[...] Nine potential pilot sites have been identified by the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham, according to a press statement from the organization. They include: Interstate 20 at Leeds; Interstate 59 at Chalkville Road near Trussville; I-20/59 in Bessemer; I-65 in Gardendale; U.S. Highway 31 and Lorna Road; Center Point Parkway; Alabama Highway 79 and Pine Hill Road near Tarrant; U.S. Highway 280 near Brook Highland and Inverness; and in Forestdale on U.S. 78.

"Park and ride lots allow commuters the opportunity to carpool with others traveling in the same direction," notes Trussville mayor Gene Melton, as quoted in the press statement. "They also facilitate express bus service to downtown and other transit support to areas which may not currently have service." [...]