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Transit agency leads the way for a joint-development TOD project

Red Rose Transit Authority (RRTA), in collaboration with the Lancaster Museum of Art, the City of Lancaster, and a private developer, is building Downtown Lancaster’s next transit-oriented development (TOD) project.  The project is a redevelopment of an existing parking lot that is located on the corner of Chestnut and Queen Streets, one of the City’s most prominent intersections. 

The new development will house RRTA’s expanded downtown transit hub, the Lancaster Museum of Art on the ground floor, a 350-space shared parking garage, and ten levels of residential flats.  The project will improve the City’s transit services, provide park-and-ride opportunities downtown, and give the Lancaster Museum of Art a prominent Downtown address.  In addition, the project will also bring economic development in the City by converting a former parking lot to a tax-contributing use that will spur further development.   

The project applied for and received $2 million from the Pennsylvania Communities Transportation Initiative Program (PCTI).  PCTI is a PennDOT program targeted at incentivizing projects that best exemplifies Smart Transportation principles.  The Queen Street Station TOD Project is an excellent example of Smart Transportation.  We applaud RRTA’s efforts in applying Smart Transportation to create a more livable and sustainable Lancaster!

Welcome!

Welcome to the Plan the Keystone Connect!  We are excited about the planning efforts for the communities along the Amtrak Keystone corridor.  The Plan the Keystone team’s first planning effort is in Middletown, where we are working with the community and PennDOT to identify the location for a redesigned Middletown station.  As we continue our work in Middletown and begin work in other communities along the corridor, we hope this site will serve as a discussion forum for the Keystone corridor and the communities it serves.

 

Please feel free to share your thoughts and ideas for the Keystone corridor.  This information will be very useful to the Plan the Keystone team and will help us in our analysis, community outreach, and recommendations.