City of Asheville Looks For Feedback On Draft Transit Plan

This month the City of Asheville released a Draft Network Report outlining potential future changes to the Asheville Rides Transit (ART) bus network. The city wants public engagement before making changes to the system.  

Key links for the new project:  

View the Draft Network Report Visit the Project Page Take the Survey 

Existing Network  

In the existing network, most routes run every 30-60 minutes, and a few routes run less frequently.  

Orange lines mean a bus coming every 15 minutes most of the day. 

Purple lines mean a bus every 20 minutes. 

Dark Blue lines mean a bus every 30 minutes. 

Light Blue lines mean a bus every 60 minutes. 

Tan lines mean a bus every 90-120 minutes. 

Draft Network 
In the draft network, there are fewer total routes, but in some places, service runs more frequently than today.  

Orange lines mean a bus coming every 15 minutes. 
Dark Blue lines mean a bus every 30 minutes. 
Light Blue lines mean a bus every 60 minutes. 
Tan lines mean a bus that only runs during peak hours. 

The draft network would provide more access to frequent service: 

• 8% of all residents would be near the new 15-minute stops. A total of 37% would be near stops with service every 30-minutes or less, a 10% gain over the existing network. 

• 11% of low-income residents and 10% of residents of color would gain access to buses that come every 15-minutes. Note, these percentage increases are higher than the 8% increase averaged across all residents.  

The draft network would provide increased access to jobs:  

• 31% of jobs would be near 15-minute frequency service and 54% would be near 30-minute service or better.