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Originally Posted by pdxstreetcar
I'm kind of curious to see real BRT in a small city (much more of true BRT than Eugene), so that's driving me up to Fort Collins plus the historic trolley they have.
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Oh sure, that's a good reason to go to FC. But for what it's worth, Boulder's bus system is actually way better than Fort Collins', and is definitely one of the best college town networks in the US. Boulder doesn't have BRT (except sort of the bus from Denver), but it has some really interesting features of its own.
Boulder has a
network of frequent-headway buses that each get a unique brand. Like, rather than call it "route 482B" or something, the best lines each get their own name and paint scheme, like the
DASH, or the
SKIP or the
JUMP. It's a more extensive and more easy to use frequent network than many a much larger city.
And Boulder's
downtown bus station is a great model for a small city's central transit depot. It's easily better than the central stations in a lot of big sunbelt cities. Definitely worth a stop if you're interested in transit.