Port Authority Approves Plan For New NYC Bus Terminal
October 22, 2015 7:36 PM
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has moved forward with a plan to replace its aging bus terminal in New York City.
Board members approved a plan Thursday that will include an international design competition for a new terminal.
The current terminal at Eighth Avenue and 42nd Street is over 50 years old and handles more than 200,000 people per day. It’s considered outdated and ill-suited for projected increases in traffic in the coming years.
“We expect ridership to double by 2040 at the bus terminal, from 120,000 people each way to 240,000,” New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney said earlier this month. “It’s not going to work in the location it’s at.”
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/10/...terminal-plan/
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NYC's Port Authority Bus Terminal to be replaced
Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY 12:20 a.m. EDT October 23, 2015
It has long been an icon of the grit of New York City and now it's slated to be replaced.
The Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey voted Thursday to replace the 65-year-old Port Authority Bus Terminal in the Times Square neighborhood, according to various media reports.
Concrete decisions about a new site would be opened up to an international design competition to be concluded in 2016, NJ.com is reporting. Construction is projected to take 11 to 15 years and cost estimates range from $7.5 billion to $10.5 billion, the news organization reports.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2...aced/74436918/
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