BGMPO Regional Transit Feasibility Study
Please participate and share this information!
The BGMPO recently kicked off its Regional Transit Feasibility Study. Wannetta Mallette is working with Nelson\Nygaard, the consulting team conducting this study. Because Saxapahaw is a key stakeholder in our region, input from a diverse group of community members would be invaluable.
About the Regional Transit Feasibility Study
This study is being developed by the BGMPO with support from partners at Link Transit, GoTriangle, Alamance County Transportation Authority (ACTA), Orange County Public Transportation (OCPT), and Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation (PART). The goal is to holistically evaluate existing transit service by all providers and identify equitable and innovative opportunities for improvements, including assessing multimodal connections, reducing service duplication, determining cost-effective ways to enhance service, evaluating safety performance targets and measures, and developing funding recommendations. With limited available transit funding, understanding tradeoffs and priorities for service improvements will be central to the project.
A flyer with key project information is attached and project website with more information is available here: https://bgmpo.org/Projects-Plans/MPO-Plans/BGMPO-Regional-Transit-Feasibility-Study.
How You Can Help
We want to better understand how current transit service is working for our riders and which improvements would be most helpful to their lives. In order to do this, BGMPO is hosting an online survey to get broad community input. The survey will be live from July 24 to August 27. It takes about 10 minutes to complete. The survey is available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BGMPOTransit
Our goal is to get responses from as many community members as possible. Could you please share the attached posts announcing the transit study survey through your social media accounts to help us reach a wider audience?
Community Meetings
We will also be meeting with community members to learn about their experiences with transit and ideas for future improvements. To accommodate different schedules and preferences, we will be hosting virtual and in-person sessions, which will cover the same content. Go to the BGMPO website to learn more about these meetings.
For more information, contact:
Wannetta Mallette, MPO Administrator
Burlington-Graham MPO
234 East Summit Avenue
PO Box 1358
Burlington, North Carolina 27215
Phone: 336-513-5418
Email: wmallette@burlingtonnc.gov