Related Efforts
Programs and plans supporting the Bailey Avenue BRT project.
The City of Buffalo, in coordination with the NFTA, is currently working to reconfigure and reconstruct a segment of Bailey Avenue. Working in phases, the project will improve the streetscape, implement green infrastructure, and install traffic calming measures to enhance pedestrian and multi-modal access to the corridor. Phase 1, Winspear Avenue to Kensington Avenue, is currently in design. The City of Buffalo has also secured funding for the segment from Kensington Avenue to E. Delavan Avenue. See the City of Buffalo website for details.
Build Back Bailey
Community Connectors
As part of the Bailey BRT project, NFTA partnered with the East Buffalo Development Corporation, Bailey Business Association and other local organizations on the Buffalo Community Connectors program. The Community Connectors program supported street cleaning on Bailey Ave, block club-led community improvement projects, youth bicycle education and giveaways, and a free East Side Farmers Market on Kensington across from Northumberland.
The Buffalo Community Connectors hosting a community improvement event. Photo credit: NFTA
Bailey Ave Transit-Oriented Development Study
The Bailey Corridor Comprehensive Equitable Transit Oriented Development Plan will focus on areas surrounding future BRT stations to work with community-based organizations, run design workshops, and develop training materials to make sure that the future economic development benefits the entire community. More information on this effort will be available as the project progresses.