PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Mary Pearson on Co-op City Station Access
4:22:50
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110 sec
Mary Pearson addresses the Co-op City station access problem, focusing on the need for improved access from the south side of the Metro North Station tracks. She urges council members to fight for an additional access point and staircase/elevator array to enhance station accessibility.
- Highlights the current plan for station entrance on Earthstein Place, accessible only through Co-op City section 5
- Suggests utilizing the area of the destroyed Westbound Pelham Parkway entrance ramp to I-95 North (Ramp C) for partial vehicle and foot access
- Mentions obstacles such as a newly planted field of trees separating the potential access route from the tracks
Mary Pearson
4:22:50
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AGAIN, EVERYBODY.
4:22:52
I'M ADDRESSING THE CO OPCTITY station access problem.
4:22:56
On north side of the tracks Metro North Station entrance on Earthstein Place, reachable only by traveling through coopcity section 5 is planned.
4:23:05
Access from the south side of the tracks though possible and vital is not planned.
4:23:11
Fuller station access would greatly benefit section 5, all of coopcity, and our Manhattan bound neighbors.
4:23:18
Ola requires is funding.
4:23:20
Much has changed since I put together a video called OlaBoard that shows how the destroyed Westbound Pelham Parkway entrance ramp to I 95 North, Ramp C, could have been incorporated.
4:23:34
Into the plan to facilitate full access to the south side of the station.
4:23:40
Full south side of the station access is no longer possible.
4:23:45
However, partial access by vehicle and foot remains possible.
4:23:49
A new a new pathway along the destroyed ramp sea route leads close to the recently blocked off path to the railroad tracks.
4:23:57
It appears to be, but not wide enough for buses, wide enough to facilitate entry exit for vehicles via a cul de sac type turnaround.
4:24:08
It opens a short distance from the path to the tracks and therefore continuing on to the railroad tracks.
4:24:16
However, a newly planted field of trees separates that opening from the the road to the tracks.
4:24:23
I urge council members Riley and Maserato to fight for the needed additional access point and the additional staircase elevator array to get to the station from the south side of the tracks.
4:24:39
Thank you very much.