A parking lot at the intersection of N. Nevada Avenue and East Pikes Peak Avenue in downtown Colorado Springs could become the site of a long-planned multi-modal transportation center.
As envisioned, the center would serve as a station for the city’s Mountain Metro Transit as well as a Greyhound line and shuttle service.
Plans additionally call for connecting the new facility with a proposed Front Range Rail train station.
The new facility will replace the city’s nearly 50-year-old transit center, at the intersection of E. Kiowa Street and N. Nevada Avenue. A study completed in 2017 said the current center “no longer suits Colorado Springs’ transit needs,” and contains “a large number of operational, safety, and access deficiencies, in addition to the facility’s generally uninviting patron environment.”
The new center will have space for restaurants, offices, stores, and possibly either a hotel or apartment units. Located on a block populated with office buildings and stores, the center’s site could also include a public plaza and will include space for electric scooters and electric bikes.
If all goes well, the city is expected to draw up an agreement plan between the public and private parties involved in the project in the months to come, with design work launching early next year.
An informal timetable sees work on the new transit center beginning by 2024, with a rough completion date of sometime in 2027.
By Garry Boulard
