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CASE STUDY <br /> <br />Multimodal <br /> <br />Minnesota <br /> <br />m <br /> <br />m <br /> <br />Communities are realizing that investment in strategically placed transit <br />stations produces a high return in the form of a positive influence on the <br />surrounding area and future redevelopment <br /> <br />I Jo Ann Olsen <br /> <br />Hubbard Marketplace preliminary design showing the Metro Transit 'S' curve and shelter~ <br /> 42;~ Aw~. N <br /> <br />HuDbarcJ Marketplace final design <br /> <br />It takes creative ideas to blend transit <br />systerr~ and facilities within the con- <br />fines of a devdoped area. By imple- <br />menting an inclusive doorman-making <br />proce~, multiple sources of funding and, <br />most tmportandy, a 'sxe:selection process <br />that responds to the community, transit <br />fadlities can be designed to presen, e and <br />enhance the urban [abnc of the area. <br /> Hubbard Marketplace in Robbmsdale, <br />Minnesota, and Uptown Transit Station <br />in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, are <br />examples of tramlt investments that blend <br />with and enhanced maSting conditions. <br />Robbmsdale is a bedroom community <br />acnvely redeveloping areas of iu duunct <br />downtown, and Uptown t~ a thn,nng <br />retai[/restdenual area of Minneapolm. <br />Mulumoda! transit stations were proposed <br />at both sites and [.SA Design was com- <br />missioned a~ the landscape design, archi- <br />lecture and planning consultant, charged <br />with integrating transit facilities into <br />these communities. The projects maihtain <br />the viability of the area and are being <br />used as examples for other multimode[ <br />transit facilities. <br /> <br />SRe selection <br />The most critical component to these pro- <br />jeers was the selection of'a site that had a <br />posture effect on the community and best <br />met ~e goals of the stakeholders. <br />Robbmsdale is active tn redeveloping its <br />downtown area-. The s~te selection in this <br />case had to enhance the redevelopment <br />potential. Uptown is a v-ibrant and com- <br />pletely developed area and the site selec- <br />non in this case had to result in minimum <br />displacement and no loss of value to exist- <br />lng development. <br /> <br />Hubbard Marketplace <br />I_~A Design intually intennewed sur- <br />rounding businesses, the Robbinsdale City <br />Council and Robbinsdale Economic <br />Development Agency, and worked vath <br />transit provider Metro Transit to deter- <br />mine needs and concerns. A matrix was <br /> <br />1 19, PASSEI'IGER TERMINAL WORLD March 2002 <br /> <br /> <br />