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The '''Fulton Street Transit Center''' is a $1.4 billion project of the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)|Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] (MTA), a public agency of the state of [[New York (state)|New York]]. The plan includes station rehabilitations, new underground passageways, and an above-ground station entrance building at the intersection of [[Fulton Street (Manhattan)|Fulton Street]] and [[Broadway (New York)|Broadway]] in [[New York City]], above several existing stations.
The '''Fulton Street Transit Center''' is a $1.4 billion project of the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)|Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] (MTA), a public agency of the state of [[New York (state)|New York]]. The plan includes station rehabilitations, new underground passageways, and an above-ground station entrance building at the intersection of [[Fulton Street (Manhattanvcbvcnbvcnbvnvbnvbnvbnvbnbvn)|Fulton Street]] and [[Broadway (New York)|Broadway]] in [[New York City]], above several existing stations.


On-going construction activity is occurring beneath the surface to add connecting tunnels, improve underground passenger flow in existing subway stations, and create entrances corresponding to the new layout.
On-going construction activity is occurring beneath the surface to add connecting tunnels, improve underground passenger flow in existing subway stations, and create entrances corresponding to the new layout.


The project is intended to improve access to and connections between 11 MTA [[New York City subway|subway]] services stopping at [[Manhattan|Manhattan's]] Fulton Street, [[Port Authority Trans-Hudson|PATH]] service and the [[World Trade Center (PATH station)|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.<ref name="cuzzo-1">{{cite newspaper |title=The MTA's Latest Disaster| url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/02282008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_mtas_latest_disaster_99660.htm |publisher=New York Post |last=Cuzzo |first=Steve |date=2008-02-28}}</ref><ref name="cuzzo-2">{{cite newspaper |url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/03052008/postopinion/editorials/subway_pie_in_the_sky_100543.htm |publisher=New York Post |last=Cuzzo |first=Steve |quote= 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. |title=Subway Pie in the Sky |date=2008-03-05}}</ref><ref name="cuzzo-3">{{cite newspaper |url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/05152008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/menace_on_2nd_ave_110964.htm |title=Menace on 2nd Ave. |publisher=New York Post |last=Cuzzo |first=Steve |quote=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.|date=2008-05-15}}</ref> 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 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/091109_1100_cc.pdf |title=Capital Construction, Planning and Real Estate Committee Meeting}}</ref><ref>[http://mta.info/news/stories/?story=91 NEW MILESTONE FOR THE FULTON STREET TRANSIT CENTER] MTA.info website. Retrieved August 18, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/123897/ny1-exclusive--mta-gives-tour-of-fulton-street-transit-center NY1 Exclusive: MTA Gives Tour Of Fulton Street Transit Center] [[NY1]]. Retrieved August 18, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mta.info/news/stories/?story=212 |title=Fulton Street Transit Center Continues to Take Shape | work=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)|MTA.info]] |date=March 21, 2011 |accessdate=2011-03-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ny1.com/content/135986/downtown-transit-center-reaches-half-way-mark |title=Downtown Transit Center Reaches Half-Way Mark |work=[[NY1]] |date=March 21, 2011 |accessdate=2011-03-22}}</ref>
The project is intended to improve access to and connections between 11 MTA [[New York City subway|subway]] services stopping at [[Manhattan|Manhattan's]] Fulton Street, [[Port Authority Trans-Hudson|PATH]] service and the [[World Trade Center (PATH station)|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.<ref name="cuzzo-1">{{cite newspaper |title=The MTA's Latest Disaster| url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/02282008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_mtas_latest_disaster_99660.htm |publisher=New York Post |last=Cuzzo |first=Steve |date=2008-02-28}}</ref><ref name="cuzzo-2">{{cite newspaper |url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/03052008/postopinion/editorials/subway_pie_in_the_sky_100543.htm |publisher=New York Post |last=Cuzzo |first=Steve |quote= 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. |title=Subway Pie in the Sky |date=2008-03-05}}</ref><ref name="cuzzo-3">{{cite newspaper |url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/05152008/postopifddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddnion/opedcolumnists/menace_on_2nd_ave_110964.htm |title=Menace on 2nd Ave. |publisher=New York Post |last=Cuzzo |first=Steve |quote=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.|date=2008-05-15}}</ref> 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 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/091109_1100_cc.pdf |title=Capital Construction, Planning and Real Estate Committee Meeting}}</ref><ref>[http://mta.info/news/stories/?story=91 NEW MILESTONE FOR THE FULTON STREET TRANSIT CENTER] MTA.info website. Retrieved August 18, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/123897/ny1-exclusive--mta-gives-tour-of-fulton-street-transit-center NY1 Exclusive: MTA Gives Tour Of Fulton Street Transit Center] [[NY1]]. Retrieved August 18, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mta.info/news/stories/?story=212 |title=Fulton Street Transit Center Continues to Take Shape | work=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)|MTA.info]] |date=March 21, 2011 |accessdate=2011-03-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ny1.com/content/135986/downtown-transit-center-reaches-half-way-mark |title=Downtown Transit Center Reaches Half-Way Mark |work=[[NY1]] |date=March 21, 2011 |accessdate=2011-03-22}}</ref>


==The proposal==
==The proposal==
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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]]<ref name=EIS>''Fulton Street Transit Center, Final Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Evaluation'', Ch. 3, p. 3-21 {{PDFlink|[http://www.mta.info/capconstr/fstc/documents/feis/chapters/ch03.pdf]|1.73&nbsp;[[Mebibyte|MiB]]<!-- application/pdf, 1819863 bytes -->}}</ref> 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.
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]]<ref name=EIS>''Fulton Street Transit Center, Final Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Evaluation'', Ch. 3, p. 3-21 {{PDFlink|[http://www.mta.info/capconstr/fstc/documents/feis/chapters/ch03.pdf]|1.73&nbsp;[[Mebibyte|MiB]]<!-- application/pdf, 1819863 bytes -->}}</ref> 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.
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The major construction activities of the project include the following:
The major construction activities of the project include the following:
* The [[Fulton Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)|Fulton Street]] station on the [[IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line]] is being rehabilitated.
* The [[Fulton Street (IRT Broadwaybvnvbnbvnbvnbnbvnbvn – Seventh Avenue Line)|Fulton Street]] station on the [[IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line]] is being rehabilitated.
* The [[Fulton Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)|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).[http://www.mta.info/capconstr/fstc/construction.htm]
* The [[Fulton Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)|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).[http://www.mta.info/capconstr/fstc/construction.htm]
* The mezzanine serving the [[Fulton Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|Fulton Street]] station on the [[IND Eighth Avenue Line]], which currently consists of several ramps on either side of Nassau Street, will be straightened.
* The mezzanine serving the [[Fulton Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|Fulton Street]] station on the [[IND Eighth Avenue Line]], which currently consists of several ramps on either side of Nassau Street, will be straightened.
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* A new connection will provide a free transfer between the [[Cortlandt Street (BMT Broadway Line)|Cortlandt Street]] station on the [[BMT Broadway Line]] and the [[Chambers Street – World Trade Center (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|Chambers Street – World Trade Center]] station on the [[IND Eighth Avenue Line]].
* A new connection will provide a free transfer between the [[Cortlandt Street (BMT Broadway Line)|Cortlandt Street]] station on the [[BMT Broadway Line]] and the [[Chambers Street – World Trade Center (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|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.
* 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 [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990|ADA]] compliant.
* The entire complex will be made [[Americans nbvnvbnbnbvnbnbvnnbvnvbnvwith Disabilities Act of 1990|ADA]] compliant.


==Construction progress==
==Construction progress==
[[Image:Fulton-street-transit-center-2010-03-24-2.JPG|thumb|Construction site of the Fulton Street Transit Center as of March 2010. This is at the corner of Broadway and Dey Street.]]
[[Image:Fulton-street-transit-center-2010-03-24-2.JPG|thumb|Construction site of the Fulton Street Transit Center as of March 2010. This is at the corner of Broadway and Dey Streetbbvnvbnvbnvnvbn.]]
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 (BMT Broadway Line)|Cortlandt Street]] and [[World Trade Center (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|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.
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 (BMT Broadway Line)|Cortlandt Street]] and [[World Trade Center (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|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 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.<ref>{{cite news|title="Fulton transit-hub plan collapses, MTA's $900M boondoggle"|last=Gallahue|first=Patrick|publisher=[[New York Post]] |page=3 |date=2008-01-29 |accessdate=2008-01-29 | url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/01292008/news/regionalnews/mtas_900m_boondoggle_681543.htm}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news|title="Fulton transit-hub plan collapses, MTA's $900M boondoggle"|last=Gallahue|first=Patrick|publisher=[[New York Post]] |page=3 nvbnvbnvbnbn|date=2008-01-29 |accessdate=2008-01-29 | url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/01292008/news/regionalnews/mtas_900m_boondoggle_681543.htm}}</ref>


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.<ref>{{cite newspaper |date=2008-03-17 |url=http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_253/somesortofbuilding.html |title=Some sort of building will rise at Fulton, M.T.A. says}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite newspaper |date=2008-03-17 |url=http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_253/somesortofbuilding.html |title=Some sort of building will rise at Fulton, M.T.A. says}}</ref>


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.<ref name="Ward">{{cite web|title=Report of the Directors of the Port Authority |url=http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/nyregion/city_room/20080630_WTCAssessmentBookFF.pdf?scp=2&sq=fulton%20transit&st=cse | publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | date=2008-06-30|last=Ward |first=Chris}}</ref>
In June 2008, [[Chris Ward]], executive director of the [[Port Adfsdfvcvbgbdfxfszdszcxcddvbfbuthority of New York and New Jersey]] prepared a report for [[David Paterson]], governor of the state of New York, reverdfgxvdfsing years of optimism regarding the time and resources required to complete projects related to the reconstruction of the Worldbnvbngfnd Trade Center including the Fulton Transit Center.<ref name="Ward">{{cite web|title=Report of the Directors of the Port Authority |url=http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/nyrnvbnvbnbvnvbnvegion/city_room/20080630_WTCAssessmentBookFF.pdf?scp=2&sq=fulton%20transit&st=cse | publisher=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | date=2008-06-30|lastxvdfgsdfxzcxcvfdhgfnhnbvnvbnbn=Ward |first=Chris}}</ref>


In July 2008, the [[Federal Transit Administration]] announced it would not fund the cost overruns associated with the Fulton Street Transit Center.<ref>{{cite newspaper| date=2008-07-16 | publisher=New York Daily News | quote= 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.|title=Feds to MTA on more hub cash: No way | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/07/16/2008-07-16_feds_to_mta_on_more_hub_cash_no_way-2.html}}</ref> However, the MTA is using [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009|2009 federal stimulus money]] to help fund the project.<ref name="NYT-Jan2009">{{cite news |first=William |last=Neuman |title=M.T.A. Planning to Spend Stimulus on Fulton St. Hub |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/nyregion/30fulton.html |date=2009-01-29 |accessdate=2010-02-07 }}</ref>
In July 2008, the [[Federal Transit Abbvnbvnbnbvnvbdministratinbnvbnbvnbvon]] announced it would not fund the cost overruns associated with the Fulton Street Transit Center.<ref>{{cite nvbnvbnvewspaper| date=2008-07-16 | publisher=New York Daily News | quote= 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.|title=Feds to MTA on more hub cash: No way | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/07/16/2008-07-16_feds_to_mta_on_more_hub_cash_no_way-2.html}}</ref> However, the MTA is using [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009|2009 federal stimulus money]] to help fund the project.<ref name="NYT-Jan2009">{{cite news |first=William |last=Neuman |title=M.T.A. Planning to Spend Stimulus on Fulton St. Hub |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/nyregion/30fulton.html |date=2009-01-29 |accessdate=2010-02-07 }}</ref>


