Plans for North-South BRT are a glimpse into Richmond’s future

John Barclay at What’s Next, Richmond? digs into newly released documents on the North-South BRT:

Combing through these documents allows us to both see where the stations could be located, and to get a first look at the downtown route under consideration. The implications of this are beyond those of just prospective riders because of how the city plans to use up-zoning and grants to increase vertical growth, housing density, and services along the new bus route. In many ways knowing these station locations serves to help predict the future of development over the next decade in certain parts of the city.

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The goal of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is essentially to ensure that higher density housing and accompanying services are built along areas where people can easily access the transit system. This helps incentivize residents to use the bus line, and helps create destination services (think groceries, coffee shops, etc) that are easily accessible for residents on other parts of the line.

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