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Rapid Bus Route Moving Again After Briefly Stalling

Work on a Peoria Avenue rapid bus route is set to pick back up soon.

Tulsa Transit’s Debbie Ruggles said they and the City of Tulsa have set a date with architecture firm HNTB to start planning work on dozens of new and improved stations that will be needed.

"That date is set for Oct. 17, so we'll work really quickly begin on that. We've all been waiting anxiously for that to begin," Ruggles said.

Tulsa Transit fired a contractor in December over communication issues. The bus rapid transit, or BRT, route should offer service every 15 minutes along a nearly 13-mile stretch of Peoria Avenue. Ruggles said the plan is still to hold public meetings later this month focused on land use along the route.

"Looking at what kinds of things can be done to spur development along those stations once the BRT is built," Ruggles said.

Barring any setbacks, the bus rapid transit route will begin service in 2020. Plans are in the works for a Route 66 service as well.

Matt Trotter joined KWGS as a reporter in 2013. Before coming to Public Radio Tulsa, he was the investigative producer at KJRH. His freelance work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and on MSNBC and CNN.