Circulator Charrette: Table 2

Dave gives us an update on Table 2's proposal from last week's Circulator Charrette:

Table 2 at the Circulator Charrette concentrated on assets centered around downtown, with linkages to the Gulch, SoBro and Metro Offices, over to the Farmers Market and Germantown, plus across the river to LP Field (with the assumption that the current Park N’Ride would be replaced with this circulator).  Ideally, we would like to have a linkage from the Gulch on Division St. over to the Metro offices on 2^nd Ave., but currently it’s cut off by the railroad tracks.   This would allow for the circulator to flow through the Gulch over to Metro and back downtown along 2^nd Ave. and into the central business district. 

 

When we had to prioritize our route, the first thing we realized was that we needed to have some higher frequency buses with extended hours in the core.  The Blue Route serves that purpose and allows employees to get around the core quickly and easily, but also serves the late-hour tourist market.  Since LP Field hosts basic M-F business-hour commuters, the White Route would be limited to the base 10 minute headway, business-hour set up it currently uses.  The Red route would be extended hours and weekends only that would allow movement between the core and the increasingly denser diversified market the Gulch represents.  Now residents of the Gulch can travel downtown and tourists can visit the restaurants in the Gulch seven days a week and into the evening.