I wanted to show the proximity of the transit center in comparison to the city, Bi-State Corridor, and 9 counties defined by MARC. This supports the idea of redeveloping the North Loop to have a transit center. It’s located in the center of everything, connecting all the metro area. The North Loop is a hub for transit, Ride KC, bikeways and trails. Adding a transit center will improve and raise utilization for these modes of transportation.

My idea is to keep the highway or trench, which will be the main site of the transit center, capping it and developing on top of it while also infilling the north side of Downtown, Colombus Park, and the rest of River Market. I’m reconnecting Independence Ave and Missouri Ave while adding pedestrian crosswalks on Cherry Ave and Central St.

I was inspired by the Transbay Center in San Francisco when I was brainstorming about KC’s transit center. It’s similar in terms of shape and layout. The name or theme of it is The Connect – North Loop. This transit center will have 2 floors. The 1^st floor will be in the trench, which will be the pickup and drop off location of buses. The 2^nd floor will have services, and a ride share lot. As far as the 1^st floor where the highway is, we will make it more accessible and safer for pedestrians and bikers. There will be road diets, there will not be highway entrances and exits in the north loop, reduce speed.

Implementation will be split into increments of 5 years from 2025 to 2045. Phase 1 will include the transit center and mobility hub, which will also be the most expensive. Phase 2 will focus on the outskirts of the transit center where most if not all the housing will be in. Phase 3 is the surrounding area of the Transit Center which will include commercial, and mix-use and phase 4 will be the right side of the transit center where most of the greenspace will be at.