The Corridors

Transportation transformation is coming to Reading Road and Hamilton Avenue! Reading Road and Hamilton Avenue were selected as the first two BRT corridors after extensive and careful study. These corridors stood out as Metro’s best opportunity to successfully launch BRT and build a strong foundation for additional BRT corridors in the future. Once these are successful, Metro will work toward adding more BRT service corridors.

Combined Corridor Routes

The Study

As Metro prepared to bring BRT to the Greater Cincinnati region, the project team conducted a detailed study combined with deep community engagement to determine which two of the region's major transportation corridors would initially receive BRT service, with the understanding that more corridors could be added in the future to create a regional BRT network.

Four corridors were initially identified during the Reinventing Metro plan development process as possible alternatives for introducing BRT to our region: Glenway Avenue, Hamilton Avenue, Reading Road, and Montgomery Road. These corridors represent Metro's most popular transit routes, each of which carries more than one million riders a year.

In 2023, the Metro BRT study began. Through extensive public engagement and in-depth research, that study:

• Analyzed the four high-traffic corridors to determine their ability to successfully support BRT service & infrastructure.
• Identified two of those corridors to receive initial BRT service: Reading Road and Hamilton Avenue.
• Determined service needs & features most requested by people in the neighborhoods served by these corridors.