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Planning commission hears early data on Mosby Street bus platform; staff will continue monitoring
Summary
City staff and GRTC presented early survey and observation results for a modular bus boarding platform on Mosby Street. Public reaction has been positive; limited driver- and field-observation data show no major change in illegal passing, and the city will monitor performance before making permanent changes.
City planning commissioners received an update on a temporary, modular bus boarding platform installed as part of a traffic‑calming project on Mosby Street and Mechanicsville Turnpike.
Kelly Rowan, of the Office of Equitable Transit and Mobility, told the commission the platform is a “lighter, quicker, cheaper” treatment installed from recycled plastic and built to fit the site. Rowan said staff have gathered community feedback, conducted driver surveys with the Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC) and made on‑site observations since installation.
Rowan said staff collected about 50 paper and online public surveys from neighborhood residents and transit users and 23 responses from GRTC drivers who operate the route that serves the stop. The public surveys…
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