DOCSLIB.ORG

PATH 2020 Reflections & Hope for 2021 End of Year 2020 Letter To

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
PATH 2020 Reflections & Hope for 2021 End of Year 2020 Letter To PA January 8, 2021 | Volume 20 | Number 1 QUICK LINKS CALENDAR > STAFF NEWS > A Message from the Chairman, Vice IN MEMORIAM > Chairman & Executive Director: IN THIS EDITION Employee Learning Series on “Race, Preparing for the Agency’s Centennial Economics & Transportation” Kicks Off Originally issued to agency staff via PA Broadcast on Tuesday, January 5. Moynihan Train Hall Opens The Port Authority’s first 100 years is inextricable from the story of this great region. Port Authority Mask Giveaways: More Than 1 Million Served Created by an Act of Congress, the Agency came into being April 30, 1921, when the Compact was signed in the Great Hall of the New York State Chamber of Commerce OSD Staffer Builds Desks for Local Youth Building on Liberty Street. In the shadows of the First World War and the influenza Congratulations to the PAPD’s Newest pandemic of 1918, our founders recognized the need for a bi-state agency that could Promotees transcend parochialism to bring order to the region’s ports. Virtual Holiday Parties from Around Think of their extraordinary vision in creating an agency that could and would grow the Port Authority with the region: One hundred years ago, there was no aviation industry, no mass use of cars and trucks. PATH service, then under the auspices of the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad, was just beginning. The Holland Tunnel was still in planning stages. The great bridges Watch: PATH were yet to be imagined, designed and built. Airports to connect this region to the globe were yet to be envisioned. 2020 Reflections The infrastructure that allowed this region to become the global engine of commerce & Hope for 2021 and trade that it is today would come — and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey would build it. The women and men of the Port Authority carried on through The challenges that we as an agency have faced this year have not continued on page 5 > only affected the way that we work, but also the way we interact with our coworkers. Departments throughout the PA, including at PATH, spent End of Year 2020 Letter to Port the holiday season holding virtual gatherings and parties. Authority Staff To wrap up the year and look ahead Originally issued to agency staff via PA to the future, PATH’s Phil Silvestro Broadcast on Thursday, December 31. created a beautiful, heartfelt video As we approach the end of 2020, we reflect on that was played at its virtual holiday the unprecedented challenges the Port Authority gathering. The video captures the ups faced this year and its remarkable ability to and downs of 2020, reflects on better continue to deliver through crisis — all a direct times, and looks ahead with hope for result of you and your dedicated efforts. As our the future. year-end letter makes abundantly clear, you continue to raise the bar on Agency excellence. We wish you all a Happy New Year. We look forward to continuing this exciting journey with you in 2021, the centennial year of our Agency. Kevin J. O’Toole Rick Cotton Chairman Executive Director continued on page x > PA NEWS | 1 Phone Call PAPD Bi-State Coalition Spreads Attacks & Scams Holiday Cheer to Local Youth On December 23, the Port Authority Police Department Cybersecurity Bi-State Coalition Tip of the Month: came together with the community in Paterson Christina Photo: Paterson Christina Photo: Harlem to spread Phone Call a little holiday Attacks & Scams cheer. Sergeant Atiba Joseph- When you receive a phone call Cumberbatch, from an unknown source, what do Detective Andre you do? Here are some tips to keep Phillips, Officer Detective Andre Phillips and Officer Shauna Parker and Detective Andre in mind. Shauna Parker, Officer Stephen Green at Round Phillips at Harlem United Family Shelter The Clock Nursery In Harlem • Be very cautious providing and Officer information to callers from Stephen Green greeted families at Round The Clock Nursery and the Harlem United unknown or suspicious phone family shelter and presented gifts that were sure to bring joy for the holiday season. numbers. • Never share agency information via text messages or on a call from unknown numbers. • Be cautious if you're being Employee Learning Series on “Race, pressured to share any information Economics & Transportation” Kicks Off or to make a payment immediately. On December 16, the agency hosted its first virtual session of the new series on • Scammers often spoof phone “Race, Economics and Transportation,” designed to enrich the knowledge of employees numbers to trick you into answering and contractors about race dynamics and its socioeconomic and equity impacts within or responding. Remember that our neighboring communities. government agencies will never call The series was directly inspired by employee feedback from last summer's Listening you to ask for personal information Sessions hosted by the Leadership Steering Committee on Race Dynamics, and will or money. enable agency staffers — including those in