Strategy 5 Use street design to improve transit operations.
The actions within this strategy are divided into two categories:
Action we will DOActions we will SUPPORTAction we will do are followed by “DO” and are colored in dark gray, and actions we will support are followed by “SUPPORT” and are colored in light gray.
Learn more about how we get thereMany high frequency transit corridors are the same corridors where people want to be bicycling, walking, or visiting for shopping or other needs. Designing the right of way to support all these activities, and creatively bringing design and operational options together that integrate these uses can be seen in examples locally and from afar.
Actions to use street design to improve transit operations.
Design 5.1
Adapt street designs, signals, organization and operations as appropriate to support transit facilities and transit priority.
Supported goals:
Climate Safety Prosperity Mobility
Related actions:
Difficulty:
High
Timeframe:
2020-2023 (Years 0-3)
Status:
Successfully completed to date and on-going
Significant milestone(s):
The Street Design Guide was updated in 2021 to reflect considerations to support transit facilities and transit priority.
Design 5.2
Design intersections and transit stops to foster safe and predictable interactions between all users consistent with the updated Street Design Guide and Metro Transit’s bus stop design guidelines. Explore integrating creative ideas like parklets and plazas with bus stop designs.
Supported goals:
Safety Equity Mobility Active Partnerships
Related actions:
Technology 3.1
Difficulty:
High
Timeframe:
2020-2023 (Years 0-3)
Status:
Successfully completed to date and on-going
Significant milestone(s):
Public Works continues to promote safe and predictable interactions between all users by designing infrastructure consistent with the Street Design Guide and Metro Transit's bus stop design guidelines. As of 2025, Metro Transit has a project underway to renovate the Lake St Blue Line station and improve connection to the adjacent Market Square.
Design 5.3
Support Metro Transit’s efforts to improve wayfinding throughout the city in the public right of way, with an emphasis on connections to the high frequency network.
Supported goals:
Safety Mobility Active Partnerships
Related actions:
Walking 8.1, Transit 6.8, Technology 3.1
Difficulty:
Low
Timeframe:
2020-2023 (Years 0-3)
Status:
Successfully completed to date and on-going
Significant milestone(s):
The Street Design Guide considers recommendations that support Metro Transit's wayfinding efforts through their installation of dynamic trip display signs. In 2021 a real-time display pilot project was installed at bus stop locations not on the Bus Rapid Transit network.
See also actions:
- Bicycling 4.3
Install transit island for bicycle/transit compatibility - Transit 2.5
Plan for transit during street reconstruction projects