---
title: "Collector Transit"
url: "https://commonwaysystem.org/patterns/collectors/collector-transit/"
id: "COL-CTR-05"
description: "A Collector Typology with a dedicated transit route, where transit is elevated above the rest of the Collector base order."
updated: "2026-09-10"
---

# Collector Transit

`COL-CTR-05`

Recommended Collector

Collector Transit

A Collector street carrying a fixed transit route, where transit priority is layered onto the base pedestrian and bicycle priority rather than replacing it.

Typical at: Suburban Compact Urban Core

Rural is an edge case. Undeveloped is an unlikely pairing.

## Speed and modal hierarchy

Design speed & speed limit

\[SPEED LIMIT 30\]

Follows the Collector default: 30 mph standard. Transit priority in the modal hierarchy below does not change the vehicle speed cap.

See [Design Speed & Speed Limits](https://commonwaysystem.org/guide/design-speed.md).

Modal hierarchy

Transit > Pedestrian > Bicycle > Vehicle > Freight

An override of the Collector base order justified by the Typology's stated purpose, a designated transit route.

## Design notes

This entry is the Collector-scale sibling of Local Transit and Arterial Transit, following the same override logic across all three Functional Classifications.[1]

## Related patterns

[Local Transit](https://commonwaysystem.org/patterns/local-streets/local-transit.md) (LOC-LTR-10) and [Arterial Transit (BRT/LRT)](https://commonwaysystem.org/patterns/arterials/arterial-transit.md) (ART-ATR-04) (this pattern's siblings across Functional Classification, per this page's own Design notes)

## Getting there: Retrofit path options

[Parking-lane reallocation](https://commonwaysystem.org/retrofits/corridor/parking-lane-reallocation.md) (RFT-CDR-05), [Transit priority lane retrofit](https://commonwaysystem.org/retrofits/corridor/transit-priority-lane-retrofit.md) (RFT-CDR-06)

## References

1.  Precedent-based [NACTO, _Transit Street Design Guide_ (2016).](https://nacto.org/publication/transit-street-design-guide/)