WRTC Transit Development Master Plan Public Presentation October

WRTC Transit & Development Master Plan Public Presentation October 2, 2017

Project Background Al Raine, AECOM

The Big Picture: Project Goals Ø Improve passenger amenities, convenience, safety. Ø Accommodate more and better transit services: bus ridership growth, Camden-Glassboro, South Jersey BRT. Ø Fundamentally change the urban form of WRTC. Ø Create a place-making and economic development opportunity organized around transit.

A Quick Look Back Ø Initial public meeting at Cooper Hospital on May 25. Ø Discussed Walter Rand Transportation Center, the study area in and around the station, and the overall goals of the Walter Rand study. Ø Presented transportation analysis and real estate market analysis. Ø Gained valuable input on some key design features of a new Walter Rand, particularly about expanded bus service.

WRTC Buildings

The Station Blocks Block N

The Station Area

Market Analysis: Downtown Camden A lot of good news: • Visionary legislation • $430 million in construction • Cooper Rowan Medical School • Rutgers Nursing School • Rowan/Rutgers Health Sciences • Waterfront redevelopment • Campbell reinvestment • Subaru headquarters • Lanning Square School Still a ways to go: • Housing: only 2% of downtown eds/meds/corporate employees live in Downtown Camden. • Only 7% of Camden students live downtown; most of them in dorms. • Students, employees, and residents go elsewhere to shop. • Place-making hasn’t caught up to development. • In a word: opportunity.

Market Analysis: Potential Development ØResidential Next 5 years: demand for 180 -530 multi-family units in the half-mile station area. ØOffice Regional market flat, but a targeted opportunity in eds + meds offices. ØRetail Demand for modest “glue” retail in response to transit and other uses. ØHotel One being developed on the waterfront; potential demand for another in the downtown-waterfront area.

Bus Circulation

Location of Bus Berths On-street Under a Canopy Inside a Terminal Hybrid Configuration

Design of Broadway Open for cars and buses Pedestrian overpasses Open for buses only Closed to traffic

Concept Design Jim Gast, AECOM

Transit Objectives Bus Facility Requirements – 25 Bus Bays – All off-street, under cover – Safe, convenient transfers – Avoid bus entrance/exit on MLK Blvd. WRTC March 3, 2021 Page 14

Site Design Objectives WRTC March 3, 2021 Page 15

Site Design Objectives MASTER PLAN SITE WRTC March 3, 2021 Page 16

Site Design Objectives TRANSIT & DEVELOPMENT SITE BROADWAY PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT S EXTENDED PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION WRTC March 3, 2021 Page 17 NEW PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION

Aerial View FUTURE AIR-RIGHTS DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL & OFFICE DEVELOPMENT RELOCATED RESTAURANTS & RETAIL BUS TERMINAL & PUBLIC PARKING WRTC March 3, 2021 Page 18

Street Level Plan WRTC March 3, 2021 Page 19

Second Level Plan WRTC March 3, 2021 Page 20

Third Level Plan WRTC March 3, 2021 Page 21

Aerial View WRTC March 3, 2021 Page 22

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