| Easton Intermodal Transportation Center | |
| Address: | 123 South 3rd Street |
| Borough: | Easton, Pennsylvania |
| Country: | United States |
| Owned: | City of Easton |
| Bus Stands: | 2 platforms |
| Architect: | Spillman Farmer Architects |
| Mapframe: | yes |
The Fred A. Williams Easton Intermodal Transportation Center is a bus terminal in downtown Easton, Pennsylvania. It serves as a hub for local routes in the Lehigh Valley area operated by LANta and for intercity routes operated by various companies. In addition to buses, the center hosts Easton's city hall and a restaurant. The center opened in 2015.
The center consists of two structures. Facing South 3rd Street is a 45000ft2 rectangular three-story building containing Easton's city hall, a waiting room and ticket office for bus passengers, and retail. Behind this building, are the bus bays and a multilevel parking garage above.[1]
Prior to the opening of the center, LANta's local buses used Easton's Center Square as its downtown hub. This was an open-air location with considerable traffic. The Lehigh Valley Surface Transportation Plan 2011-2030, published in 2010, identified a need for dedicated transit centers in Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton. Intercity buses stopped at a location on South 3rd Street between Center Square and Ferry Street, north of the new facility.[2] [3]
The site in Easton, bounded on the north by Spruce Street and the east by South 3rd Street, was formerly occupied by two properties: a Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, and the shuttered Marquis Theatre. The city acquired both in 2010 for a total of $3 million.[4] [5] The entire cost of the project came to $34 million, split between the city of Easton, LANTA, and state and federal grants.[6]
The center was dedicated on September 29 and opened on October 5, 2015. It is formally named the Fred A. Williams Easton Intermodal Transportation Center, after Fred A. Williams, a local businessman and long-time member of LANta's board.[7] The city hall relocated from the Alpha Building on the southwest side of Centre Square on October 26.[8]
The Easton Intermodal Transportation Center hosts local and intercity bus services: