The Clark County Public Transit Benefit Area Authority has officially opened The Vine on Mill Plain, a bus rapid transit line in the Vancouver, Washington, area that was designed by an HDR-led team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a Sept. 30 grand opening event sponsored in part by HDR, the community celebrated the opening of its second BRT line. Service began Oct. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mill Plain BRT Project is a $50 million project that runs approximately 10 miles along Mill Plain Boulevard between historic downtown Vancouver and the growing Columbia Tech Center in East Vancouver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HDR has been with C-TRAN every step of the way, from planning through final design, helping C-TRAN to secure Federal Transit Administration Capital Investment Grant funding, and continuing into construction and implementation support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is gratifying to see this project come to life,\u201d said Tom Shook, HDR\u2019s Oregon business development leader, who also led HDR\u2019s design services on the project. \u201cThrough our design, we worked to ensure that the project served riders\u2019 needs while staying on budget \u2014 and opening early.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HDR has led many BRT planning, design and implementation projects across the U.S. and beyond. The firm has contributed to South Carolina\u2019s first BRT system<\/a>, an expansion of the successful Twin Cities BRT<\/a>, and Albuquerque\u2019s first urban transit system to use a dedicated guideway<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n HDR’s experts have a thorough understanding of rapid transit system requirements, operations and administration; in-depth experience with transportation facility and corridor functional definition, site assessment and preliminary design; and a strong background in understanding the impact of transit initiatives on the customer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n