MW02 A New Fourth Plain Blvd: Mobility and Placekeeping on a BRT Corridor

The community near Fourth Plain Boulevard in Vancouver, WA, is one of the most diverse in the Pacific Northwest: thirty languages are spoken and numerous local businesses contribute to a thriving corridor. When Vancouver’s first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line was slated for Fourth Plain Blvd, the City sprang into action, developing a comprehensive, coordinated investment and anti-displacement plan, reflecting community aspirations while providing support to keep people in place. The result was a corridor with safety and mobility improvements, business support grants, parks improvements, affordable housing investments and the Fourth Plain Commons community hub. Explore place-keeping and transportation investments with city staff and community members who made it happen. Learn how this coordinated program of investment aligned with the community’s vision for itself and how tradeoffs were navigated given scarce resources and competing needs.