Supercharging Your Bus Network

Buses are the workhorses of most public transit systems and the COVID-19 pandemic cemented the critical importance of bus-based mobility in our communities. Programs to tackle chronic bus delay are delivering more reliable service, centering investment in equity-priority communities and delivering big benefits with small capital budgets. Learn the details from the US and Canada: How to use common transit agency data to dynamically illuminate the location, time and impacts of bus delay. How to select and implement bus priority treatments. How to communicate benefits and trade-offs in order to build support with staff and leadership. It’s all part of supercharging your bus network!

Moderator: Julianne Sabula, AICP, Deputy Director, Transportation, Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Jonathan Mostiero, Associate Principal Planner, Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc., Denver, CO
Stephen Newhouse, Manager, Bus Speed and Reliability, TransLink, Vancouver, BC
Phoebe Fooks, City Planner – Transit, Department of Transportation, City and County of Denver, Denver, CO.
Andrew McFarland, Transit Priority Project Manager, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), Boston, MA