Economic growth: Vision for Missoula’s Brooks Street includes rapid transit bus lane

While traffic models suggest the Brooks Street corridor will reach capacity within the next 20 years, the city and a group of community partners believe they’ve found a remedy for future congestion.

It revolves around transit-oriented development and the implementation of a center-running, rapid transit bus lane – a tool that’s already been implemented in other cities but would be new to Montana.

By Martin Kidston