SSA is the architect on a team developing the expansion of the Niagara Frontier Transit Metro System to Tonawanda and Amherst, New York. Metro is proposing to expand the LRT from its current terminus at University Station on the University at Buffalo’s South Campus along Kenmore Avenue, Niagara Falls Boulevard, Maple Road, and Sweet Home Road through the North Campus to John James Audubon Parkway and Interstate 990 (I-990). Ten stations are proposed as part of the seven-mile extension, two of which would contain a park-and-ride facility. A light-maintenance and storage facility is also proposed for the end of the line.

SSA is tasked with developing preliminary design drawings that identify the size and general configuration of each station based on specific site constraints. Additionally, SSA is developing design guidelines that establish standards for typical station components (kit-of-parts) in greater detail to be implemented in the final design while allowing for unique station designs that continue the precedent established by the existing Metro stations located on Main Street in downtown Buffalo. SSA is also producing visualizations that depict the various station typologies and designs to aid project development, public outreach, and stakeholder coordination.