Fulton Street Transit Center
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The Fulton Street Transit Center is a $1.4 billion project[1][2][3] under construction of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a public agency of the state of New York. The plan includes station rehabilitations, new underground passageways, and an above-ground station entrance building at the intersection of Fulton Street and Broadway in New York City, above several existing stations.
The project is intended to improve access to and connections between 11 MTA subway services stopping at Manhattan's Fulton Street, PATH service and the World Trade Center station in Lower Manhattan. Funding for the construction project, which began in 2005, dried up for several years, with no final approved plan and no schedule for completion.[4][5][6] Plans for the transit center, however, have been rejuvenated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and the project is set for completion in June 2014.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
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[edit] The proposal
Stations served by the 2 3 4 5 A C E J N R Z services will be rehabilitated and connected via an east-west underground passageway. A high-visibility Transit Center will be constructed, with entrances on Broadway between Fulton Street and John Street.
In addition to work on the four linked stations, including a large entrance building at Broadway and Fulton Street, the Dey Street Passageway is being built outside fare control[15] to connect to the Cortlandt Street (BMT Broadway Line) station, and a passageway inside fare control will connect that station with the World Trade Center (IND Eighth Avenue Line) station.
The major construction activities of the project include the following:
- The Fulton Street station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line is being rehabilitated.
- The Fulton Street station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line is being rehabilitated, and new entrances have been opened at the corner of Broadway and Maiden Lane (for the northbound platform) and at Cortlandt Street and Broadway (for the southbound platform).[2]
- The mezzanine serving the Fulton Street station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line, which currently consists of several ramps on either side of Nassau Street, will be straightened.
- A new station building was to be constructed along the east side of Broadway, between Fulton and John Streets. The new station would require the demolition of the Girard Building and the former Childs Restaurant Building and would incorporate the land marked Corbin Building at the corner of Broadway and John Street. This portion of the project is being reviewed due to cost over runs and a new design is expected in the winter of 2008. [3]
- A new passageway, Dey Street Passageway (outside of the fare control[15]) is being built under Dey Street, connecting the Fulton Street station complex to the Cortlandt Street station on the BMT Broadway Line.
- A new connection will provide a free transfer between the Cortlandt Street station on the BMT Broadway Line and the Chambers Street – World Trade Center station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line.
- A new entrance building will be constructed on the southwest corner of Broadway and Dey Street, providing direct access to the Dey Street passageway.
- The entire complex will be made ADA-accessible.
[edit] Construction progress
The project has had several delays, with the completion date delayed from 2007 to 2014. There have also been several design cutbacks. The free transfer from the Cortlandt Street and World Trade Center stations had been dropped from the plans, but was later restored using MTA funds; the passageway underneath Dey Street has been narrowed from 40 feet to 29 feet; and the design of the entrance facility on the east side of Broadway was simplified.
On June 27, 2006, the New York Times reported that the project had been running $45 million over a $799 million budget, but that the project design will not be further curtailed. The Times had reported on June 2, 2006, that the overrun was due to the cost of relocating 148 business and acquiring properties along Broadway where the new station building will be located.
On January 28, 2008 the MTA revised its costs and estimate of completion and indicated the project is likely not to include the domed structure which had been planned, or any substantial above-ground structure. The revised cost of the below-ground work is now $910 million and it is expected to be completed in 2010. It also announced a 30-day review of plans for the above-ground structure.[16]
In March 2008, the MTA indicated that an above ground structure will be built at the site without specifying if it would remain in the form of a public transit center or be sold to a private developer and only provide an entrance to the subway lines beneath the street.[17]
In June 2008, Chris Ward, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey prepared a report for David Paterson, governor of the state of New York, reversing years of optimism regarding the time and resources required to complete projects related to the reconstruction of the World Trade Center including the Fulton Transit Center.[18]
In July 2008, the Federal Transit Administration announced it would not fund the cost overruns associated with the Fulton Street Transit Center.[19] However, the MTA is using 2009 federal stimulus money to help fund the project.[20]
In January 2010, reconstruction of the transfer mezzanine over the Fulton Street station resulted in traffic flow changes.[21] The transfer passageway leading to the Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line station had previously been modified.
