07/11/2025

Outstanding Graduate Student Planning Project

Creating Connections: A Terminus Relocation Proposal

University of Michigan
Master of Urban and Regional Planning

The transit centerpiece of U-M's 2050 plan is the Campus Connector, an elevated Automated Transit System spanning about 3.5 miles from Central Campus to Ann Arbor's northeast edge. This project studio examined the location of the system's northeast terminus and its planned parking structure and proposed alternatives. The client for the report—Ann Arbor’s Neighborhood Institute—intends to use the report to advocate for transportation and land-use solutions that better integrate campus and community planning. The report’s anticipation of implementation hurdles, including regulatory requirements, property easements, and stakeholder interests, will aid in this regard. Congratulations Aisha Saeed Rashid Jasim Al Ali, Calvin Wilson Blackburn, Claire Addison Briglio, Nikunj Dholay, Aaron Johnson, Charlie Dimitry McCann, Stefan Nielsen, Dmitri Samuel Rudakewich, Christine Yuqing Wang, Haosheng Xie, Wenjing Zhang, and faculty advisor Jonathan Levine!