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Re: Push to Replace Port Authority Bus Terminal |
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Posted by kcram3500 on Wed Mar 18 12:21:45 2015, in response to Re: Push to Replace Port Authority Bus Terminal, posted by northshore on Wed Mar 18 11:09:19 2015. The original terminal was designed at a time when all the buses that would use it were no larger than 35 feet long, 96 inches wide, and 10 feet tall. The first 40-foot GMC Old Looks in NY/NJ were a year away, and the Scenicruiser was 4 years away.Now there are 102-inch wide buses of all types, 45-foot coaches on all levels, artics on the second floor, and buses ranging from 10'5" (transits with roof AC) to 11'5" (MCI D-series) in the upper floors, and as high as 11'9" (J4500) or 12'3" (Prevost H-series) downstairs. There are space, clearance, and maneuverability issues today that simply did not exist in 1950. A new terminal would also not want to have higher levels because that could lead to access issues (requiring more spiral ramps/steeper angles) and that adds rain/winter traction concerns. So a new building would need to be larger in floorplan area. The current 1.5 blocks could conceivably need to be 2 or even 2.5 blocks to handle the current load and current bus size, but also allow for future expansion without major disruption. |
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