GRTC Pulse

GRTC Pulse
GRTC Pulse bus in 2018
Overview
SystemGreater Richmond Transit Company
VehicleGillig BRT Plus CNG
Began serviceJune 24, 2018
Routes
Routes1
LocaleRichmond, Virginia
StartWillow Lawn
EndRocketts Landing
Length6.8 mi (11 km)
Stations14
Service
Ridership~7,000 daily (2019)
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The GRTC Pulse (often abbreviated as The Pulse) is a bus rapid transit line in Richmond, Virginia, United States, operated by the Greater Richmond Transit Company. The line runs along Broad Street and Main Street in central Richmond, between The Shops at Willow Lawn and Rockett's Landing. It opened on June 24, 2018, and is the third bus rapid transit service to be constructed in Virginia. The Pulse is the first regional rapid transit system to serve Richmond since 1949. The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), under its BRT Standard, has given the Pulse corridor a Bronze ranking.[1]

  1. ^ "BRT Rankings". Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. 2020. Archived from the original on February 7, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2020.