Rosa Parks Transit Center
Rosa Parks Transit Center | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 360 Michigan Avenue Detroit, Michigan United States | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°19′57″N 83°03′09″W / 42.33250°N 83.05250°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Detroit | |||||||||||||||
| Bus stands | 15 | |||||||||||||||
| Bus operators | DDOT SMART Transit Windsor | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Detroit Air Xpress Detroit People Mover at Michigan and Times Square | |||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Architect | Parsons Brinckerhoff | |||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Tensile structure | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | July 14, 2009 | |||||||||||||||
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The Rosa Parks Transit Center is the main local bus station in Detroit, Michigan serving as the central hub for the Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) bus system. The station was built on the site of Times Square in the west end of Downtown Detroit.
Description
[edit]The three-story, 25,700 square foot structure includes space for restrooms, an indoor waiting area, retail space, transit police offices, and a Detroit Police Department mini-station.[1] The most distinguishing feature of the transit center is its soaring tensile canopy. The transit center building was designed by Parsons Brinckerhoff, and the canopy by FTL Design Engineering Studio of Detroit.[2]
Besides acting as the central hub of DDOT, the station is a stop on many SMART routes which connect the city to its suburbs, the Transit Windsor Tunnel Bus, a commuter and special bus service connecting the downtowns of Detroit and Windsor, and a stop for Megabus. The Detroit People Mover's Times Square station and Michigan Avenue station are across the street from the transit center.
History
[edit]Announced in 2005, the project was developed by the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation. It began construction in 2007 and was opened for service in July 2009 at a total cost of $22.5 million.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Shea, Bill (July 9, 2009). "Detroit's Rosa Parks Transit Center Opens Tuesday". Crain's Detroit Business. Crain Communications Inc. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ^ a b "Rosa Parks Transit Center". Critical Detroit. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ^ "Rosa Parks Transit Center / FTL Design Engineering Studio". ArchDaily. Plataforma Networks Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide. August 4, 2009. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
External links
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Media related to Rosa Parks Transit Center at Wikimedia Commons
