(Blue Diamond Road) Corridor Study - Regional Transportation ...

5. Alternative Development RTC SR-160 Corridor Study
EXHIBIT 5-11: Alternative 1 – High Growth (2015)
Alternative 1 – High Growth (2015)
introduces a bus rapid transit (BRT)
overlay route along SR-160 and should be
implemented based on observed increases
in the demand for regional express service
connecting the Blue Diamond area to the
Strip and downtown Las Vegas. The BRT
overlay route is designed to offer
enhanced end-to-end travel times
between the western terminal PR 1-1
through numerous operational
enhancements and service attributes,
including fewer station stops, enhanced
stations (with multi-entry level
boardings), dedicated bus lanes along SR-
160, traffic signal priority (TSP) and/or
queue-jumping. This route will also have a
dedicated fleet of advanced BRT vehicles
similar in design and station interface to
the MAX system, with an off-vehicle proofof-payment
fare system. Proposed BRT
stations are denoted in the map by a
white square.
An express route is also planned for SR-
160. At Warm Springs Road, this express
route continues north along Decatur
Boulevard. Local route 101 is similar in
alignment to the Route 101 alignment
introduced in 2008, with the exception
that service levels (peak and non-peak
frequencies) may increase depending on
growth in transit demand. Bus shelters
and bus stops are denoted by a white
circle (see legend).
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