Q&A
Impact on bus services during Port Authority Bus Terminal construction
0:41:33
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Port Authority representatives explain how bus services will be maintained during the construction of the new bus terminal. They outline plans to minimize disruption and maintain continuous service throughout the project.
- Commitment to continuing bus operations without interruption during construction
- Description of phased approach, including use of a temporary terminal
- Plans for clear communication with carriers and customers about changes in operations
Kevin Riley
0:41:33
So how would the bus services be impacted during construction, and will there be a reduction in services?
Hersh Parekh
0:41:39
So I'm gonna ask Kirsten, who actually is part of the operation of the bus terminal, to speak to that question, but just one point I'll make is, we recognize that this will be a complicated project that will create, significant impacts during the construction period.
0:41:54
It is our commitment to do what we can to minimize those impacts, but also be overly communicative about what's coming so that the community and the people who live and work here are able to plan ahead and know what's coming.
0:42:05
Let me ask Kirsten to speak about the impact on bus operations during the project.
Kirsten Jones
0:42:12
Hello.
0:42:13
So we
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have already begun working with all of the carriers.
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We meet
Kirsten Jones
0:42:14
with New Jersey Transit regularly.
0:42:15
Begun working with all of the carriers.
0:42:17
We meet with New Jersey Transit regularly, which is our largest carrier.
0:42:20
Right now, they're about 80% of our operation in the bus terminal.
0:42:24
During construction, we are working very closely with the construction phasing team to make sure that bus operations will continue throughout the entirety of construction without interruption of service.
0:42:36
There may be points at which the travel time is longer, in which case we would communicate that with the carriers and with customers directly.
0:42:45
During the phase one construction when the temporary terminal and the is being constructed, passenger experience will remain similar to today because they will still be leaving the bus terminal from their existing gate.
0:42:59
They will be driving through construction once they
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leave the terminal, but the access to the Lincoln tunnel will remain
Kirsten Jones
0:43:03
the same.
0:43:03
Then, while we're in phase 2 of construction, when the existing temporary terminal existing terminal is demolished and we're operating out of the temporary terminal, bus passengers will be moved.
0:43:19
So they will have to go to a new location, the temporary terminal.
0:43:22
That terminal will house, the vast majority of our departures and arrivals for the 260,000 people who use the terminal.
0:43:34
However, there will be operations on the deckovers and some other remote locations in the vicinity.
0:43:40
All of those locations will be coordinated with the carriers and with customers so we will be able to communicate those changes well in advance and make make it as least disruptive as possible to the commuter and to the carrier.
0:43:55
And then at the end of the construction of the main terminal, there will be one final move back for all the passengers, and then they will be able to experience kind of the the culmination of all of the work.
0:44:07
K.
