DEIS: Public transit concerns; Bus impacts

BUS IMPACTS

Draft EIS states:

Truck and bus loading and operation of service vehicles have been removed from public streets The Bx13 bus uses eastbound East 162nd Street to southbound River Avenue, westbound East 161st Street, and southbound Jerome Avenue to return northbound to Ogden Avenue. The Bx6 bus travels eastbound and westbound on Macombs Dam Bridge and East 161st Street.

The NYCT Bx13 (Ogden Avenue-W. 181st Street) bus uses eastbound East 162nd Street to complete its southbound Ogden Avenue route to southbound River Avenue, westbound East 161st Street, and southbound Jerome Avenue to return to northbound Ogden Avenue. The bus could divert one block to the north upon closure of East 162nd Street so that instead of turning right onto eastbound East 162nd Street from Jerome Avenue, it would turn right onto eastbound East 164th Street to southbound River Avenue, and continue along the original route back to northbound Ogden Avenue.

Response:

New bus routing will need to be worked out as a result of this project. But with the re-routing, additional improvements should be made to allow these buses to better serve the stadium and stadium going fans. The bus loading area should include a bus area for NYC Transit buses to unload stadium-going passengers. This would also permit NYC Transit to have the ability to run special express buses from the farther reaches of the city (such as Staten Island or Brooklyn) to give these people another way to get to the games without needing to drive.