{"id":130168,"date":"2024-05-04T16:22:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T20:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=130168"},"modified":"2024-05-04T16:22:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T20:22:16","slug":"lanta-completes-current-phase-of-bus-shelter-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=130168","title":{"rendered":"LANTA COMPLETES CURRENT PHASE OF BUS SHELTER PROJECT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>LANTA\u2019s new bus shelter connects to the enhanced pedestrian sidewalk network at Valley Plaza Shopping Center on Catasauqua Rd in Hanover Township, Lehigh County.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Allentown, PA &#8212;Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority (LANTA) has completed the latest phase of a long-range plan to add dozens of bus shelters throughout the Lehigh Valley. Approximately forty new bus shelters have been added in LANTA\u2019s service area since January 2022. The next phase of construction, currently underway, will add eleven more shelters by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe modernization of the local transit system has been a major part of our Moving LANTA Forward long-range plan,\u201d said Executive Director Owen O\u2019Neil. Shelters add much to the riders\u2019 experience, most notably protection from inclement weather, but also seating, lighting, and litter disposal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur new shelters are solar powered, and are fully accessible,\u201d said Molly Wood, LANTA Planner and Land Use Specialist.\u00a0 \u201cLocations are chosen based on need for replacement, high ridership, and an established pedestrian network in place.\u00a0 We cannot install a new or replacement bus shelter without the location being fully accessible and connected to a sidewalk network. We appreciate LANTA\u2019s partnerships with municipalities, public works, contractors, private property owners, and developers to make the appropriate transit and pedestrian infrastructure happen,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nChuck Genna<br \/>\nMedia Relations Coordinator<br \/>\nLehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANTA\u2019s new bus shelter connects to the enhanced pedestrian sidewalk network at Valley Plaza Shopping Center on Catasauqua Rd in Hanover Township, Lehigh County. &nbsp; Allentown, PA &#8212;Lehigh and Northampton &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=130168\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LANTA COMPLETES CURRENT PHASE OF BUS SHELTER PROJECT<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bus-shelter.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/130169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}