Wagon Road to Transitway: BRT Tradeoffs in Legacy Urban Corridors

Bus rapid transit (BRT) needs space, not just for buses to run quickly and reliably, but for stations, supportive multimodal infrastructure, stormwater treatment and other features. This space is never easy to come by, especially in “legacy cities,” where road rights-of-way were first established for carts and wagons and hundreds of years of urban development has risen up around them. Hear how three major metro areas are developing BRT in constrained, historic, urban corridors. How are they negotiating priorities and allocating limited dollars? What’s the decision-making approach when space is tight and everyone’s needs and wants can’t be met? How is future mobility finding a path?

Moderator: Joana Conklin, CPM, Manager II, Transit Development, Advancement, and Innovation, Department of General Services, Montgomery County, Rockville, MD
Phillip Cherry, Senior Project Manager, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), Boston, MA
Dustin Khuu, Assistant Director – Bus Priority, Department of Transportation, City of New York, New York, NY
Tyler Peter, Senior Transit Planner, Department of Transportation, City of New York, New York, NY
Andrew Simpson, Complete Streets District Manager, Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA