CORRIDOR OF Capitol Ave Grand Ave Delta St Abbot Rd Charles St Cedar St/Larch St 8th St Sparrow Hospital Lathrop St Clemens Ave Foster Ave Detroit St Morgan Ln Cowley Ave Harrison Rd Collingwood Dr POSSIBILITIES 2015 Bogue St Stoddard Ave Hagadorn Rd Michigan Ave Brookfield Dr Grand River Ave Northwind Dr Campus Hill Dr Montrose Ave Okemos Rd Meridian Mall Rd MICHIGAN AVENUE/ GRAND RIVER AVENUE 1 2 3 4 5 PUBLIC HEARING AND REVIEW The public will be given an opportunity Journal and the City Pulse at least where the draft EA document can be FPO to ask questions, get answers and 30 days in advance of the hearing. reviewed. The draft will be available for comment on the draft EA document at Information will also be posted on the review and comment 15 days before (NEED HI-RES) an upcoming public hearing and during project website at www.cata-brt.org and 15 days after the public hearing, the review period. When the date of the and at www.cata.org. The notice will for a total of 30 days. hearing is set, a notice of availability include the date, time and location of will be published in the Lansing State the public hearing, as well as locations ILLUSTRATION OF PROPOSED STATION DESIGN. Stay abreast of BRT-related developments at CATA-BRT.ORG rideCATA @rideCATA PROJECT NEED PROJECT PURPOSE Crowded buses, busy sidewalks and traffic congestion are The purpose of the BRT is to address travel delays for indicative of the high travel demand within this corridor. both transit riders and automobiles, and to meet the Opportunities to expand economic development; a shift to increasing demand for alternative transit options to more mixed-use, higher-density development; and growing move people through a constrained urban corridor while demand in all modes of transportation (cars, trucks, buses, enhancing place-making elements and creating economic bikes, and pedestrians) are straining the corridor’s capacity. development opportunities. STATIONS TRAFFIC ANALYSIS The proposed BRT stations include many features that are typically associated with rapid- or rail-transit stations: AND VIDEO » Enclosed waiting area for shelter from poor weather Using a traffic modeling program designed to handle conditions multimodal projects, traffic simulation videos of the corridor » Security and lighting elements were generated to visually demonstrate the impacts of the two BRT alignments on the overall transportation » The ability to pay fares at automated kiosks # 290 # network. This software is used across the country to assess PERMIT before boarding the feasibility of transportation projects. The model was 48910 » Digital real-time signs that inform riders of the next BRT bus built using a robust data set including real traffic data, the MI LANSING, » Tri-County Regional Planning Commission’s travel demand 48910 MI Lansing, Boarding platforms that are level with the BRT bus floor for quick and easy boarding and deboarding projections in the Long Range Plan, and GPS and ridership Street Tranter 4615 data from CATA. The traffic simulation video will be available » ADA accommodations AUTHORITY TRANSPORTATION AREA CAPITAL for viewing at the public hearing. ALIGNMENT SELECTION BRT MARCH 2014 ROADMAP Charrette week in the City of East Lansing. A SPLIT-RUNNING ALIGNMENT, WHICH RESULTED FROM THE FEBRUARY 2014 MARCH 2014 CHARRETTE, IS Pre-charrette small group meetings. SHOWN FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY. COURTESY OF DOVER, KOHL & PARTNERS. APRIL 2014 Area meetings held in each section of the corridor. The Environmental Assessment, or EA, 3. Split-running Center Section (Detroit A dedicated lane is proposed through the considers the impact of the BRT project Street in Lansing to Bogue Street in East Hagadorn intersection alone. Lansing) — Dedicated BRT lanes would on an extensive list of environmental 5. East End Stations (transitioning between run adjacent to vehicular travel lanes in resources including both the natural Bogue and Hagadorn from mixed traffic both directions in the south travel lane. environment (i.e., water quality, to center-running between Hagadorn Medians will be preserved where they biological resources, air quality) and and Meridian Mall Road) — Dedicated exist but with reduced width. the social environment (i.e., historical center-running lanes are proposed resources, environmental justice, Two alignment concepts came out of through this section. A center median socio-economic characteristics). The EA the East Lansing charrette week in would limit turning movements in each FALL 2015 Notice of Availability of the draft EA determines project feasibility but not March 2014 for the area between Detroit block. The BRT travels in a shared lane SUMMER 2014-SPRING 2015 document issued 15 days in advance of Environmental analysis and all final decisions. Once approved, final Street in Lansing and Bogue Street in over the CSX railroad bridge east of Park the public hearing, followed by a 15-day draft EA document. design details will take shape, and final East Lansing. One was a southside- Lake Road. period for review and comment. costs will be determined. The current running alignment with both dedicated cost estimate for the BRT is $155 million, BRT lanes located in what are currently which has been reduced from an original the eastbound travel lane (south of the estimate of $194 million. median) and the vehicular traffic located Here’s what else is new in the westbound travel lane (north of the The corridor has been divided into since May 2014: median). The other was a split-running sections based on similar design alignment with the dedicated BRT lanes » The Ionia Street Station would ideally be features. The BRT alignment is outlined running in the south travel lane adjacent located on Capitol Avenue, south of the below from west to east: to the vehicular travel lanes in both Ionia Street intersection. directions. 1. Capitol Loop — The BRT vehicle will run » A fifth BRT station is shown in the DECEMBER 2015 clockwise and against current one-way Traffic studies tested the impact of both Capitol Loop on Grand Avenue, south of 2016 FTA to make final environmental- traffic on Grand Avenue and Capitol BRT alignment options. The results clearly Michigan Avenue. Final design and clearance decision. Avenue, ensuring the future opportunity demonstrated that the southside-running » The Sparrow Hospital Station is proposed engineering. for two-way traffic lanes on those streets. alignment would cause excessive delays near the hospital’s main entrance. A 2. Downtown Lansing (Grand Avenue on the corridor in the future, especially new traffic signal will be installed to give to Detroit Street) — Center-running, during the afternoon hours. The projected pedestrians safer access to the station’s dedicated lanes are proposed through congestion and delay were so extensive boarding platforms and to destinations this section. A center median would limit that they could not be mitigated by design on both sides of the street. changes. The split-running alignment turning movements in each block. » Stations between the Frandor area and demonstrated viability with no traffic Harrison Road have been relocated impacts greater than those that exist and consolidated. today. 2018 2017 More detailed information will be provided » As the project progresses, 4. Mixed Traffic (Bogue Street to in the EA document and on the project accommodations for bicycles on the Opening day. Construction to begin. Hagadorn Road) — The BRT travels in website at www.cata-brt.org. corridor will be considered, taking mixed traffic with no dedicated lane, into account all other priorities. sharing the curb-running lane with Persons requiring language assistance should Accommodations for bicycles will be vehicular traffic. call CATA customer service at 517-394-1000. provided on BRT buses..