The foundations of the main transit complex was completed in August 2010. Other construction activities currently undergoing are the main construction for the transit center and other reconstruction and rehabilitation activities on nearby subway stations.[22]
[edit] Above ground structure
In January 2009, the MTA received $497 million in the proposed federal stimulus money which allowed the above-the-ground construction of the building to start.[20][23][24]
As part of an exhibit on the city's major public construction projects, the MTA described the status above ground: "Final details are being worked out for the above ground building. The 115-year-old Corbin Building, at the corner of Broadway and John Street, will be restored and incorporated into the transit center entrance design. The transit center will be a focal point with a vibrant design and a visible portal to downtown and the transit system below".[25]
[edit] Stations
The Fulton Street Transit Center will connect a total of six subway stations, providing a total of eleven services:
Fulton Street on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line
Fulton Street on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Fulton Street on the IND Eighth Avenue Line
World Trade Center on the IND Eighth Avenue Line
Fulton Street on the BMT Nassau Street Line
Cortlandt Street on the BMT Broadway Line
[edit] References
- ^ Redwine, Tina (September 9, 2011). "Fulton Street Transit Center's $1.4B Renovations Aim To Revitalize Downtown Manhattan". NY1. http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/transit/146807/fulton-street-transit-center-s--1-4b-renovations-aim-to-revitalize-downtown-manhattan. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
- ^ Dunlap, David W. (December 23, 2011). "After an Earlier Delay, the Fulton Street Transit Center Finally Rises". The New York Times. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/after-an-earlier-delay-the-fulton-street-transit-center-finally-rises/. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
- ^ Redwine, Tina (January 6, 2012). "NY1 Exclusive: Fulton Street Transit Center On Track To Open In 2014". NY1. http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/transit/153767/ny1-exclusive--fulton-street-transit-center-on-track-to-open-in-2014. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
- ^ Cuzzo, Steve (2008-02-28). "The MTA's Latest Disaster". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/02282008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_mtas_latest_disaster_99660.htm.
- ^ Cuzzo, Steve (2008-03-05). "Subway Pie in the Sky". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/03052008/postopinion/editorials/subway_pie_in_the_sky_100543.htm. "In '04, officials promised a majestic Taj Mahal-like Fulton Street transit hub – at a cost of $750 million. There was little need for all the grandiosity, of course. But supposedly the money was there, officials reasoned – so why not spend it? Yet now the above-ground structure has been all but ditched, and there's scant progress on the station below. Plus, the MTA has upped the price tag to $1.2 billion, a 60 percent jump in just four years, even as the job was scaled back."
- ^ Cuzzo, Steve (2008-05-15). "Menace on 2nd Ave.". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/05152008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/menace_on_2nd_ave_110964.htm. "The Fulton project has reduced a Downtown blockfront to rubble, dug up streets, ruined businesses and created chaos – all without even starting on the main job, untangling the station's "maze." For good measure, the MTA gave up completely on the domed pavilion that was to be the project's signature element."
- ^ "Capital Construction, Planning and Real Estate Committee Meeting". http://www.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/091109_1100_cc.pdf.
- ^ NEW MILESTONE FOR THE FULTON STREET TRANSIT CENTER MTA.info website. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
- ^ NY1 Exclusive: MTA Gives Tour Of Fulton Street Transit Center NY1. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
- ^ "Fulton Street Transit Center Continues to Take Shape". MTA.info. March 21, 2011. http://mta.info/news/stories/?story=212. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
- ^ "Downtown Transit Center Reaches Half-Way Mark". NY1. March 21, 2011. http://www.ny1.com/content/135986/downtown-transit-center-reaches-half-way-mark. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
- ^ Cuza, Bobby (July 12, 2011). "9/11 A Decade Later: After Delays, Fulton Street Transit Center Takes Shape". NY1. http://www.ny1.com/content/142789/9-11-a-decade-later--after-delays--fulton-street-transit-center-takes-shape. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
- ^ "New Entrance at Fulton Street Opens". MTA.info. August 1, 2011. http://mta.info/news/stories/?story=326. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
- ^ "New Fulton Street Subway Entrance Opens As Part Of $1.4B Plan". NY1. August 1, 2011. http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/transit/144146/new-fulton-street-subway-entrance-opens-as-part-of--1-4b-plan. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
- ^ a b Fulton Street Transit Center, Final Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Evaluation, Ch. 3, p. 3-21 [1]PDF (1.73 MiB)
- ^ Gallahue, Patrick (2008-01-29). "Fulton transit-hub plan collapses, MTA's $900M boondoggle". New York Post. p. 3. http://www.nypost.com/seven/01292008/news/regionalnews/mtas_900m_boondoggle_681543.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
- ^ "Some sort of building will rise at Fulton, M.T.A. says". 2008-03-17. http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_253/somesortofbuilding.html.
