Perris Metrolink Station Area Plan

The Perris Station is an important regional transportation link and this project represents a step toward developing a mixed-use downtown core.  The Perris Metrolink Station will be the terminus of the San Jacinto Branch/Perris Valley Metrolink Line. The five-station, 19-mile extension from Downtown Riverside is projected to begin operation in 2009. The Perris Station will be located at the Old Perris Depot, about a quarter-mile from the Perris Civic Center in downtown Perris, within the City's Downtown Specific Plan area. The station will also include a new RTA bus transfer site for commuter, intercity and local shuttle bus service.

Goals:

• Transform an existing transit center into a transit focused mixed use hub
• Integrate rail with regional buses
• Coordinate developers with transit planning process

Results:

• 160 acre project study area, potential for 800 new residential units
• Land use opportunities and constraints analyses from a transit-oriented perspective;
• Contextual urban design strategies to intensify land uses
• Circulation analyses that focus on issues associated with future transit ridership projects and intensification of land uses
• Circulation concepts that incorporate pedestrians and propose multiple access routes within the half-mile area of influence
• Coordinated evaluation of joint development associated with the proposed parking structure
• A design vision that illustrates the unique opportunities of TOD development
• Recommendations that better integrate local and regional bus service
• Overall transit village development recommendations to provide guidance through the next planning phases.