Initial Scenarios. To determine the best way to build from MUTD’s current network and successes, the Xxxxxx\Xxxxxxx team will introduce a menu of potential service and capital investments in a planning workshop with MUTD staff. The menu may include, but will not be limited to, the following: ▪ Potential service investments ▪ BRT service along Xxxxxx Street or other corridors ▪ Frequency upgrades to match service with demand and facilitate connections ▪ Redesigned routes to provide more effective, efficient, and attractive service ▪ Expanded service spans to maximize access to employment and education ▪ Service to new areas identified as transit-supportive in the market analysis ▪ Downtown circulator or trolley service ▪ Increased on-demand service in areas that do not support fixed-route service ▪ Potential capital investments ▪ New and upgraded operating facilities to support system growth ▪ New transit centers to improve network connectivity ▪ Infrastructure upgrades on future BRT corridors ▪ Speed and reliability upgrades to make bus transit more attractive ▪ Technology improvements to enhance the overall transit rider experience We will package potential service and capital investments in formats that are easy to understand, using maps and written descriptions that highlight critical elements and community benefits. We will develop the scenarios to represent different combinations of approaches rather than entire packages that must be selected as a whole. The purpose of developing scenarios and reviewing them with the public is to determine which individual projects or combinations of projects in each scenario generate the highest levels of support. We then combine the best elements of each scenario into the preferred alternative. We will present initial service alternatives to MUTD staff and the MUTD Board before refining them for review by stakeholders and the public. We will also evaluate the individual components of the scenarios on their technical merits, projected costs, and anticipated outcomes.