public facing, capital allocation, and • Do not click any links in text planning functions — to enhance their support of productive community engagements. messages. If someone you know The inaugural presentation was kicked off on December 16 by Chief Development sends a text with a suspicious or OfficerDerek Utter, who together with PATH Director Clarelle DeGraffe and Chief unknown link, call them to make Security OfficerJohn Bilich served as Leadership Steering Committee advisors to the sure they weren't hacked. employee Action Team that was responsible for designing and launching the new series. If you have any questions or need Session #1, titled “The Truth About Averages and What They Can Mask,” was attended assistance with a cyber-related by more than 250 employees from across the agency. This discussion revealed the incident, immediately contact the reality of even wider disparities in income inequality when some commonly used Cybersecurity Operations Center at economic metrics are further disaggregated by race and ethnicity. 201-216-2880 or [email protected]. Participants engaged with the material, asking questions to better understand the composition and definition of income measures presented. They also inquired into potential limitations of broad categories of race, as well as suggestions for further dimensions of disaggregation within each group. While the majority of the presentation was focused on statistics at the national level, the session also included a high-level overview of the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of communities surrounding PA facilities. Future sessions will provide regionally focused case studies and feature guest GOT NEWS FOR speakers from other departments as they share lessons learned and exchange best NEXT TIME? practices for community engagement. Do you have news from your team, Mary K. Murphy, Director of Planning & Regional Development Department (PRDD), department or employee group to closed the session by thanking all the members of the Action Team, which included share in the next PA News? Send it colleagues from PRDD, the Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Government & Community to [email protected] Relations and the Office of Continuous Improvement, who worked collaboratively on the by January 15 to be new series. included in the Visit the PA News website to view a recording of the session and the presentation January 22 issue. deck. Video of future sessions will also be shared on the site. For further information on the series, view the Broadcast announcement. PA NEWS JANUARY 8, 2021 | 2 Now Arriving… More Great Blog Posts IN MEMORIAM In addition to PA News, you can find great in-depth stories about the unsung employees Wayne Ben Ali of the Port Authority, interesting and often obscure agency history, and much more by His friends following the agency blog Now Arriving. at the Port Authority were ’Tis the Season for Port Authority Holiday Cheer saddened to By Alana Calmi learn of the For a region struggling through unprecedented passing of challenges, there’s never been a greater need for holiday Wayne Ben cheer. And the Port Authority has been doing its part to Ali on Sunday, lift the spirits of its travelers, employees and visitors with December 20. an array of sparkling decorations and lights, religious Wayne joined the Port Authority family observances and contributions to the community’s on February 19, 2019 as a Senior Risk neediest. The holiday displays extend across the Port Analyst in the Treasury Department. Authority’s air, land, rail and seaport facilities. Wayne had worked in the insurance Oculus Menorah industry for most of his career. Holland Tunnel Takes a Giant Wayne will be remembered for his (Digital) Leap Forward love of music and martial arts. He played the guitar and piano, as well By Amanda Kwan as alto and baritone saxophones. He All tolls at the Holland Tunnel are now collected amassed a huge collection of CDs electronically under a modern toll system that debuted that included every kind of musical on December 23. The Holland is the first Hudson genre available, but his favorite type of crossing to activate the technology, to be followed music was jazz. Wayne was a former by the Lincoln Tunnel and the George Washington student of the Isshin Shorin Ji Ryu Bridge. Once completed, all six Port Authority bridges Okinawa Te system of karate and held and tunnels will be equipped with the modern tolling a 5th-degree black belt. system. Vehicle crashes at the Hudson River toll Wayne is survived by his wife, plazas are expected to decline by 75 percent once all- Gantry installation at the Holland Wanda Martinez, his brother Russell, electronic tolling is fully implemented. Tunnel in July 2020 and his nieces and nephew: Layla, Ulali, and Omar. Our thoughts and deepest Moynihan Train Hall Opens sympathies are with Wayne’s family, friends, and colleagues during this Ending the year on a high note, Moynihan Train Hall — a new, world class transit hub difficult time.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • MTA Construction & Development, the Group Within the Agency Responsible for All Capital Construction Work
