
November 3, 2017
Media Contact
Andrew Barth, 303-441-1032
RTD hosting public meetings Nov. 15 and 16 on Highway 119 BRT study
Provide feedback on the future of public transportation, including multimodal access, along the SH 119 corridor
Boulder County, Colo. - All
are invited to attend the first of a series of public meetings on the progress
of a study being conducted by the Regional Transportation District (RTD) that
is evaluating the viability of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service on State Highway
119/Diagonal Highway between Boulder and Longmont.
Public Meetings
Longmont
Location
Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017
6 to 8 p.m.
Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road
Longmont, CO 80501
Boulder Location
Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017
6 to 8 p.m.
Boulder Chamber, 2440 Pearl Street
Boulder, CO 80302
RTD
will provide an update on the study and will collect feedback from meeting
attendees. RTD’s consultant, Parsons Transportation Group, is helping to
conduct the study to address the growing congestion and travel demand in the
corridor, environmental impacts, multimodal access, transit reliability,
corridor transit travel time, and other criteria.
Boulder
County is participating in the study along with the cities of Longmont and
Boulder and several other area organizations.
Bus
rapid transit (BRT) is a bus-based public transport system designed to improve
capacity and reliability.
For
more information on the study, visit http://www.rtd-denver.com/hwy119.shtml.