Visioning the Future of NYC’s Future Transportation Infrastructure

Crains New York released the article NYC Crossroads that along with Crossroads Underwriters Anthem and the Partnership for New York City (PFNYC) presented a vision of the “remaking of New York City’s transportation infrastructure for the next generation,” along with commentary by people working in related sectors. NYC Crossroads touches upon a wide range of topics from the city’s subway system, bus terminal, airports, and use of city roadways. Although some of the ideas are future dream projects, others are already under way, but the need to push forward sooner rather than later has become more critical since as pointed out by Meeri Joshi, the deputy mayor operations for New York City, “New York’s Hustle and bustle is part of its charm; but over the past few years, it’s verged from charming to overwhelming, as the ways we get around — and all the stuff we allocate our limited street space to — have proliferated on the streets built for horse and buggy,” from personal vehicles, ride share, bike share, scooters, mopeds, delivery trucks, buses and more; as well as outdoor dining structures, and containerization to name a few. The push for green initiatives has already begun to spur change such as the growing use of the NYC Ferry service and the Citibike program which continues to break ridership volume records; and in 2022, the Port Authority started an innovation hub dubbed iHub, enabling weekly opportunity for employees to “peer-review tech pitches and then pitch the ideas to the leaders of the agency,” with iHub approval secured for more than 30 projects of which 15 have been executed.

Source:    https://www.crainsnewyork.com/transportation/nyc-transit-updates-prioritize-aging-subway-rails-buses

Source:    https://www.crainsnewyork.com/transportation/ny-airports-billion-dollar-terminal-upgrades