Due to construction on 15th & Resseguie, buses will, for Outbound from Fort, use 13th to Sherman to 15th and for Inbound from 15th, use Sherman to 13th to Fort. No stops are missed.
Inbound stop on State and 11th is closed, temporary stop placed at State and 12th near side.
Inbound stops at Americana & Ann Morrison and Americana & Shoreline closed. Temp stop placed far side of Shoreline. No temp stop placed for Ann Morrison, please use American & Latah stop if needed.
Outbound stops at Americana & Shoreline and Americana & Ann Morrison closed. Temp stop placed far side of Ann Morrison. No temp stop placed for Shoreline, please use River & 15th stop if needed.
Inbound State and Pierce Park stop closed, no temp placed due to construction.
Stop at CWI Main Campas in Nampa will be closed due to construction. Temporary stop will be in the parking lot in front of the Main Academic Building
Route 16: Stops on 1st & Idaho and 1st & Bannock will be closed. Please use the bus stop on Main & 1st.
Valley Regional Transit (VRT), the regional public transportation authority for Ada and Canyon counties, is striving to create a Better Bus network in the Treasure Valley and is looking for public feedback to help imagine an improved public transportation system with the initiative.
“We’re asking a rather simple question with a lot of different answers – how do we make the bus better?” said Elaine Clegg, VRT’s Chief Executive Officer. “We’re looking at how, within a fixed and limited budget, we can envision for tomorrow while we make improvements today. This includes better bus routes, bus rides, and bus stops, while considering a possible rail line, and we want public input to help guide our work.”
Better Bus is the next step of the 2018 ValleyConnect 2.0 vision, which incorporated significant public input and pointed toward a more frequent bus network with regional connections, better technology, and regional rail.
“The work we did in 2018 really set the stage for where we are now,” said Stephen Hunt, VRT’s Chief Development Officer. “We currently run as much service as we can within our budget. We learned that we need four times more service to meet community needs, and we also learned that the public is willing to support more.”
VRT will use public feedback to help guide decisions as it works to focus service on a higher-frequency bus network, including potentially providing innovative services to lower ridership routes. More details will be available in May, following initial budget discussions and hearings with city councils and county commissions around the region.
“Currently, our funding doesn’t allow us to expand, so we have to make strategic decisions with the amount of service we offer,” Clegg explained. “How can we better allocate hours to provide the best service within our existing capabilities while illuminating the possibilities of expanded services? This points toward a higher frequency system, which is a major part of what we are doing with Better Bus.”
Participants can share feedback at upcoming open houses, the first of which is this week:
Additional engagement opportunities, including an online survey, can also be found online at rideVRT.org/better.