- ^ Ward, Chris (2008-06-30). "Report of the Directors of the Port Authority". Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/nyregion/city_room/20080630_WTCAssessmentBookFF.pdf?scp=2&sq=fulton%20transit&st=cse.
- ^ "Feds to MTA on more hub cash: No way". New York Daily News. 2008-07-16. http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/07/16/2008-07-16_feds_to_mta_on_more_hub_cash_no_way-2.html. "The Federal Transit Administration won't bail out the MTA's troubled Fulton St. subway hub with an infusion of more money, a top Bush administration official said. "Absolutely not. That's capped out," federal transit Administrator James Simpson said Tuesday when asked if the FTA would increase its commitment for the Fulton Transit Center."
- ^ a b Neuman, William (2009-01-29). "M.T.A. Planning to Spend Stimulus on Fulton St. Hub". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/nyregion/30fulton.html. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
- ^ "Fulton Street Transit Center Construction Update and Service Changes January 9–11 and January 16–17" (Press release). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2010-01-07.
- ^ "MTA Capital Construction – Fulton Street Transit Center". MTA. http://www.mta.info/capconstr/fstc/construction_schedule.html. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ "Project Updates: Fulton Street Transit Center". Lower Manhattan Development Corp.. May 2009. http://www.lowermanhattan.info/construction/project_updates/fulton_street_transit_center_17608.aspx.
- ^ "Back on Track: Fulton Transit Center". MTA. 2009-06-09. http://www.mta.info/capconstr/fstc/documents/FSTC_CB%201%20Update_060809.pdf.
- ^ "The Future Beneath Us : Fulton Street Transit Center". Transit Museum. 2009. http://www.transitmuseumeducation.org/fbu/projects/fulton.
- Over Budget, Fulton Street Transit Hub Faces a Redesign (New York Times, May 23, 2006)
- Shops Near Planned Transit Hub Face Eviction (New York Times, June 2, 2006)
- Fulton Street Transit Center Plan Stands (New York Times, June 27, 2006)
[edit] External links
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"What is the Fulton St Transit Center?", Metropolitan Transportation Authority; September 2, 2010; one minute YouTube video clip |
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"Fulton St Transit Center – 6-16-2011 Update", Metropolitan Transportation Authority; June 16, 2011; 2:43 YouTube video clip |
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"Fulton St Transit Center - 1/19/2012 Update", Metropolitan Transportation Authority; January 19, 2012; 1:45 YouTube video clip |
- MTA Fulton Street Transit Center page
- New York Times animated graphic of layout
- nycsubway.org — IRT East Side Line: Fulton Street
- nycsubway.org — IRT West Side Line: Fulton Street
- nycsubway.org — BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line: Fulton Street
- nycsubway.org — IND 8th Avenue: Broadway/Nassau Street
- Station Reporter — Broadway Nassau/Fulton Street Complex
- MTA's Facebook Web Site — Fulton Street Transit Center Progress Fall 2010 Pictures (15 pictures)
- MTA's Facebook Web Site — Fulton Street Transit Center – June 8, 2011 (15 pictures)
- MTA.info — Shop Fulton Street (Fulton Street is Open for Business)
- MTA.info — Fulton Street Transit Center Continues to Take Shape
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Coordinates: 40°42′38″N 74°00′32″W / 40.710464°N 74.008917°W
