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CASE STUDY <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Uptown Transit Station site plan <br /> <br />Uptown Transit Station~East Station exterior over greenway and rail fine . <br /> <br />Uptown /West Station exterior <br /> <br />ing their businesses and the residents are <br />using the facility. Hubbard Marketplace <br />was also awarded Ne 2001 Preservation <br />Alliance of Minnesota Annual Achieve- <br />ment Award for Restoratidn. <br /> <br />Uptown Transit Station <br />Uptown Transit Station was similar to <br />Hubbard Marketplace in that it had to <br />combine the needs of the Uptown area <br />with the transportation needs of Metro <br />Transit. But site selection in Uptown was <br />even more sensitive in that demolition of <br />viable businesses or homes was not an <br />option and a strate~cally placed vacant <br />fire station was not available. AEter con- <br />ducting an initial design to prioritize the <br />goals of the Uptown area and reviewing <br />the transit requirement~ of Metro Transit, <br />I_SA Design determined potential transit <br />station sites. There is a rail line ru~_ning <br />through Uptown that is designated as a <br />future buswayAight-rail track, and an <br />adjacent greenway that will be used as a <br />trolley line. The transit station needed to <br />be located where it could accommodate <br />current transit needs and these furore <br />transit improvements. Lack of vacant land <br />within these confines required the typical <br />transit station design to be rethought· A <br />goal of the design was to keep any prop- <br />erty acquisition to a minimum. <br /> Hennepin Avenue is a major street <br />connecting Uptown to downtown <br />Minneapolis. Hennepin Avenue crosses <br />the future busway/light-rail track and the <br />trolley greenway. This area was also where <br /> <br />PASSENGER TERMINAL WORLD March 2002 1 1 5 -35- <br /> <br /> <br />