Detroit: Grand Rapids Silver Line Offers Model For Woodward BRT Service

from We Are Mode Shift:




Prospects now look good for high-speed bus transit coming to Southeast Michigan in a few years' time. For folks in West Michigan’s biggest city, however, its already arrived.

This past August, Grand Rapids became the first place in the state to implement Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). This service, the Silver Line, connects downtown Grand Rapids with its medical district, other large employment centers and the neighboring communities of Kentwood and Wyoming.

Last month, Mode Shift joined a trip to Grand Rapids organized by the transit services company, Freshwater Transit, to see the Silver Line. The Nov. 20 outing, which included participants from Lansing and Metro Detroit, served as a follow-up to an earlier Freshwater excursion to see Cleveland’s HealthLine.

Freshwater’s Silver Line Tour

Upon reaching Grand Rapids, the Freshwater group was treated to a presentation by Michael Bulthuis, Public Outreach Coordinator for The Rapid, the authority that runs both the Silver Line and the region’s regular bus system. ....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://wearemodeshift.org/grand-rapids-silver-line-offers-model-woodward-brt-service