{"id":8200,"date":"2022-05-20T08:48:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T15:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/news\/?p=8200"},"modified":"2022-05-20T08:48:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T15:48:58","slug":"rtc-seeks-community-input-on-the-maryland-parkway-bus-rapid-transit-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/rtc-seeks-community-input-on-the-maryland-parkway-bus-rapid-transit-project\/","title":{"rendered":"RTC seeks community input on the Maryland Parkway Bus Rapid Transit Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Survey seeks feedback on transit shelter design options<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Click to Tweet:<\/a> Design work on system shelters is in progress on the Maryland Parkway Bus Rapid Transit project and @RTCSNV needs your help! Take a short survey to provide input at MarylandParkway.com. #RTCSNV<\/em><\/p>\r\n

LAS VEGAS<\/strong> – The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) is asking for public input as it moves forward with planned transportation improvements along Maryland Parkway. A new survey, available Thursday, May 19, seeks feedback on design concepts for new transit shelters and shared bus-bike lanes.<\/p>\r\n

With the goal of improving mobility and safety along the Maryland Parkway corridor, the RTC is designing a\u00a013-mile Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>line that extends from the South Strip Transit Terminal in the south, to the Las Vegas Medical District in the north. \u00a0Maryland Parkway is home to 90,000 residents and 80,000 jobs, and carries approximately 9,000 transit riders and 35,000 vehicles daily.\u00a0 It is a vital corridor for the Las Vegas Valley, connecting many high-activity centers including the Harry Reid International Airport, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), The Boulevard Mall, Sunrise Hospital, as well as commercial and residential areas.
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\r\nTwo shelter concepts have been designed and a short survey <\/a>seeks feedback on various aspects of those designs such as lighting, shade, seating options, comfort, safety, and security. The survey is now open and can be accessed through Thursday, June 30, 2022.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to move forward with this project and invest in these much-anticipated improvements along the Maryland Parkway corridor,\u201d said RTC CEO M.J. Maynard. \u201cThis initial phase of planning and design includes an inclusive and accessible public involvement process that will engage all interested parties throughout the duration of the project.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Preliminary engineering and design began in October 2020, and construction is anticipated to begin in 2023, subject to federal funding availability. The project will include extending service from Maryland Parkway\u2019s current Route 109 further into downtown and over to the Las Vegas Medical District, upgraded traffic signal control, enhanced transit shelters, landscaping, shared bus-bike lanes, upgraded pedestrian crossings and wider sidewalks.\u00a0 Construction is expected to be complete in 2025.<\/p>\r\n

More information on the entire project can be found on the Maryland Parkway Bus Rapid Transit Project website<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Survey seeks feedback on transit shelter design options Click to Tweet: Design work on system shelters is in progress on the Maryland Parkway Bus Rapid Transit project and @RTCSNV needs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":8184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}