RPCGB Conducts Community Forums for SW Corridor Study
The RPCGB hosted two community forums on Tuesday, September 20 at the Lawson State Community College in Bessemer and Wednesday, September, 21 at the Birmingham MetroPlex for citizens who live and work in the Southwest Corridor. Citizens had the opportunity to participate in open house discussions about improving their community's economic and neighborhood conditions along with ways to improve public transit. The Southwest Corridor is centered on U.S. 11 / Bessemer Super Highway and includes the cities of Birmingham, Midfield, Fairfield, Bessemer, Brighton, and Lipscomb as well as surrounding areas of Jefferson County. The RPCGB and a team of consultants, led by Atkins, Inc., were on hand to encourage participants to share ideas for improving transit service.
"This community forum is about letting the people have a hand in shaping the future of mass transit in our region," said Darrell Howard, project manager, RPCGB. The last community forum provided valuable input to the corridor vision, and about what features of the corridor, such as neighborhoods and retail areas, needed the most attention. Participants also shared that 2/3 of them would use transit more often if it were a frequent, reliable and quality service.
This third community forum provided information to the attendees about transit mode options for the corridor and engaged them in exercises that sought their opinions about suitable transit modes, potential routes for improved transit, and their opinions on transit-related issues. The study team also conducted a joint session of the four study working groups (Public Involvement, Community Development, Economic Development, and Transportation), and made a briefing to the study Steering Committee as part of the forum.
For additional information, please visit the project website or contact Darrell L. Howard, project manager, at dhoward@rpcgb.org.
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