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SALEM AREA MASS TTLANSIT DISTRICT TRAtJSIT TRANSFER CENTER STATISTICS Court & High TRANSIT CENTER and PARKADE Court & High 7RANSIT CENTER AREA (SQ.Ff.) COST ($) East half of block between Court & State 50,600 and west of High to alley, excluding Benj. Franklin Building Total Floor Area of Transit Center 50,600 $3.58 M Floor area of waiting room & offices 2,750 Number of bus bays 20 buses Retail Lease Areas (shops) 8,900 The Transit Center is proposed to be at the locafion of the Oddfellows Building and adjacent old hotel shucture at the northeast corner of High and Court N.E. These iwo buildings, and the retail building at the alley at Court, will be removed. The existing Marion County owned on grade parking area at the rear of the Benj. Franklin Building will be aLso acquired for the center portion of this facility, and pazldng will be provided within the new parking facility. Similazly the on grade City-owned parking area will be decked and this parking provided on the upper parking levels. Ingress & egress of buses is proposed to be two way from bo[h Court Street N.E. on the north and State Street on the south. The ezisting alley is not affected, and can remain open to pedestrians and delivery vehicles to the retail businesses to the west of the alley. Buses arrive at passenger islands in a sawtooth configuration, wluch pemuts buses to pull out and clear other buses. An overhead diesel exaust duct system and an energy efficient lighting system will be uutalled. High street is proposed to be lined with retail shops, feahuing a covered shopping azcade or galleria, which also functions as a prunary entrance to the transit mall and to the elevators to the parking levels above. At the south end of the retail row of shops will be a passenger waiting lounge and adjacent transit operalions office. A coffee shop is desirable at this area also, for the convenience of passengers. Four levels of parking are proposed, each level ezceeding 160 car parking spaces, for a total of 400 + spaces. The exterior of the parking stcucture and iransit faci]iry are proposed to be in an architectural style that respects the architecture, window proportions and comice heights of the adjacent Benj. Franklin Building. The passenger islands will be a decorative paving with elegant street fiuniture and streetscape. The entire facility will be accessible to the disabled. Street trees and landscaping of a high quality will be planted at the sh~eet frontages. Court & High PARKADE East half of block between Court & State and west of High to alley, excluding Benj. Franidin BuikJing AREA (SQ.FT.) COST ($) 50,600 per iloor x 4 Total Floor Area of Parkade Number of parking spaces Cost per parking space: 202,400 $3.67 M 400 + $9,175 Total Floor Area of facility 253,000 $7.25 M FALCON Architecture & Planning