    NYS Senate East Side Access/East River Tunnels Oversight Hearing May 7, 2021 Opening / Acknowledgements Good morning. My name is Janno Lieber, and I am the President of MTA Construction & Development, the group within the agency responsible for all capital construction work. I want to thank Chair Comrie and Chair Kennedy for the invitation to speak with you all about some of our key MTA infrastructure projects, especially those where we overlap with Amtrak. Mass transit is the lifeblood of New York, and we need a strong system to power our recovery from this unprecedented crisis. Under the leadership of Governor Cuomo, New York has demonstrated national leadership by investing in transformational mega-projects like Moynihan Station, Second Avenue Subway, East Side Access, Third Track, and most recently, Metro-North Penn Station Access, which we want to begin building this year. But there is much more to be done, and more investment is needed. We have a once-in-a-generation infrastructure opportunity with the new administration in Washington – and we thank President Biden, Secretary Buttigieg and Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer, for their support. It’s a new day to advance transit projects that will turbo-charge the post-COVID economy and address overdue challenges of social equity and climate change. East Side Access Today we are on the cusp of a transformational upgrade to our commuter railroads due to several key projects. Top of the list is East Side Access. I’m pleased to report that it is on target for completion by the end of 2022 as planned.
    [Show full text]
  • Amtrak Station Development
    REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION ADVISORY SERVICES • Improving Performance and Value of Amtrak-owned Assets AMTRAK STATION DEVELOPMENT New York Penn Station| Moynihan Train Hall| Philadelphia 30th Street Station Baltimore Penn Station| Washington Union Station | Chicago Union Station • Pre-Proposal WebEx | August 5, 2016 Rina Cutler –1 Sr. Director, Major Station Planning and Development AASHTO Conference| September 11, 2018 SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 1 AMTRAK MAJOR STATIONS Amtrak is actively improving & redeveloping five stations: Chicago Union Station, NY Penn Station, Baltimore Penn Station, Washington Union Station and 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. NEW YORK PENN STATION WASHINGTON UNION STATION #1 busiest Amtrak Station #2 busiest Amtrak Station NEW YORK PENN STATION ● 10.3 million passengers ● 5.1 million passengers PHILADELPHIA 30TH ● $1 billion ticket revenue ● $576 million ticket revenue CHICAGO BALTIMORE PENN STATION STREET STATION UNION STATION ● 1,055,000 SF of building area ● 1,268,000 SF of building area WASHINGTON UNION STATION ● 31.0 acres of land PHILADELPHIA 30TH STREET STATION CHICAGO UNION STATION BALTIMORE PENN STATION #3 busiest Amtrak Station #4 busiest Amtrak Station #8 busiest Amtrak Station ● 4.3 million passengers ● 3.4 million passengers ● 1.0 million passengers ● $306 million revenue ● $205 million ticket revenue ● $95 million ticket revenue ● 1,140,200 SF of building area ● 1,329,000 SF of building area ● 91,000 SF of building area FY 2017 Ridership and Ridership Revenue 2 MAJOR STATION PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS
    [Show full text]
  • Finance Committee Meeting
    Finance Committee Meeting November 2016 Committee Members L. Schwartz, Chair F. Ferrer, Vice Chair D. Jones C. Moerdler J. Molloy M. Pally J. Samuelson P. Trottenberg V. Vanterpool J. Vitiello P. Ward C. Wortendyke N. Zuckerman Finance Committee Meeting 2 Broadway, 20th Floor Board Room New York, NY 10004 Monday, 11/14/2016 12:30 - 1:45 PM ET 1. PUBLIC COMMENTS PERIOD 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – OCTOBER 26, 2016 Finance Committee Minutes - Page 4 3. 2016 COMMITTEE WORK PLAN 2016 Work Plan - Page 14 4. BUDGETS/CAPITAL CYCLE Finance Watch - Page 22 5. MTA HEADQUARTERS & ALL-AGENCY ITEMS Action Item Law Firm Panel Addition - Page 32 Report and Information Items Station Maintenance Billing Update - Page 34 Review and Assessment of the Finance Committee Charter - Page 37 Procurements MTAHQ Procurement Report - Page 40 MTAHQ Competitive Procurement - Page 42 6. METRO-NORTH RAILROAD MNR Action Item - Page 44 MNR Procurements - Page 46 7. LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD (No Items) 8. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT, and MTA BUS OPERATIONS NYCT & MTACC Procurements - Page 54 9. BRIDGES AND TUNNELS (No Items) 10. FIRST MUTUAL TRANSPORTATION ASSURANCE COMPANY (No Items) 11. MTA CONSOLIDATED REPORTS Statement of Operations - Page 64 Overtime - Page 72 Subsidy, Interagency Loans and Stabilization Fund Transactions - Page 77 Debt Service - Page 85 Positions - Page 87 Farebox Recovery Ratios - Page 90 MTA Ridership - Page 91 Fuel Hedge Program - Page 115 12. REAL ESTATE AGENDA Real Estate Action Items - Page 118 Real Estate Info Items - Page 131 Minutes of the MTA Finance Committee Meeting October 26, 2016 2 Broadway, 20th Floor Board Room New York, NY 10004 12:00 PM The following Finance Committee members attended: Hon.
