City of Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Creighton Manning is advancing the 7.5-mile Bailey Avenue Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, a transformative initiative led by the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) to introduce Buffalo’s first BRT service. The project will enhance transit reliability and efficiency along the NFTA-Metro system’s busiest corridor while improving roadway safety, pedestrian infrastructure, public spaces, and mobility. The project is supported by a $102 million USDOT grant for the design and construction of a low- or no-emission transit line.

Services Provided:

  • Traffic operations and safety studies
  • NEPA and environmental screening and analysis
  • FTA Environmental Approval
  • Design Rationale Report
  • Regulatory agency coordination, permitting, and approvals
  • Public Involvement
  • Planning, design and construction support for roadway and station improvements including new BRT stations with heated sidewalks, raised curbs, security cameras, and real-time passenger displays; and priority roadway treatments, including queue jump lanes and transit signal priority

The project won the 2025 Outstanding Planning Award – Public Outreach from the American Planning Association Western New York Section.

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