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TRANSIT Public transportation is one factor in the complete streets equation. Transit provides mobility options to people of all backgrounds, reduces harmful emissions, and supports equitable economic development. The physical safety of transit passengers while using and accessing transit facilities is crucial to the success of a transit system. Every transit passenger is also a pedestrian and travels some distance by foot to a stop. Roadways used to access transit facilities should be safe and feet safe for all roadway users. Route 55 operates on Lorain Road between W. 210th Street and Industry Parkway (County Line), and it is the only transit service from GCRTA within the study area of this project. Route 55 is the main branch of GCRTA's second BRT service - Route 55-558-55C Cleveland State Line. constructed in 2014, Cleveland State Line uses low floor, articulated 63 feet buses on all of its branches. Cleveland State Line operates as a BRT service on Clifton Avenue connecting suburbs in the west to downtown Cleveland at Stephanie Tubbs Jones Transit Center. West of W. Clifton Boulevard, the route branches out onto three different corridors: The main branch -- Route 55 operates on Lorain Avenue to Industrial Parkway in North Olmsted. This branch is the most frequent among the three, operating every 30 minutes from 4:00 AM to 7.00 PM, then hourly until midnight. This branch deviates to serve North Olmsted Park-n-Rlde on eastbound trips during AM peak hours -- buses arriving at the Park -n - Ride lot every 30 minutes from 5 AM to 8 AM; and on westbound trips during PM peak hours - buses arriving at the lot every 30 minutes from 4 PM to 7.30 PM. • Route 55B operates primarily on Lake Avenue and Wolf Road to Cahoon Park in Bay Village during peak hours. • Route 55C operates primarily on Detroit Road to Crocker Park in Westlake during peak hours. The figure below shows the alignment of the Cleveland State Line. There are 78 stops within the study area, including 76 local stops, 1 park -n -ride stop (North Olmsted Park -n -Ride), and a terminal stop that consists of a bus pullout bay near the end of Industrial Parkway. WSP conducted a visual analysis using satellite images for these stops and noticed that out of these stops, only 11 of them, including the park - n -ride, have shelters. Most of the shelters are at eastbound stops due to how passengers use the service. It is worth noting that at the time this report was drafted, GCRTA was conducting a study to optimize bus stop location and placement on Lorain Road. and the results have yet to be finalized. is LORAIN ROAD CORRIDOR STUDY