Ticket to ride: $44M bus route gets go-ahead

Pinellas County transportation agency breaks ground on SunRunner, a Bus Rapid Transit line that will link St. Petersburg and St. Pete Beach.

By Business Observer Staff
| 6:00 a.m. August 28, 2020
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Courtesy. U.S. Rep Charlie Crist, D-St. Petersburg, hands over a $28.1 million check to the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority for the new SunRunner bus service.

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About a year and a half from now, Pinellas County residents and visitors will have a new way to travel between downtown St. Petersburg and the county’s magnificent beaches when the SunRunner, the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority’s first Bus Rapid Transit line, opens for business.

Courtesy. The SunRunner BRT route will debut in 2022.

Expected to debut in early 2022, the 10.3-mile SunRunner line, according to a press release, will feature semi-dedicated lanes, limited stops and safety enhancements for riders, including level boarding platforms and crosswalks. Buses will run every 15 minutes along the route, which includes 16 stops between the east side of downtown St. Pete and St. Pete Beach.