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BJCTA outlines '70/30' plan to boost frequent routes and microtransit; councilors press for cross-municipal service
Summary
The Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority presented a multi-year plan to concentrate service on frequent corridors, expand microtransit zones and incrementally build bus rapid transit. Council members pushed BJCTA on limits that keep microtransit from crossing municipal lines and pressed for more outreach in affected neighborhoods.
Director Charlotte Shaw of the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority outlined the agency(BJCTA) told the City Council the 70/30 plan aims to shift resources to a frequent transit network, expand microtransit where needed and grow bus rapid transit (BRT) service over several fiscal years.
The plan, Shaw said, combines frequent corridor investments with smaller suburban connectors and microtransit zones. "Because of the 7030 plan, even the May changes that we just made, we were able to reallocate $1,700,000, reallocate to better changes to increase liability," Shaw told council. She said some fixed routes will move from hourly to 45- or 30-minute headways and…
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