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Project objectives and community engagement process for the bus terminal replacement
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Hersh Parekh outlines the key objectives of the Port Authority Bus Terminal replacement project and describes the extensive community engagement process that shaped the final proposal. This chapter highlights the collaborative nature of the project development.
- Identifies key objectives: improving trans-Hudson bus operations, enhancing passenger experience, and reducing community impact
- Emphasizes the focus on meeting both commuter and community needs
- Details years of extensive community engagement with various stakeholders in New York and New Jersey
Hersh Parekh
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Next slide, please.
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So we jumped into our project objectives.
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Next slide.
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And as Adam noted, there were a number of objectives that we, had for this project, improving the trans Hudson bus operations, improving the passenger experience, really making sure that we reduce the impact of the terminal on the surrounding community.
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But all of that really boils down to 2 key points.
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We needed to make sure that this project met the needs of the commuters who utilize the bus terminal and the community that lives and works and surrounds the bus terminal.
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And so if we go to the next slide, we can jump to what our original project was.
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It was a build in place proposal to really demolish the existing terminal and ramp network and replace it in kind at a cost of about 5 and a half $1,000,000,000 We then jumped into a series of community engagement, and that goes to the next slide.
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And as, the, council member noted, there has been years years of extensive community engagement.
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We have received significant feedback about how this project can be made better.
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If you go to the next slide, you can see all of the various stakeholders that we have engaged with in both New York and in New Jersey.
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This is just a selected list.
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The list actually goes for much longer.
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And so based on this years years of feedback, we, landed on the project that we have in front of us today, which is on the next slide.