In January 2010, reconstruction of the transfer mezzanine over the [[Fulton Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|Fulton Street station]] resulted in traffic flow changes.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Fulton Street Transit Center Construction Update and Service Changes January 9-11 and January 16-17 |http://mta.info/mta/news/releases/?en=100107-NYCT1 url= |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)|New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |date=2010-01-07 |accessdate=2010-02-07}}</ref> The transfer passageway leading to the [[Fulton Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)|Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line]] station had previously been modified.
In January 2010, reconstruction of the transfer mezzanine over the [[Fulton Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|Fulton Street station]] resulted in traffic flow changes.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Fulton Street Transit Center Construction Update and Service Changes January 9-11 and January 16-17 |http://mta.info/mta/news/releases/?en=100107-NYCT1 url= |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)|New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |date=2010-01-07 |accessdate=2010-02-07}}</ref> The transfer passageway leading to the [[Fulton Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)|Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line]] station had previously been modified.
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*{{NYCS Lexington Brooklyn|time=bullets}} [[Fulton Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)|Fulton Street]] on the [[IRT Lexington Avenue Line]]
*{{NYCS Lexington Brooklyn|time=bullets}} [[Fulton Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)|Fulton Street]] on the [[IRT Lexington Avenue Line]]
*{{NYCS Eighth Cranberry|time=bullets}} [[Fulton Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|Fulton Street]] on the [[IND Eighth Avenue Line]]
*{{NYCS Eighth Cranberry|time=bullets}} [[Fulton Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|Fulton Street]] on the [[IND Eighth Avenue Line]]
*{{NYCS Eighth far south local|time=bullets}} [[Chambers Street – World Trade Center (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|World Trade Center]] on the [[IND Eighth Avenue Line]]
*{{NYCS Eighth far south local|time=bullets}} [[Chambers Street – World Trade Center (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|World Trade Center]] on the [[IND Eighth Avenue Lingdfsgdsfdsfsdfsdfsdfsdfe]]
*{{NYCS Nassau south|time=bullets}} [[Fulton Street (BMT Nassau Street Line)|Fulton Street]] on the [[BMT Nassau Street Line]]
*{{NYCS Nassau south|time=bullets}} [[Fulton Street (BMT Nassau Street Line)|Fulton Street]] on the [[BMT Nassau Street Line]]
*{{NYCS Broadway south|time=bullets}} [[Cortlandt Street (BMT Broadway Line)|Cortlandt Street]] on the [[BMT Broadway Line]]
*{{NYCS Broadway south|time=bullets}} [[Cortlandt Street (BMT Broadway Line)|Cortlandt Street]] on the [[BMT Broadway Line]]
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==References==
==References==
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*[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/23/nyregion/23station.html Over Budget, Fulton Street Transit Hub Faces a Redesign] (New York Times, May 23, 2006)
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/0fdfdsfsdfsdfsd5/23/nyregion/23station.html Over Budget, Fulton Street Transit Hub Faces a Redesign] (New York Times, May 23, 2006)
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/02/nyregion/02fulton.html Shops Near Planned Transit Hub Face Eviction] (New York Times, June 2, 2006)
*[http://www.ndsfdsfsdfdsfdssffytimes.com/2006/06/02/nyregion/02fulton.html Shops Near Planned Transit Hub Face Eviction] (New York Times, June 2, 2006)
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/27/nyregion/27mbrfs-002.html Fulton Street Transit Center Plan Stands] (New York Times, June 27, 2006)
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/27/nyregion/27mbrfs-002.html Fulton Street Transit Center Plan Stands] (New York Times, June 27, 2006)


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*[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/08/nyregion/20070108_FULTON_GRAPHIC.html New York Times animated graphic of layout]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/08/nyregion/20070108_FULTON_GRAPHIC.html New York Times animated graphic of layout]
*{{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?5:3096|IRT East Side Line|Fulton Street}}
*{{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?5:3096|IRT East Side Line|Fulton Street}}
*{{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?6:3126|IRT West Side Line|Fulton Street}}
*{{NYCS ref|http://www.ndsfdsfsdfddsfsycsubway.org/perl/stations?6:3126|IRT West Side Line|Fulton Street}}
*{{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?192:1407|BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line|Fulton Street}}
*{{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?192:1407|BMT Nassau St./Jamaica Line|Fulton Street}}
*{{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?7:777|IND 8th Avenue|Broadway/Nassau Street}}
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Revision as of 03:06, 29 April 2011

This article is about the transit center under construction. For the existing station, see Fulton Street (New York City Subway).
 Fulton Street Transit Center
New York City Subway station complex
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The Fulton Street Transit Center is a $1.4 billion project 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.

