Grand Award and Outstanding Achievement Award for 2010 for the State of Ohio selected by the Ohio Section of American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)

The Euclid Corridor Transportation Project will advance the public transportation system and quality of life along Cleveland’s main thoroughfare from Public Square to the Louis Stokes Rapid Transit Station at Windermere in East Cleveland.  The goal is to improve transit service, as well as support increased development along Euclid Avenue.  The Euclid Corridor Transportation Project will provide shorter travel times along Euclid Avenue and linkages with other RTA services for better access to work, home, medical, educational, and cultural centers in Greater Cleveland.

This is accomplished by dedicated bus lanes and bus stations located on the median platform from downtown to E. 105^th Street.  Streetscape, trees, concrete pavers and transparent glass structures for bus stations will provide a pleasant environment for pedestrians and bus riders alike when traveling along the corridor.  Robert P. Madison International is the Architect for the bus stations. RPMI was commissioned to design the fifty seven (57) bus stations for the new Health Line which travels on the east side of Cleveland between Public Square, University Circle and beyond. RPMI investigated each of the stops and developed a form that is compatible with all neighborhoods. 

RPMI’s involvement in this project however goes back long before it was called the ‘Health Line’.  In 1986, RPMI was on a team that began a project called “The Dual Hub Corridor”. This project came back to the RPMI office in 1993 as the “Dual Hub Study” and once again RPMI was on a team that analyzed the possibilities of this exciting corridor. In 2003 the project was reborn as the Euclid Corridor Project and RPMI was again on the successful team that was awarded the project. RPMI was uniquely suited for this project. Robert P. Madison had started practicing architecture at his first office in Cleveland, Ohio in 1954. In 1965 Mr. Madison moved his practice (Madison Madison Madison) to 1900 Euclid Avenue. In 1980 he moved the firm to its current location at 2930 Euclid Avenue where he owns the building on the Euclid Corridor. By the year 2003, Mr. Madison and his firm had already spent 38 years operating a successful business on the Euclid Corridor. During these years the firm had conducted or been a part of many outstanding transportation projects:

Chicago Transit Authority 1980 and 1982

Milwaukee Transit Authority 1980 and1982

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 1980 and 1981

Detroit Transit Authority 1981 (Detroit People Mover)

Miami Dade County Transit Authority 1982

Houston Transit Authority 1983

Jacksonville Transit Authority 1989, 1995, and 1997

Greater Cleveland Transit Authority 1994 Award Winning Design for Water Front Transit Line Stations

RPMI was also more knowledgeable regarding articulated buses with its work already conducted at the GCRTA Hayden District Bus Garage. RPMI had been awarded this project in 1990 as one of two garages to be rehabilitated but these projects were stopped by the Owner. In 1994 RPMI was again the successful firm awarded to renovate the Hayden Garage. In 1994 there was talk of articulated buses in the future of GCRTA so RPMI designed the facility to allow for articulated bus movement throughout the facility but the actual equipment was not installed to maintain them, since in 1994 there was no firm commitment for articulated buses. Part of the 2003 Euclid corridor project included the money for renovations to the Hayden Garage to install the necessary maintenance equipment and RPMI prepared this work along with the design of the bus shelters along Euclid Avenue.

Total Project Cost: $100,000,000.00

Total Initial Budget for Shelters: $17,679,207

Total Actual Bid Amount: $15,800,000

Start Date: 2004

Bid Date: September 2006