Complex sentence: Before, the bus rapid transit, the city's fulcrum of transit was served by conventional buses run by the Greater Richmond Transit Company since the late 1930s, as well as streetcars via the Richmond Union Passenger Railway from 1888 to 1949.
Split into simpler sentences: Before, the bus rapid transit, the city's fulcrum of transit was served by conventional buses run by the Greater Richmond Transit Company. From 1888 until 1949, the city was also served by streetcars via the Richmond Union Passenger Railway from 1888 to 1949.