Transit Center

In a joint effort, the Mary­land Transit Administra­tion (MTA) and the State Highway Administration (SHA) are moving ahead on a transit center for the Tako­ma/Langley Crossroads com­munity. The new Langley Park Transit Center will be located along the proposed alignment of the future Purple Line project. The site is at the north­west corner of the University Boulevard and New Hampshire Av­enue intersection in Langley Park.

The Takoma/Langley Crossroads is the busiest non-Metrorail transit hub in the region, with eleven different bus routes passing through the area. Currently, bus stops are located far apart, and rid­ers transferring from one bus to another are required to walk almost a quarter-mile and across heavily traveled University Boulevard and New Hampshire Avenue.

SHA has been studying the area and looking at ways to make it safer, especially in light of numerous pedestrian accidents in the Crossroads community. One of the goals is to reduce unsafe pedes­trian activity and channel people to cross roadways safely within designated crosswalks. Plans include the installation of a fence in the roadway median so that people will not cross mid-block.

The plans for the transit center are still being developed by MTA, in close coordination with Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties, which are planning to contribute funding for the project. The transit center will include shelter for people waiting for buses and will be designed to create an attractive place in keeping with the character of the surrounding community. The transit center proj­ect will include pedestrian safety, intersection improvements, new sidewalks and crosswalks, major signal reconstruction, and pave­ment resurfacing.

The overall purpose of the transit center project is to consolidate bus stops in one location and to allow passengers to transfer from one bus to another, easily and safely. Construction for the transit center is anticipated to begin in the fall of 2011.

Project Manager

Michael Madden
Maryland Transit Administration
Office of Planning
6 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410-767-3694
mmadden@mtamaryland.com 

En Español:

Carlos Abinader
Maryland Transit Administration
4351 Garden City Drive, Suite 305
New Carrollton, MD 20785
Phone: 301-565-9665
cabinader@mtamaryland.com