{"id":736,"date":"2009-12-22T04:14:14","date_gmt":"2009-12-22T11:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metro-cincinnati.info\/?page_id=736"},"modified":"2010-08-01T12:28:45","modified_gmt":"2010-08-01T19:28:45","slug":"elevated","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metro-cincinnati.info\/?page_id=736","title":{"rendered":"Typical Elevated Station: Highland Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Highland Heights Station is served by the Red Line running between Alexandria and Harrison. This station is an example of a typical elevated station with side platforms located in a low-density suburban area. Highland Heights is located in Campbell County, Kentucky, at the end of Interstate 471 as it joins US 27 \/ Alexandria Pike, about five miles southeast of downtown Cincinnati. The city is the home of Northern Kentucky University (a public university with approximately 15,000 students1<\/sup>) and is comprised primarily of low-density residential development. Highland Heights lacks a centralized business district; most commercial development typically occurs in automobile-oriented strip malls along US 27. The NKU campus and Highland Heights municipal building are located a short distance away from the station site, and could easily be accessed via streetcar or shuttle bus service.<\/p>\n

The Metro Cincinnati proposal calls for the Red Line to run on an elevated trackway located in a landscaped median between the northbound and southbound lanes of US 27, with the Highland Heights station located between Marshall Lane and Johns Hill Road (map<\/a>). Integral to the design of the station facility itself is the transformation of the adjacent area into a pedestrian-scaled business district that Highland Heights currently lacks. The site is currently home to several stand-alone commercial buildings surrounded by parking lots, with US 27 forming a six-lane barrier for pedestrians. The proposed station calls for the highway to be transformed into a landscaped parkway, with the rapid transit station located in the midst of a green space between the northbound and southbound lanes. Higher-density retail fronts the street on both sides, while a multistory garage above the retail space provides parking for commuters.<\/p>\n

The station itself also incorporates small retail spaces adjacent to the entrances. Fare control is at the ground level, with a concourse providing access to the platforms above via stairs, elevators, and escalators. The exterior walls of the station are canted ten degrees — a recurring motif that reflects the sloped sides of the rapid transit trains and provides a unifying visual element throughout the Metro Cincinnati system — and the platform canopies consist of point-supported glazing supported by bundled stainless steel tubes.<\/p>\n

Click on an image below for a higher-resolution version.<\/em><\/p>\n

Site Photos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nTypical low-density retail development at the Highland Heights station site.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nFacing north on US 27 from the Highland Heights station site.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nFacing south on US 27 from the Highland Heights station site.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nUS 27 at this location is four travel lanes wide, plus two turn lanes. This discourages pedestrian-friendly development patterns and transit-oriented development.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nThis TANK bus stop shelter is currently the only existing transit infrastructure at the site.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Rendering of the southbound platform<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Aerial Photo of Existing Site<\/strong> <\/sup>2<\/span><\/sup>
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Site Plan
\nPurple-shaded areas indicate transit-oriented development with street-level retail.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Concourse Level Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Platform Level Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Section<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Notes \/ Image Credits<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Northern Kentucky University, “About Northern Kentucky University”, nku.edu<\/a>, http:\/\/www.nku.edu\/about\/index.php<\/a> [accessed 2 February 2010].<\/li>\n
  2. Image: Google Earth [accessed 31 January 2010].<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Highland Heights Station is served by the Red Line running between Alexandria and Harrison. This station is an example of a typical elevated station with side platforms located in a low-density suburban area. Highland Heights is located in Campbell County, Kentucky, at the end of Interstate 471 as it joins US 27 \/ Alexandria […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":732,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-736","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metro-cincinnati.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metro-cincinnati.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metro-cincinnati.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metro-cincinnati.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metro-cincinnati.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=736"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/metro-cincinnati.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1267,"href":"https:\/\/metro-cincinnati.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/736\/revisions\/1267"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metro-cincinnati.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metro-cincinnati.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}