Sufficient space for five bus bays, whether the site is in a historic context area, and whether park space and/or parking spaces will be impacted are among the 14 criteria proposed to help decide where the downtown Lawrence Transit station will go.
The Downtown Transit Station Steering Committee is recommending the criteria for the Lawrence City Commission’s consideration following a public survey. Commissioners on Tuesday will vote on whether to approve.
The committee has recommended boundaries for where the site should be located, which commissioners have approved. The next step of their process is to choose the criteria they’ll use to evaluate potential specific locations, which will be narrowed in the third step of the process.
Here’s a slide outlining the 14 criteria. The slide was included in the presentation the commission is scheduled to hear Tuesday evening; click or tap on the image to zoom in:
An online survey the city is conducting features a map so respondents can drop pins on locations they’d like to suggest for the station within the approved boundaries. That survey will be open through noon Thursday, Aug. 15 at this link.
The main elements the city plans to include for the downtown station are driver restrooms, individual bus bays, sufficient seating, wind protection and weather protection canopies.
Read more background on the site selection process in the articles at this link.
The commission will begin its regular meeting at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6 at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. See the complete meeting agenda at this link. See this complete agenda item at this link.
Meetings are open to the public and livestreamed on the city’s YouTube channel, youtube.com/@lawrenceksvideo.
The commission accepts written public comment until noon the day of the meeting emailed to ccagendas@lawrenceks.org. The commission also hears public comment in person during meetings as well as via Zoom. Register for Tuesday’s Zoom meeting at this link.
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