Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

With experience delivering the first Bus Rapid Transit systems in the Twin Cities, Richmond, Tampa, Columbus, Atlanta, and San Diego, Kimley-Horn has successfully imagined more than 80 BRT investments from coast to coast.

Whether you are starting to study potential corridors, navigating the environmental review processes, or implementing final design and construction, we want to partner with you to deliver the right solution for your community. Our innovative transit consulting teams bring valuable lessons learned to help you build community and political support, reduce construction and operations and maintenance costs, and increase ridership. We can help you reach your full funding potential through FTA grants and other opportunities and help you understand the full range of BRT amenities that fit into your agency’s needs and budget.

All delivered through a local focus, our strengths in planning, traffic engineering, roadway design, landscape architecture, complete streets, ITS, and transit-oriented design bring you a full-service team that understands your community context while leveraging our nationwide planning and design experience to achieve your mobility and economic development goals.

Bus Transit System Services

Practicality. Frequency. Convenience. Your community wants a reliable transportation option that takes them where they need to go, more often. Your agency must optimize limited resources to serve the highest ridership potential. As a full-service transit consulting firm, Kimley-Horn can help.

Whether you’re expanding your existing bus system, reimagining routes, upgrading technology, conducting an operational analysis, transitioning to a zero-emission fleet, or expanding service with new paratransit or microtransit options, Kimley-Horn’s transit planners, designers, and operations specialists bring both practical experience and local knowledge.

With experience spanning bus transit planning services, multimodal transit engineering, infrastructure design consulting, and more, our team is dedicated to advancing your transit initiatives with robust policies, innovative plans, and tailored designs that best serve your community’s needs.