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VRT in Boise Opens Downtown Station; Part of Mixed-Use Project
Valley Regional Transit (VRT), Meridian, ID, recently opened Main Street Station in downtown Boise, part of a new mixed-use development that also includes commercial and university space.
VRT Executive Director Kelli Badesheim explained that the new facility, with eight underground bus bays and four street-level bays, replaces the previous four-block-long “transit mall” where buses lined up in dedicated lanes. The underground station also includes a customer service office, bike storage and other rider amenities.
Badesheim explained that the station is incorporated into the design of a nine-story building that opened the same day. The building houses an international software company, the computer science department of Boise State University and the Boise Convention and Visitors Bureau. Grand opening ceremonies for the development included a ribbon cutting and a block party.
Badesheim said riders quickly acclimated to the new facility. “People acted as if that’s how they’ve always gone from one bay to the other,” she said. “They were excited to see the new facilities, but everybody had the sense that this was the way it’s always been.”
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VRT passengers board a bus at an underground bay on opening day of the agency’s Main Street Station in downtown Boise.
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