Getting There: Dedicated bus rapid transit lanes on Division? Planners push to make it happen, fast

Imagine two of North Division Street’s six lanes of traffic are closed to cars and primarily dedicated instead to electric rapid-transit buses. They drop off and pick up passengers every 7½minutes at new stations that pop up at half-mile intervals along the side or in the center of the street.

That public-transit-focused vision for the car-centric corridor may sound far-fetched, but it could well become a reality – and relatively soon, local transit officials say.

A committee representing various jurisdictions and agencies recently selected four design options for what would be the city’s second bus rapid transit line, after the in-progress City Line.

They are currently soliciting feedback about

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