Transit, BRT/Small Starts Project Office, Minneapolis, MN
Maribeth Feke, AICP, Director of Programming and Planning, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Cleveland, OH