    [Show full text]
  • Amazon's Document
    REQUEST FOR INFORMATION Project Clancy TALENT A. Big Questions and Big Ideas 1. Population Changes and Key Drivers. a. Population level - Specify the changes in total population in your community and state over the last five years and the major reasons for these changes. Please also identify the majority source of inbound migration. Ne Yok Cit’s populatio ge fo . illio to . illio oe the last fie eas ad is projected to surpass 9 million by 2030.1 New York City continues to attract a dynamic and diverse population of professionals, students, and families of all backgrounds, mainly from Latin America (including the Caribbean, Central America, and South America), China, and Eastern Europe.2 Estiate of Ne York City’s Populatio Year Population 2011 8,244,910 2012 8,336,697 2013 8,405,837 2014 8,491,079 2015 8,550,405 2016 8,537,673 Source: American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates Cumulative Estimates of the Components of Population Change for New York City and Counties Time period: April 1, 2010 - July 1, 2016 Total Natural Net Net Net Geographic Area Population Increase Migration: Migration: Migration: Change (Births-Deaths) Total Domestic International New York City Total 362,540 401,943 -24,467 -524,013 499,546 Bronx 70,612 75,607 -3,358 -103,923 100,565 Brooklyn 124,450 160,580 -32,277 -169,064 136,787 Manhattan 57,861 54,522 7,189 -91,811 99,000 1 New York City Population Projections by Age/Sex & Borough, 2010-2040 2 Place of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 2012-2016, American Community Survey PROJECT CLANCY PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL 4840-0257-2381.3 1 Queens 102,332 99,703 7,203 -148,045 155,248 Staten Island 7,285 11,531 -3,224 -11,170 7,946 Source: Population Division, U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Development News Highlights MANHATTAN - MID-2ND QUARTER 2019 PLUS an OUTER BOROUGH SNAPSHOT
    Development News Highlights MANHATTAN - MID-2ND QUARTER 2019 PLUS AN OUTER BOROUGH SNAPSHOT Pictured: 315 Meserole Street Looking Ahead U.S. Treasury Releases Additional Opportunity Zones Guidelines On April 17th the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a highly anticipated second set of proposed regulations related to the new Opportunity Zone (OZ) tax incentive. Created by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the tax benefi t is designed to drive economic development and create jobs by encouraging long-term investments in economically distressed communities nationwide according to the Treasury department’s press release. The latest 169-page release reportedly delivered guidance in a broader range of areas than many expected, hoping to provide investors who have been on the fence with the clarity needed to begin developing projects in distressed areas nationwide. Some government offi cials anticipate the program could spur $100 billion in new investment into the more than 8,762 zones nationwide, of which 306 are located in New York City; however there exist some concerns among critics that the program will incentivize gentrifi cation, or provide added benefi t to developers for projects they would have been pursued anyway. According to the press release by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a key part of the newly released guidance clarifi es the “substantially all” requirements for the holding period and use of the tangible business property: • For use of the property, at least 70% of the property must be used in a qualifi ed OZ. • For the holding period of the property, tangible property must be qualifi ed opportunity zone business property for at least 90% of the Qualifi ed Opportunity Fund’s (QOF) or qualifi ed OZ business’s holding period.
