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\\ Looking west toward the station buildln~ station. The MVi'A also recalls the per- formance values of a 'town-scale train depot' prototype of years past, and by enlistin§ the support of multiple agen- mas hopes to create a positive local image for transit. The five agencies discussed their objectives and agreed to expand the development program to include areas and agencies beyond the station building and ti~e MVTA. This will allow the station to function both as a canter for transit activities, including commu- nity employee circulator service and rideshare matching, and also to func- tion as an organizing focus for the sur- rounding community activities, tn this way, the coIlaDoratwe CTS effort cre- ates a dual opportunity for revitalizing the transit image within the community by enat~ling the design of a community- sensitive transit statmn, and also by allowing the creation of a transit ori- anted community around that station. Design Master p~an LSA Design developed the concept of a community transit station into a master plan by creating a design environment tJnat considered transit and community elements equally. The master plan inte- grates market rate and subsidized Iow and moderate income apartments, owner-occupied townhomes, adjacent senior housing, a nearby medical clinic, day-care facilities, retail/entertainment centers, auto service, employment, and a state-of-the-art ~ansit station/park- and-ride facility offedng computer access scheduling information, real-time bus location maps, and increased levels of service frequency. The plan blends these "The numerous connected paths and walkways throughout the site are designed to offer pedestrians and cyclists a choice of tra, ei routes" various uses around the transit station and the primary community open space or 'Community Green', and creates an ex~ensive series of Pedestrian and bicy- cle paths to extend connections out into the larger community. The numerous connected paths and walkways through- out the site are designed to offer pedes- trians a~d cyclists a choice of travel routes, which increases variety and interest and facilitates trip linking. The transit station building is planned to be situated centrally to the several retail activities on the site. This promi- nent location establishes the structure as the focal element around which the station area retail development is orga- nized; the passenger waiting area is flanked by attached retail buildings, and additional retail spaces extend out from the station. As it fronts onto the devel- oping r. ransit corridor to the west, the station building will atso provide a west- ern arc,hitectural anchor for the commu- nity greenway and residential areas. The community green and the transit station are designed to act as the east- west terminus points, anchoring move- ments oriented in those directions. The PASSEN(GER TERMINAL 71