Multi-Modal Transit Center
and Confluence Park
Multimodal Center Application -- Location
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The information on this page is excerpted from the Capital City Welcome and Multimodal Center application submitted to the Vermont Agency of Transportation, March 1, 2002.
How the proposed location was chosen, including location criteria used, analyses performed, and the results of such analyses justifying the proposed location.
The Capital City Welcome and Transit Center should be located so passengers can combine trips to everyday services such as banks, dry cleaners, etc. and within easy walking distance of their ultimate destination — a place of employment. The center should link travelers with travel modes within the Montpelier area (Wheels, peripheral parking lot shuttle, etc.) and beyond (i.e. buses to Burlington International Airport, Amtrak). The facility should be designed to be visually prominent, while compatible with its architectural setting in historic downtown Montpelier.
Ideally, the center should be easy to get to and easy to get away from; time spent at the center should be as comfortable as possible. The city and state have agreed that the Capital District Welcome Center should be included in the project to provide information and assistance to regional visitors.
Seven potential sites for the Capital City Welcome and Transit Center were evaluated during the Capital District Master Plan. The nominated sites were identified during discussions with public officials, the transit providers, local residents and people attending the various public meetings.
The sites evaluated were:
- The Department of Employment and Training parking lot off Memorial Drive
- State Street in front of or behind the existing State Visitors' Center
- Taylor Street at the existing Vermont Transit ticket trailer
- The I-89 Triangle park-and-ride lot
- The Capitol Complex parking lot on Taylor Street
- The Amtrak Station
- Court Street behind the Thrush Tavern
Each site was evaluated and ranked with a numerical score.
- Large enough to accommodate all transit operators in the area: Vermont Transit, Wheels, tour buses, taxis, rental car leasing and, in the future, commuter rail service.
- Proximity to the downtown central business district and the Capitol Complex is essential to attract ridership.
- Convenient walking distance of no more than ten minutes to-and-from principal places of work and the transit center.
- Connections between the Capital City Welcome and Transit Center and the Wheels intra-city and shuttle bus stops on State and Main Streets.
- Ability of all buses to maneuver quickly andeasily in and out of downtown Montpelier from I-89 and from the peripheral parking shuttle lots
- Nearby available long - term downtown parking so Vermont Transit riders can leave their cars if going out of town for several days.
- Space for parking for tour buses
- Future potential to accommodate commuter rail service to and from Burlington
- Taylor Street in the Capitol Complex parking lot; this site has the best maneuvering space for buses (32 points).
- Taylor Street in the same location as the Vermont Transit trailer; this site is currently being used as a bus station and is available (30 points).
- Taylor Street between the Chittenden Bank building and the rail lines; this site has the best potential for coordinating with a future commuter rail service but requires that buses cross the tracks. The existing bank drive-in teller operation would need to be relocated to accommodate this scheme (24 points).
- The Department of Employment and Training (DET) site; this site is already being used as a shuttle bus parking lot and could be available for development as a Capital City Welcome and Transit Center, but is located very far from downtown (21 points).
The highest ranked, and therefore recommended site for the Capital City Welcome and Transit Center is on Taylor Street. Locations either in the Capitol Complex parking lot or across the street at the existing Vermont Transit trailer on the Carr property. Due to limitations on the part of the state that precluded use of state land for the facility, the conceptual plan shows the Capital City Welcome and Transit Center on the Carr Property on the east side of Taylor Street, a location generally supported by all participants. Other sites evaluated were dropped from further consideration for a variety of reasons as noted.
For More Information
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City of Montpelier 39 Main Street, City Hall Montpelier, VT 05062-2950 Beverlee Hill, Assistant City Manager (802) 223-9512 bhill@montpelier-vt.org |
City of Montpelier Planning and Community Development Department 39 Main Street, City Hall Montpelier, VT 05062-2950 (802) 223-9506 planning@montpelier-vt.org |
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Carr Lot Advisory Committeee 39 Main Street, City Hall Montpelier, VT 05062-2950 Jon Anderson, Chair janderson@vtlaw1.com |
Conservation Commission
39 Main Street, City Hall Montpelier, VT 05062-2950 Paul Markowitz, Chair (802) 229-6307 aviva@sover.net |
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