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RT, in partnership with the Sacramento Housing and Revelopment Agency (SHRA), will relocate the bus transit center at the University/65th Street light rail station. The purpose of University/65th Street Transit Center Improvement Project (proposed project) is to improve the convenience, safety and quality of the transit experience; and to increase the numbers of potential riders by encouraging high-density development near the transit station. Achievement of this continuum depends on the creation of a safe, amenable and operationally efficient transfer station surrounded by urban scaled development.

Scope of Work:
The proposed project would relocate bus stops currently at the existing bus transfer area north of Q Street, between 65th Street and the future 67th Street (67th Street), to the rights-of-way (ROW) along the south side of Q Street (eastbound) and along 67th Street (southbound). Additional berths are provided for passenger drop-offs and by other transit operators on the east side of 67th Street (northbound). The proposed project would consolidate the bus transfer area and the LRT station to free the existing bus transfer area property for future transit-supportive commercial and residential use. The proposed project would relocate all bus berths as close to the LRT platform as possible, to minimize travel time and distance between buses and trains. The relocation of bus berths would improve pedestrian safety by minimizing the need to cross vehicular traffic lanes, and maximize the development potential of the existing bus transfer area property by locating facilities in a manner that favors lot consolidation with properties to the north. The proposed project’s circulation improvements include dedication of an existing private access corridor to become 67th Street, relocation of the existing traffic signal at the intersection of the re-aligned Q Street and 65th Street, and improvements to the existing left turn lane from southbound 65th Street on to Q Street. Other improvements to the project site include an upgraded sewer line within 67th Street, drainage improvements, a bus operator’s restroom, landscaping, outdoor lighting, and new transit center amenities.

Project Schedule:

Project Report by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca dated September 9, 2008  14MB

Project Plan by Psomas dated 9/29/09  2MB

Draft Initial study / Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) by PBS&J dated 10/16/09  260k