The new bus project will include pedestrian and bike improvements along a 12-mile stretch of the Maryland Parkway.
A new bus rapid transit (BRT) line broke ground in Las Vegas this Tuesday, with U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on hand to celebrate the project.
According to a Traffic Technology Today article by Tom Stone, “Secretary Buttigieg was joined by RTC leadership and members of Nevada’s federal delegation to mark the beginning of construction of the $378 million Maryland Parkway Bus Rapid Transit project that will improve safety and enhance functionality along a 12.5-mile stretch of one of the most important corridors in Southern Nevada.”
The project will improve up to 50 transit shelters, add seven miles of shared bus-bike lanes, widen sidewalks for pedestrian safety, signalize pedestrian crossings, and install advanced traffic signal timing along the corridor. The project also touts “significant aesthetic enhancements” such as improved lighting that will promote safety and economic development.
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