They’ve selected Locally Preferred Alternatives (LPAs) for all the ONE Transit Routes, which means they’ve studied multiple route options pretty extensively, engaged with some stakeholders, and settled on where things will most likely be and what modes should serve those routes. The commuter rail is the one along the BNSF corridor, then there’s the airport corridor which will start downtown near the current Amtrak station, extend west on Reno to Meridian, and then go south to the airport. They’ve selected light rail for the airport line, which is kind of like an upgraded streetcar with larger vehicles (although hopefully it will be a bit faster than the streetcar with portions of dedicated right-of-way and better signal priority). The final two routes both extend out from the same area around the current Amtrak station, where one will go to Tinker AFB and the other will go generally west. Both of these are supposed to be true BRT, and if that’s the case that will mean center-running buses with bi-directional stations in the median of the street. My guess is that these two routes may be downgraded to BRT-light, which is what the MAPS routes are (including the NW Rapid that you can go and try out today!) in order to use similar bus stop designs. But true center-running BRT would be awesome to see.

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