LSL Planning led an access management and corridor improvement plan for a 17 mile corridor that connects universities and downtowns in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. This corridor is characterized by a proliferation of driveways, periodic congestion, crash problems, limited right-of-way for improvements, robust pedestrian and bicycle use, and the highest transit ridership in the county.  The busiest portion of the corridor is also planned for enhanced transit service and lies along the Ann Arbor-Detroit commuter rail corridor. 

Though a series of technical and public workshops and corridor tours, a menu of recommendations evolved including specific site-specific recommendations to improve the number, location, spacing, and design of driveways and intersections along the corridor.  Plan implementation will be achieved gradually through new access management overlay zoning regulations adopted by the four communities involved.  Great emphasis was placed on tailoring recommendations to balance access needs of all modes of transportation, and included land use intensification concepts to simulate the potential synergy between a public road improvement and private transit-friendly infill development.