Bethlehem Connect · Place sheet · Station area 5 · Lehigh & Southside
Lehigh University Center / Asa Packer Campus
Campus core · gondola terminal option
- 5Lehigh University Center
- 6Farrington Square
Connect Spine (Phase 1)River Line (Phase 1)Dashed: options and if-demand linksGondola optionLANTA EBS todaySLEvaluated destination: St. Luke's (Fountain Hill)Shaded area: a station area or evaluated destination on Lehigh, hospital, casino or private retail land, not a site
Why here
The heart of the Asa Packer campus. Kept as its own stop 0.86 km up the hill from Farrington Square (≈40 m rise, max ~10% grade).
Program ideas (planning phase)
- Covered waiting and a study nook
- Real-time screens
- No duplicate food retail — the Clayton University Center already has dining
- Gondola terminal option nearby (site TBD)
Every station also gets the station kit: level boarding, shelter, lighting, real-time screens, bike racks, a rain garden and a sorting point for recycling, compost and trash.
What exists today
- About 16 LANTA weekday trips within 400 m (2022 timetable data).
- Lehigh shuttles serve the campus.
Measured here
- Lines
- Connect Spine — electric BRT
- Elevation
- 123 m (USGS 3DEP)
- 10-minute walk
- 102 ha · 620 buildings · 256 places
- LANTA today
- About 16 weekday trips within 400 m (2022 timetable)
- Future train access
- About an 11-minute walk (0.8 km) to the rail-ready stop at Farrington Square.
Still unknown
- Accessible route on the ~10% slope to Farrington
- Gondola terminal site