LOCATION
The twin cities of Champaign and Urbana are located in east-central Illinois, about two hours south of Chicago. Together, “Champaign-Urbana” is home to a combined population of roughly 128,000 residents and serves as home to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system.
Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) provides fixed-route bus service throughout the twin cities, including the University of Illinois campus, where ridership is anchored by the university community.
PROJECT SCOPE
Tolar Manufacturing Company delivers bus shelters now installed throughout the University of Illinois as part of the Multimodal Corridor Enhancement Project (MCORE). Tolar Manufacturing has designed, engineered, and manufactured nine new Signature Sunset bus shelters for MTD. Located on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus, the shelters were specifically designed to reflect the character of the university community.
The shelters are part of the latest phase of MCORE. Specifically, the shelters are being installed in the Wright Street section, a street segment that provides movement for a high number of pedestrians and buses traversing the heart of this academic and historic portion of the University of Illinois campus. Working alongside engineering firm T.Y. Lin International Group, Tolar Manufacturing produced structural engineering documents matching the design intent for the project.
The resulting nine new shelters were manufactured in five distinctive Tolar Signature Sunset models ranging from 12 feet to 48 feet in length. The shelters encompass passenger amenities including electric LED roof lighting, Signature Mesa benches and leaning rails, and map cases perfect for displaying passenger information in all nine of the shelters.