    [Show full text]
  • Federal TIFIA Loan Helps Fund $2 Billion Rail Station P3 in NYC
    Federal TIFIA loan helps fund $2 billion rail station P3 in NYC By Jim Watts Published July 06 2017, 1∶37pm EDT More in Infrastructure, Public-private partnership, TIFIA, Washington DC, New York DALLAS -- A $537.5 million low-interest federal loan will provide most of the state’s contribution to the $1.85 billion redevelopment of an old post office in Manhattan into a modern train station being financed as a public-private partnership. Private partners will invest $630 million in the Moynihan Train Hall project in Manhattan in return for a 99- year concession to operate the facility’s massive commercial concourse. Empire State Development Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said that the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan to the state’s Empire State Development for the Moynihan Train Hall would provide critical financing to the P3 project. “This TIFIA loan will help transform the James A. Farley Post Office Building in Manhattan to include a modern, state-of-the-art train station, delivering extensive improvements for passengers in easing congestion and delays,” she said Wednesday. “This is an important investment in the Northeast Corridor’s rail service and the economic vitality of the region.” The new facility is intended to relieve congestion at New York’s Penn Station, which is the busiest passenger transportation facility in the U.S. with 650,000 passengers per weekday. The 255,000-square-foot train hall will be built in the old post office building across the street from the current Penn Station in midtown Manhattan. It is named for the late Sen.
    [Show full text]
  • Download PM/CM Qualifications
    Program Management and Construction Management Qualifications CONTACT: Douglas Boyd, PE Arora Engineers, Inc. 61 Wilmington-West Chester Pike Chadds Ford, PA 19317 T (484) 842-0865 [email protected] Arora P (610) 459-7900 aroraengineers.com F (610) 459-7950 Dear Prospective Client, Since 1986 Arora Engineers, Inc. has worked at nearly 100 airports across the country from California, to Maine, to Florida and has grown into an Aviation centric firm. Arora’s aviation expertise includes a range of services for the complete project life cycle. Our Geospatial team participates in Data Management for Airports and aviation planning projects ranging from master plans and eALP’s to creating data standards and complete enterprise GIS programs. Our Program and Construction Management (PM/CM) group experience ranges from serving as airport extension of staff and owners rep running capital projects and programs, to field inspections, to working with general contractors as master systems integrators, performing constructability reviews, and managing and overseeing the design and construction process. Terminal design is at the core of Arora’s technical expertise. Ranging from greenfield terminals, to expansions and renovations, we can lead or support any of the design and engineering for a terminal’s building systems. We have dedicated disciplines in Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire/Life Safety, and Special Systems (Security, Telecom, IT). We design terminals with the future in mind and live out our tagline of Rethinking Infrastructure® as we approach each unique project. Outside of the terminal, Arora’s Airfield Electrical group has designed over a billion dollars of airfield projects. Our capabilities in this area range from airfield lighting, signage, and NAVAIDS, to field lighting vaults and Runway Incursion Mitigation (RIM).
