So this is exciting! South Virginia in central Reno could see bus rapid transit service in place by next Fall, something that wasn't planned to begin for 5 to 10 years. The service officials are envisioning will use bullet-shaped streamlined buses that will travel in dedicated lanes on South Virginia Street, and have around 14 stops, compared to the 44 the route currently has; 7 stops in each direction, although initially until the busses arrive, existing RTC busses would be used. It will use it's own dedicated lane and most likely have right-of-way at traffic lights, if they follow the previous BRT study done a few years ago. I just posted an article about the successes of true BRT in other cities last week.
A kind friendly note to the organizations involved with making this happen; Make this a REAL BRT, with dedicated lanes, futuristic train busses, and quick ride times. Cities that have simply dressed up their current routes with fancy busses but neglect to put the 'rapid' in Bus Rapid Transit have found their projects to fail or not be as successful as they could have been. Source: RGJ
Reno is getting to be a big city, this is proof