AATA installs nine new bus shelters
ANN ARBOR, MI – The Ann Arbor Transportation Authority (AATA) has installed seven new shelters at bus stops where passenger boardings have increased to 50 or more passengers per day and two replacement shelters, bringing to 22 the number of new shelters installed in the past year for a total of 90 shelters available for AATA passengers’ comfort and convenience.
According to AATA Manager of Service Development Chris White, shelters were installed at the following bus stop locations where there was no shelter before:
- Glencoe Hills
- Medford at St. Francis
- Washtenaw at Geddes
- Hewitt Road at Fairway Trails
- Carpenter Road at Coachville
- Teubingen at Lancashire
- Green Road at Nixon
Two replacement shelters were installed along South Industrial Highway at AATA’s main office and across the street.
Additional shelters will be installed later this month at two locations on the University of Michigan campus.
“AATA has a long-established service standard of placing shelters at bus stops with 50 or more boardings per day,” White said. “The number of bus stops that meet the standard has increased with the significant increase in AATA ridership in the past several years.”
- Installation of new bus shelters
“AATA is now in the second year of new shelter installation, working in cooperation with local property owners and Washtenaw County. The county had sidewalks installed at two locations – Glencoe Hills Apartments on Washtenaw and Coachville on Carpenter Road – which is a legal prerequisite for making bus stop improvements such as shelters,” White said.
Shelters were added at other locations with the cooperation of property owners such as the University of Michigan and McKinley Properties.
White noted that McKinley has agreed to provide basic maintenance and upkeep of passenger shelters at its properties.
Looking ahead to 2009, AATA is working to secure permission to install shelters at the remaining locations that meet the 50-boardings standard, White said.