    [Show full text]
  • 34 St Penn Station Angel 499 401 399 301 299 201 7 199 101 99 1 Map © City of New York
    Neighborhood Map ¯ W 47 Street W 47 Street Diamond W 47 Street Brooks 49 St 47-50 Sts TKTS Uptown Atkinson only Rockefeller Center Theatre 1567 Father Palace District 1185 681 627 767 678 628 667 760 578 668 Duffy Theater 1180 Square Theatre at Restaurant Lunt-Fontanne Steinberg Center St. Clement’s Row Theater for Theatre 601 599 501 499 401 301 299 201 99 1 7 Avenue 7 M1 W 46 Street W 46 Street W 46 Street LTD M2 LTD Richard M4 St. Luke’s Rodgers LTD Matthews-Palmer Theatre Theater M5 M5 Playground LTD LTD M20 Marquis 731 623 626 652 643 663 658 M104 Theatre M5 M1 Imperial Music Box Lyceum M2 5 Avenue 5 8 Avenue 8 M7 9 Avenue 9 11 Avenue 11 Theater 10 Avenue Theater Theater M3 601 599 501 499 401 399 299 199 101 1M4 M5 Q32 W 45 Street W 45 Street W 45 Street Bernard B. Jacobs Booth Times Americas the of Avenue Al Hirschfeld John Theatre Gerald Theater Theater Golden Schoenfeld M12 M11 Theatre Theatre Minskoff 530 700 622 M11 Broadhurst Theatre Square 1156 Theater Hudson Majestic Shubert Theater Belasco Theater Theater Alley Shubert Theater 601 599 Hell’s 501 499 401 399 301 299 199 99 W 44 Street W 44 Street M55 W 44 Street M55 General Society of St. James Helen Hayes Mechanics and Kitchen Theatre Theater M7 1500 Tradesmen McCaffrey M20 699 M104 621 522 571 696 602 607 620 572 1120 Playground 1133 Westside Second Stage Town Theatre Hall Avenue 6 601 599 501 499 401 399 Theatre 299 201 199 99 1 M34ASBS M34ASBS W 43 Street W 43 Street W 43 Street M34A SBS Grace Plaza Lyric Theatre 1 Bryant Park SUNY 1472 Stephen Bank of America Grace
    [Show full text]
  • Prime Madison Square Garden Corner
    416 PRIME MADISON SQUARE GARDEN CORNER EIGHTH AVENUE FULL BUILDING PRESENCE AREA 416 RETAILERS EIGHTH AVENUE THE SPACE 31ST STREET Ground Floor 2.500 sf Basement 2,500 sf Second Floor 2,500 sf Rooftop Option 1,500 sf TOTAL 9,000 sf 2,500 SF Ground Floor FEATURES Possession: Immediate Term: Long-term • Built restaurant space 2,500 SF Second Floor • Rooftop seating potential 2ND FLOOR PLAN 1 SCALE :1/4" = 1'-0" EIGHTH AVENUE EIGHTH 1,500 sf AREA MECHANICALS Potential Rooftop Seating • Built Restaurant Space • Directly across from MSG • Moynihan Train Hall – ROOF PLAN (Amtrak & LIRR) 2 SCALE :1/4" = 1'-0" • One block to Manhattan West 416 8TH AVENUE A-002 MARKETING LAYOUT 04/22/19 • Two blocks to Hudson Yards 2,500 SF Basement 39TH STREET 38TH STREET NEIGHBORHOOD 37TH STREET 416 36TH STREET EIGHTH AVENUE JACOB K. JAVITS 35TH STREET N B CONVENTION CENTER A 1 Q D MACY’S C 2 R F E 3 W M HUDSON 34TH STREET 34TH STREET EMPIRE RIVER 7 STATE BUILDING PLAZA33 33RD STREET 100 WEST 33RD ST HOTEL PENN MANHATTAN MALL MANHATTAN BR MADISON MOYNIHAN O SQUARE A FARLEY D 32ND STREET WEST TRAIN HALL W GARDEN A Y FARLEY PARK 31ST STREET TRAINS FOR MOYNIHAN TRAIN HALL AND PENN STATION BELOW CULTURE SHED E HIGH LINE 416 30TH STREET EIGHTH AVENUE ENU V A 29TH STREET E EIGHTH AVENUE SEVENTH AVENUE TENTH AVENUE NINTH AVENUE ELEVENTH AVENUE SIXTH U N N HUDSON YARDS MANHATTAN WEST MOYNIHAN TRAIN HALL 1 MADISON SQUARE R 18.3 Million SF office space 5.7 Million SF office space 767,000 SF office space GARDEN VE 73,200 office workers 22,800 office workers) 4,300 office
    [Show full text]
  • Time to Get Moving
    Time to Get Moving: Improving commuter and intercity rail facilities and services on Manhattan’s West Side APRIL 19, 2016 appleseed Rudin Center for Transportation Appleseed Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, New York University 80 Broad Street, Room 611, New York, NY 10004 295 Lafayette Street, Second Floor, New York, NY 10012 P: 212.964.9711 | F: 212.964.2415 P: 212.992.9865 www.appleseedinc.com www.wagner.nyu.edu/rudincenter/ Contents Executive summary 5 Introduction 8 The impact of redeveloping the Farley Building 10 Improvements within Penn Station 12 Improving connectivity to the surrounding area 14 Should Madison Square Garden be relocated? 16 Conclusion 20 Executive summary A solicitation of proposals for redevelopment of • Direct access to Amtrak and Long Island the James A. Farley Building and Penn Station, Rail Road (and some New Jersey Transit) issued jointly by the Empire State Development train platforms from both the Moynihan Corporation, Amtrak and the MTA in January Train Hall and a new passenger concourse 2016, provides New York and the New York- running parallel to the west side of Eighth New Jersey region with a unique opportunity Avenue. This would provide an alternative to to improve Penn Station, and to provide a – and relieve congestion on – Penn Station’s much-improved experience to the hundreds of platforms and its existing stairways, escalators thousands of commuters and travelers who use it and elevators. every day. • Improved access from the street to both the Train Hall and the concourse – especially important to the growing number of The Empire Station Complex: Principal elements commuters going to or coming from the The three agencies’ approach to redeveloping rapidly-developing area west of Eighth what the joint solicitation calls the Empire Avenue.
