Bus Facility Brings Mass Timber to Northern Arizona

Transit riders in Flagstaff, Ariz., looking for a central hub have been greeted by a “temporary” facility—essentially a glorified parking lot—for more than a dozen years. But a new project wrapping up in the next couple of months will provide a dramatic upgrade.

The $25.5-million first phase of the Mountain Line Downtown Connection Center nestles into an extremely tight footprint surrounded on three sides by a busy railroad line, the main roadway to downtown Flagstaff and active bus terminals. The two-story, 20,938-sq-ft operations center brings mass timber construction techniques to Northern Arizona for the first time, and it is only the second such building in the state.