MOVE Central : A New Public Transit Service Plan

MOVE CENTRAL ARKANSAS MOVE CENTRAL ARKANSAS BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION MEMBERS COORDINATING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Joel Anderson, UALR Michelle Anderson, Pulaski Technical College John Bacon, eSTEM Public Charter Schools John Baldwin, Easter Seals Arkansas Dr. Jay Barth, Andre Bernard, City of Little Rock Scott Bennett, Arkansas State Highway and Tony Bozynski, City of Little Rock Transportation Department Reed Claiborne, UALR Disability Resource Center Brent Birch, Little Rock Technology Park Thomas Clarke, Planning and Development, Bill and Mary Bowman, City of North Little Rock Hillary Sericia Cole, Mosaic Templars Cultural Center Marcia Cook, Sherwood Chamber of Commerce Dr. Margaret Ellibee, Pulaski Technical College Ron Copeland, UALR University District The Honorable Gary Fletcher, City of Jacksonville Casey Covington, Metroplan John Gaudin, Argenta Wealth Management Gretchen Hall, Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau Gretchen Hall, Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau Donna Hardcastle, Argenta Downtown Council Nicole Hart, ARVets Robert Hayes, City of North Little Rock Terry Hartwick, North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce Jennifer Herron, Herron-Horton Architects Patrick Henry Hayes, Community Volunteer Jon Honeywell, City of Little Rock Gabe Holmstrom, Downtown Little Rock Partnership Wanda Horton, Arkansas Disability Coalition Colette Honorable, Community Volunteer Jessie Jones, Transportation Planning and Policy, Arkansas State The Honorable Barry Hyde, Pulaski County Highway and Transportation Department Sharon Priest, Community Volunteer Ken Keplinger, City of Sherwood Jim McKenzie, Metroplan Todd Larson, North Little Rock Economic Development Corporation Doug Meyer, TerraForma, LLC Harrison Maddox, Bicycle Advocacy of Central Arkansas Virgil Miller, Arvest Bank Richard Magee, Metroplan Greg Nabholz, Nabholz Properties Bob Major, North Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau Bobby Roberts, Central Arkansas Library System Don McMillen, Arkansas Highway and Kelly Rodgers, North Little Rock School District Transportation Department Skip Rutherford, Clinton School of Public Service Buckley O’Mell, Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce Rep. Warwick Sabin, Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub Harold Payne, Bus Rider Margaret Powell, City of North Little Rock Deshun Scarbrough, Martin Luther King Jr. Commission Sharon Priest, Community Volunteer Michael Schwartz, UALR Bowen Law School Lynn Rockenbach, AARP Arkansas Frank Scott, Arkansas State Highway Commission Kelly Rodgers, North Little Rock School District Barry Sellers, Office of Economic Development, Bill Ryan, Arkansas State Highway and Sherwood Chamber of Commerce Transportation Department Diana Shelton, Community Volunteer Dan Scott, Neighborhood Services, City of North Little Rock Susie Smith, Simmons First National Bank Lou Tobian, AARP Arkansas Rev. Hezekiah Stewart, Watershed Human and Community Development Agency The Honorable Mark Stodola, City of Little Rock Rett Tucker, Moses Tucker Real Estate Floyd G. “Buddy” Villines, Community Volunteer Troy Wells, Baptist Health Carolyn Witherspoon, Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon & Galchus, P.C. The Honorable Virginia Hillman Young, City of Sherwood

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The MOVE Central Arkansas project is a comprehensive planning effort involving a variety of stakeholders in public transit. The project goal was to develop a vision for Rock Region METRO that addresses service improvements and support central Arkansas’ economic development and efforts to provide a dynamic, desirable place to live, work and play. Move Central Arkansas focuses on three key areas: service expansion and improvements, comprehensive and consistent branding and exploring funding opportunities to support the former. Learn more at rrmetro.org/move.

THE PLAN

Bus rapid transit (BRT): Backbone of the system. Flex zones: Would provide on-demand service for BRT would begin with two identified corridors in less-densely populated areas and feed into nearby areas with heavy demand: mini-hubs 1. Downtown LR-Capitol Complex-Markham/ UAMS/St.Vincent-University/Midtown-12th West Little Rock Express: Would provide express (Clinton Children’s Library/LRCHS/ACH) bus service for West Little Rock residents commuting to downtown Little Rock from a park and ride 2. Downtown LR-Capitol Complex-Markham/ location near Chenal Promenade and provide access UAMS/St.Vincent-University/Midtown/UALR to growing job markets in West Little Rock Eventually, a third corridor could include North Little Rock’s Main Street-JFK-McCain corridor Pulaski County Express Routes Enhancements: Would improve services on county express routes, Two North Little Rock crosstown routes: including mid-day service 1. North of I-40 Modernized passenger experience: New buses, 2. South of I-40 free WiFi, GPS-based mobile app, bus stop signs with Eliminates need to travel from NLR, to River Cities texting system, more shelters Travel Center (bus station in LR) and back to NLR for NLR-only departure and destination routes, Cost: $36.9 million, based on existing funding from benefits Pulaski Technical College, Levy/Amboy all funding partners and a quarter-cent sales tax neighborhoods and other areas

Improved frequencies on important routes: Rather than operating on up to 1 hr, 15 min frequencies, buses would arrive and depart at 15-, 30-,45- and 60-minute intervals

Community shuttles: Would provide local fixed- route service for the first time to Maumelle, Sherwood and Jacksonville; would provide additional service to West Little Rock MOVE Central Arkansas Service Plan