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Bus Rapid Transit Project Sponsor Designation and Corresponding FY 2019 Wake Transit Work Plan Amendment
Bret Martin, MPO Staff
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The TPAC-commissioned core technical team (CTT) for the fixed guideway corridors major investment study (MIS) has completed its high-level, regional-scale evaluation of alignment and station area alternatives for the bus rapid transit (BRT) component of the study. At its October 23rd meeting, the TPAC recommended approval of the final deliverable of the BRT component of the study to the Wake Transit governing boards, a BRT Evaluation Results Memo. The memo details the outputs/results of the MIS BRT Evaluation Framework's assessment of the four BRT corridors identified in the Wake Transit Plan, as well as individual alignment alternatives within each corridor. The alternatives were evaluated to identify relative strengths and weaknesses against a set of pertinent defined criteria.
The results of the evaluation framework are intended to inform next steps of defining corridor alternatives with independent utility to study further, the selection of a preferred alignment within each of the four corridors, and the order of implementation of the segments that make up the 20 miles of BRT infrastructure identified in the Wake Transit Plan. The next step in the process of moving any defined standalone project corridors toward implementation is to designate a project sponsor to take on the responsibility of further developing viable projects, interfacing with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for any federal grants being pursued, and managing engineering, right-of-way acquisition, construction, or any other subsequent phases of project implementation toward an end of effectuating an operating BRT service. In effect, project sponsors absorb an ownership or lead role over certain phases of a project's execution to ultimately bring the project to fruition.
CAMPO has been assigned as the lead agency responsible for administerin...
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