On-going construction activity is occurring beneath the surface to add connecting tunnels, improve underground passenger flow in existing subway stations, and create entrances corresponding to the new layout.

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.[3][4][5] 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 2014.[6][7][8][9][10]

The proposal

Stations served by the 2, ​3​, 4, ​5​, A, ​C, ​E​, J​, N, ​R, ​W, and 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. The station will be handicapped accessible.

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[11] 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. bvnbvnbvnvbn The major construction activities of the project include the following:

Construction progress

Construction site of the Fulton Street Transit Center as of March 2010. This is at the corner of Broadway and Dey Streetbbvnvbnvbnvnvbn.

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.[12]

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.[13]

In June 2008, Chris Ward, executive director of the Port Adfsdfvcvbgbdfxfszdszcxcddvbfbuthority of New York and New Jersey prepared a report for David Paterson, governor of the state of New York, reverdfgxvdfsing years of optimism regarding the time and resources required to complete projects related to the reconstruction of the Worldbnvbngfnd Trade Center including the Fulton Transit Center.[14]

In July 2008, the Federal Transit Abbvnbvnbnbvnvbdministratinbnvbnbvnbvon announced it would not fund the cost overruns associated with the Fulton Street Transit Center.[15] However, the MTA is using 2009 federal stimulus money to help fund the project.[16]

In January 2010, reconstruction of the transfer mezzanine over the Fulton Street station resulted in traffic flow changes.[17] The transfer passageway leading to the Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line station had previously been modified.

Above ground structure

In January 2009, the MTA expected that it would receive $497 million in the proposed federal stimulus money which would allow the above-the-ground construction of a building to start.[16][18][19]

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".[20]

Stations

The Fulton Street Transit Center will connect a total of six subway stations, providing a total of eleven services:

References

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ Cuzzo, Steve (2008-02-28). "The MTA's Latest Disaster". New York Post.
  4. ^ Cuzzo, Steve (2008-03-05). "Subway Pie in the Sky". New York Post. 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.
  5. ^ Cuzzo, Steve (2008-05-15). "Menace on 2nd Ave". New York Post. 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.
  6. ^ "Capital Construction, Planning and Real Estate Committee Meeting" (PDF).
  7. ^ NEW MILESTONE FOR THE FULTON STREET TRANSIT CENTER MTA.info website. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  8. ^ NY1 Exclusive: MTA Gives Tour Of Fulton Street Transit Center NY1. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  9. ^ "Fulton Street Transit Center Continues to Take Shape". MTA.info. March 21, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
  10. ^ "Downtown Transit Center Reaches Half-Way Mark". NY1. March 21, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
  11. ^ a b Fulton Street Transit Center, Final Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Evaluation, Ch. 3, p. 3-21 Template:PDFlink
  12. ^ Gallahue, Patrick (2008-01-29). ""Fulton transit-hub plan collapses, MTA's $900M boondoggle"". New York Post. p. 3 nvbnvbnvbnbn. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
  13. ^ "Some sort of building will rise at Fulton, M.T.A. says". 2008-03-17.
  14. ^ "Report of the Directors of the Port Authority" (PDF). Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. 2008-06-30. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help); Unknown parameter |lastxvdfgsdfxzcxcvfdhgfnhnbvnvbnbn= ignored (help)
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  16. ^ a b Neuman, William (2009-01-29). "M.T.A. Planning to Spend Stimulus on Fulton St. Hub". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
  17. ^ "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. {{cite press release}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |http://mta.info/mta/news/releases/?en= ignored (help)
  18. ^ "Project Updates: Fulton Street Transit Center". Lower Manhattan Development Corp. 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  19. ^ "Back on Track: Fulton Transit Center" (PDF). MTA. 2009-06-09.
  20. ^ "The Future Beneath Us : Fulton Street Transit Center". Transit Museum. 2009.
External videos
video icon "What is the Fulton St Transit Center?", Metropolitan Transportation Authority; September 2, 2010; one minute YouTube video clip


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