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Classifying East Liberty Station
In the larger context of the East Busway
East Liberty can be classified as a Mixed
Use Center, meaning it is a fairly dense
mixed-use urban place with a balance of
housing and jobs present with in a half-mile
of the station. The majority of stations on
the busway have a mixed use character,
but apart from Negely Station and the
Downtown terminus East Liberty has the
highest land use intensity and is the most
significant employment center on the
Busway. Along the main stretch of the
Busway only Negely Station is surrounded
by higher density development, with a
larger residential population situated in the
half-mile transit shed.
The station typology classification is
useful because it offers a best practice
development target base line to measure
proposed TOD against as the station area
is developed in the future. As is reflected
in the development targets, mixed-use
centers tend to cover a wide range of
densities, from 25 units/acre all the
way up to 75 units/acre with residential
development typologies ranging from town
houses to mid-rise apartment and condo
buildings. The development guidelines
also recommend a broad mix of uses
from housing and office to retail, and
institutional uses.
The Station in relation to East liberty’s core
East Liberty Station - a grade separated bus rapid transit facility
East Liberty TRID Study | Pittsburgh Department of City Planning