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Rapid presents 20-year transit master plan; planners stress improving existing service, funding limits for expansion
Summary
Rapid staff briefed the Mobile GR Commission on a completed 20-year Transit Master Plan (TMP) that emphasizes improving service in the existing six-city service area, outlines near- mid- and long-term strategies, and identifies funding tools and constraints including a state constitutional limit on regional sales-tax referenda for transit.
Rapid staff presented the completed Transit Master Plan, a community-driven, 20-year blueprint that prioritizes improvements to the existing service area and lays out near-, mid- and long-term strategies for service expansion, transit-oriented development and innovation.
Presenters said the TMP was built from steering-committee input, focus groups, a technical advisory committee and more than 1,000 online survey responses. Staff told commissioners 68% of online respondents said they had never ridden a bus but nonetheless supported improving public transportation. The TMP groups recommendations into six buckets:…
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