East-West Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System
ADI is the project architect for Milwaukee’s East–West BRT system, designing simple, low-impact glass shelters and coordinated streetscape amenities that fit varied neighborhood contexts, and producing photorealistic 3D illustrations to support public outreach and hearings along the route.
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Project Details
American Design, Inc., (ADI), is the Architect for this new transit system connecting Downtown Milwaukee to the County Institution Grounds. Working with a lead engineering team, ADI prepared a design for the project shelters that successfully fits into a whole range of local site contexts. The outcome of the design phase produced a ‘low-impact’ shelter. Being a simple glass unit, the shelter integrates well into downtown, college campuses, suburban residential and commercial settings regardless of surrounding historic or contemporary architecture.
ADI created a dozen photo-realistic 3D illustrations for public hearings to illustrate and ease concerns on how these new MCTS bus stops will fit into the various neighborhoods along the BRT route. In addition to the shelters, ADI completed the design for the streetscape amenities at each stop. Construction began in 2021 and is expected to end in 2022.
See https://www.ridemcts.com/programs/bus-rapid-transit to learn about the transit program, and check out more about BRT’s construction here -> https://eastwestbrtmke.com/
Total Square Feet
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Project Industry
Transit Facilities
Completion Date
2022