    [Show full text]
  • Press 30 December 2020 Let There Be Light, and Art, in the Moynihan
    The New York Times Let There Be Light, and Art, in the Moynihan Train Hall Dionne Searcey 30 December 2020 Let There Be Light, and Art, in the Moynihan Train Hall The expansion of Penn Station’s concourse has an acre of glass that lets the sun pour down, and installations by Kehinde Wiley, Stan Douglas and Elmgreen & Dragset. Here’s a first look. Eyes up: “The Hive,” an art installation by Elmgreen & Dragset, inside the 31st Street entry to the Moynihan Train Hall, is composed of 100 upside-down futuristic buildings hanging like stalactites.Credit...Andrew Moore for The New York Times Sunlight is not typically associated with the dingy basement vibe that envelops commuters passing through Penn Station. But natural light spills across the new Moynihan Train Hall through its massive, 92-foot-high skylight ceiling and illuminates another surprise: permanent installations by some of the most celebrated artists in the world. Kehinde Wiley, Stan Douglas and the artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset have major pieces prominently displayed in the new $1.6 billion train hall set to open Friday, offering an expansion of Penn Station’s concourse space and serving customers of Amtrak and Long Island Rail Road. The hall, designed by the architecture firm SOM, also connects to subway lines, although they are some distance away. The 255,000-square-foot Moynihan Train Hall, with an acre of glass across the main hall skylights, was designed by SOM. Escalators seem to disappear into the floor. Image: Andrew Moore for The New York Times The clock is nearly 12 feet tall and more than 6 feet wide.
    [Show full text]
  • CONSULTANCY Tracks for the Central Bioceanic Railway Corridor
    itransporteTRANSPORT ENGINEERING & CONSULTANCY | revistaitransporte.com | ineco.com CONSULTANCY 65 Tracks for the Central MAY | AUG 19 Bioceanic Railway Corridor + ARTICLES Barcelona Airport’s South Pier Commuter Rail access to El Prat Airport Mumbai-Nagpur high-speed line Works in the Port of Valencia ORAT for the new Moynihan Station (New York) Refurbishment of the A Coruña station Answers for Brazilian transport 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda Brand Spain: Natural parks ~åìåÅáç=áåÉÅç|äçÖçJÑçãÉåíç|^cKéÇÑ===N===OULPLNV===NOWPV EDITORIAL Expanding networks, improving services ` j v ur work in designing solutions aimed at promoting the improvement of mobility through transport networks to increase the quality of life of people and `j O economic competitiveness of territories prompts us, on this occasion, to highlight jv on the front cover of this issue a project carried out for the Peruvian government `v to develop the future Central Bi-Oceanic railway (CFBC), a corridor whose purpose is to transport passengers and freight across South America and promote trade `jv between Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. h Also abroad, our experience in planning has led to our participation with Adif as part of the advisory services that Spain is providing to India in relation to its plan to develop an ambitious high-speed rail network, which has been mani- fested in projects such as the one covered here concerning a feasibility study on a 772-kilometre high-speed line between Mumbai and Nagpur. We also highlight projects such as our recent collaboration on New York’s future Moynihan station and the development of a transport observatory for the Brazilian government, not ❝We continue to forge to mention our proactive participation again at the World ATM Congress, a major ahead with our firm international air traffic management trade fair.
    [Show full text]