The project also brings widened sidewalks and more trees to the Maryland Parkway corridor.
Las Vegas residents looking to traverse downtown or catch a flight at the Harry Reid International Airport will now face an easier trip: the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada debuted the city’s newest bus rapid transit route on Sunday, which runs along the Maryland Parkway corridor and will service the airport, downtown, the Las Vegas medical district and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The $378 million project will see 60-foot zero-emission hydrogen fuel-cell buses running every 12 minutes during the day, with signal priority and shared bus and bike lanes reducing bus travel time by 20%. The project also widened most city sidewalks along the corridor from 5 feet to 10 feet and planted trees on the median and on both sides of the road, Dan Zukowski writes for Smart Cities Dive.
The corridor carries 35,000 vehicles a day and is home to 63,000 residents and 109,000 jobs. The RTC expects to serve 13,000 daily riders along this route by 2040, up from the 9,000 who utilized the route during construction.
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