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Bus Rapid Transit, A Defining Moment; Urban Tulsa Weekly, 2/20/2013 |
 In the next few months, Tulsa's elected officials face challenging funding decisions which will have a vital and profound impact on the future of transit in Tulsa. The more telling outcome of these decisions will determine the mayor's and the council's commitment to implementing the vision and goals of our comprehensive plan, adopted in July 2010. |
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Expanded Transit Possible in Tulsa - KWGS 89.5 FM - 1/10/2013 |
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Dallas has the Spur, and San Antonio’s Primo just started service last month. In Tulsa, a plan to bring Bus Rapid Transit service to Peoria Avenue takes shape. Transportation Projects Coordinator with INCOG. At the final public meeting to seek input about INCOG’s current preferred plan, INCOG Transportation Projects Coordinator James Wagner explains, “Basically what we’re looking at is a Bus Rapid Transit system that would increase the frequency from 30 minutes to every 15 minutes.” |
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Rapid transit buses would make commuting easier - Tulsa World - 1/7/2013 |
Selena Mobley loves the idea of a sleek, fast bus cruising down Peoria Avenue. It would certainly be a change from the world she has been living in as a Tulsa Transit customer the past six years. "We need some more buses," Mobley, 58, said last week as she stood outside the downtown bus station. "We have been sitting out here an hour waiting on the 105 (bus). I don't know why it is so slow."
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Tulsa planners hope to upgrade bus system - KJRH - 1/7/2013 |
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TULSA - Tulsa area planners say they want to upgrade Tulsa's public transportation with Rapid Bus Transit. "It's a technology that's a lot like light rail, where instead of having just stops, regular stops on bus route, you actually have stations," said Transportation Projects Coordinator James Wagner. |
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Rapid Transit Bus Service Proposed for Peoria - KTUL Ch. 8 - 1/3/2013 |
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When it comes to bus routes, the 105 on Peoria is often packed. "Cause it'd be full and you have to stand up, just like I just got off one, I had to stand up coming down here," said Sandra Nelson. The route handles 20% of tulsa's bus riders, taking them to 20% of the city's jobs, making it the perfect candidate for supplemental service. |
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New Transit Technology for Tulsa - KWGS 89.5 FM - 1/3/2013 |
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INCOG is calling for a new image in public transit. The Peoria Study has been working since April of last year, and putting forth ideas for Tulsa. INCOG's James Wagner says the new technology is known as Bus Rapid Transit, and improves the transit without spending millions. |
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Urban Tulsa Weekly - Peoria Rapid Transit 11/21/2012 |
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Changing Tulsa's bus system might start with a shift in attitude. "One of the things we're working on is trying to make transit more attractive," said James Wagner, transportation projects manager with the Indian Nations Council of Governments. |
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Downtown mini-mass transit a good place to start, Tulsa World, 7/15/2012 |
At some point Tulsa needs to get serious, really serious, about its transit problem.
As a story in last week's Tulsa World by City Hall reporter Kevin Canfield pointed out, Tulsa's citywide bus service is lacking. The waits for buses are long. The routes are sometimes confusing and the time for the average person to get to work is far too long. No one wants to spend three hours riding on or waiting for the bus. |
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