Division Bus Rapid Transit
Division Bus Rapid Transit, also known as Division BRT, is the working name for a planned bus rapid transit line in Spokane, Washington that will extend 9 miles from Downtown Spokane to the Mead, Washington area, north of Spokane. The line will be operated by Spokane Transit Authority, with a planned launch in 2027, and will be the region's second bus rapid transit line, after the City Line.
| Division Bus Rapid Transit | |
|---|---|
A design visualization of the Division Bus Rapid Transit line | |
| Overview | |
| System | Spokane Transit Authority |
| Operator | Spokane Transit Authority |
| Vehicle | TBD |
| Status | In preliminary-design |
| Began service | 2029–2030 (proposed) |
| Route | |
| Route type | Bus rapid transit |
| Locale | Spokane, Washington |
| Start | Downtown Spokane, near the STA Plaza (final location TBD) |
| End | Hastings Park and Ride (short-term) Future transit center near Mead, Washington (long-term) |
| Length | 9 miles (14 km) |
| Stations | 28 or more |
| Service | |
| Frequency | Peak: 10 minutes Evenings: 15 minutes |
| Weekend frequency | 15 minutes |
The project culminates Spokane Transit's long-term planning efforts, which date back to the early 2010s, to transform the heavily-utilized, existing #25 Division bus route running along Division Street into a high performance transit (HPT) corridor. Voter passage of Spokane Transit Proposition 1 in 2016 began the first phases of the transformation, by funding interim improvements to passenger amenities, bus size, and increased service hours of the route, which have upgraded the existing route into an HPT "Lite" line within the Spokane Transit network. Full conversion into a bus rapid transit line represents the last stage of developing the route into a full HPT corridor within the STA system. Once open, the BRT line will replace the current bus service that runs along the corridor.
In April 2021, Spokane Transit Authority adopted a locally preferred alternative for the alignment, vehicular mode, and other BRT strategies. As of 2022, the corridor is in preliminary design to finalize among other things, station and termini locations. A parallel study is also being led by the Spokane Regional Transportation Council to study increased land-use density along the corridor.