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“We have dedicated nearly 6 years to analyzing, designing and building what we believe will revolutionize public transportation in our community,” said Sun Metro Director Jay Banasiak.
Known as the Sun Metro Brio, the new BRT system uses modern, rubber-tire, high-capacity vehicles, improved fare collection systems and controlled traffic signals to move riders more efficiently. Uniquely branded 60-foot articulated buses with low-floor boarding will transport more than 70 passengers between the terminal stations every 10 minutes during peak period and 15 minutes during off‐peak period for 14 hours a day, Monday through Friday.
“Sun Metro Brio’s grand opening provides a new, efficient, and enhanced public transit service option for the citizens of El Paso,” said Philip L. Meaders, P.E., LAN’s vice president. “The new service will cut commuting times for many residents, workers, students and seniors who are traveling to different destinations while reducing congestion in the community.”
The Mesa Corridor is the first of four RTS corridors approved by the City of El Paso. The second corridor will be in Alameda. Construction on Alameda is tentatively scheduled to begin in spring 2015 with completion in 2016. Dyer and Montana, the third and fourth RTS corridors, are tentatively scheduled to be operational in 2017 and 2019, respectively.
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