Sun Metro launches Brio Monday

The highly anticipated transit system Brio will officially be on the roads Monday, Oct. 27.

Sun Metro will host a launch party and commemorative trip on Brio at 11 a.m. Monday, October 27, at Cleveland Square Park, 510 N. Santa Fe. The public is invited to join in the celebration as local, state and national representatives celebrate the new service and its impact to the local community.

Brio will introduce El Pasoan’s to a high-quality transit service that offers similar benefits to light rail transit, such as improved speed and reliability, but at a much lower implementation cost.

Brio will have various amenities to include uniquely branded 60-foot articulated buses in mixed traffic, stations that are about a mile apart, branded and landscaped stations and signal prioritization (lengthen green traffic signals).

The total project cost for the Mesa Brio is $27.1 million, of which $13.5 million is funded by the Federal Transit Administration.