Tag: Transportation

  • What would Pop-Up Metro or BRT look like for Iowa City?

    What would Pop-Up Metro or BRT look like for Iowa City?

    Johnson County leaders are considering two potential transit systems, Bus Rapid Transit and Pop-Up Metro trains, to serve the CRANDIC rail corridor between North Liberty and Iowa City. Would either system be a worthwhile investment suited to the area’s needs?

  • Opinion: Give These Iowa City Streets a Diet Next

    Opinion: Give These Iowa City Streets a Diet Next

    A road diet is a low-cost traffic management strategy that reduces the number of travel lanes present on a street to lower traffic speeds and improve the street’s overall safety. Three Iowa City street segments are good candidates for road diet projects that would transform roadways into community assets.

  • Transportation Projects to Watch 2024

    Transportation Projects to Watch 2024

    JOHNSON COUNTY – Several transportation infrastructure projects are underway across the Iowa City metropolitan area for the year 2024. The following are of particular interest from an urbanism perspective. MPOJC Bus Rapid Transit Study Last September, the Metropolitan Planning Organization of Johnson County (MPOJC) awarded a contract to consultants Felsburg Holt & Ullevig and Nelson…