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route linking key employment nodes along Emerald Parkway and Frantz Road with destinations in Historic Dublin and the Dublin Village Center area.

Any circulator route should be focused on providing adequate headway with wait times of less than ten minutes to satisfactorily serve residents and employees. Other COTA routes should also be reconfigured to link into any established circulator system. As part of its identification, specialized buses such as hybrid or eco-friendly buses, luxury buses, retrofitted double decker buses or rubber tire street cars that would be distinctive from regular transit routes should be emphasized to increase ridership rates.

With greater development intensity and increasing traffic congestion, a point will be reached at which typical bus route delays in traffic will justify consideration of a new alternative. Establishment of Rapid Bus is an option that has greater prioritization and will allow for the expedited movement of buses through normal traffic. Rapid bus may include signal prioritization and/ or signal preemption, as well as other intelligent treatments such as interactive stop times that will inform users. Rapid buses use the normal road right-of-way, but can include additional queue lanes that allow faster movement through congestion points and institutions.

The next stage in transit provision is the Bus Rapid Transit option. Given the establishment of Emerald Parkway-type design standards for major roads, congestion may someday reach a point by which a lane of traffic could be converted to bus use. Internal lanes on the transit spine reaching from the EAZ to the Bridge Street Corridor area is proposed for bus-only or HOV lanes that will accommodate the rapid movement of buses. Transit stops could be placed within the landscaped median areas if properly planned. Selection of the Bus Rapid Transit option is preferred because of the relative lower cost provided by converting existing infrastructure. With time, buses are expected to continue