GRTC Pulse
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| System | Greater Richmond Transit Company |
| Status | Planning |
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| Locale | Richmond, Virginia |
| Start | Willow Lawn |
| End | Rockett's Landing |
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| Daily ridership | est. 3,300 |
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The GRTC Pulse (often abbreviated as The Pulse) is a planned bus rapid transit line in Richmond, Virginia. The line will be along Broad Street and Main Street starting at The Shops at Willow Lawn, and will go down to Rockett's Landing.
History
Before, the bus rapid transit, the city's fulcrum of transit was served by conventional buses run by the Greater Richmond Transit Company since the late 1930s, as well as streetcars via the Richmond Union Passenger Railway from 1888 to 1949.[1]
Original plans for rapid transit in Richmond originated as early as the 1990s, with case studies for light rail and bus rapid transit being studied by the City of Richmond. In 2003, Richmond's Department of Transportation conducted a two-year feasibility study on commuter and light rail in the Greater Richmond Region. The studies found that the lines would be moderately successful, but population in Richmond was not dense enough to demand either said service. Since the studies, other independent groups have begun their own series of studies given Richmond's higher than expected population growth and the region's expected population growth.
In 2010, formal studies began to test the feasibility of a bus rapid transit line, rather than light rail line. The decision to puruse BRT rather than LRT prompted mixed-to-negative reactions from the community.[2] The Greater Richmond Transit Company has remained open about upgrade the Pulse's initial line to a light rail line in the forseeable future, should ridership dictate capacity beyond that a BRT system. Feasibility studies, stakeholder analysis, alternative assessments, and environmental impact studies, research was complete in mid-2014.
In late 2014, GRTC unveiled the first set of bus rapid transit plans, which involved several stations stretching from Willow Lawn down to Rocketts Landing. The Main Street Station would serve as the central transportation hub for the Pulse, linking the line with Amtrak, Transdominion Express, Megabus and Central Virginia Express.
On March 17, 2015, GRTC announced that the line would be called the Pulse.[3]
References
- ↑ IEEE Richmond Section (February 1992). "Milestones:Richmond Union Passenger Railway, 1888". IEEE Global History Network. IEEE. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ↑ Ned, Oliver. "At Least They Didn't Call it Blynk". Style Weekley. StyleWeekly.com. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ↑ Moomaw, Graham (March 17, 2015). "Richmond bus rapid transit system named GRTC Pulse". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond.com. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
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