Port Authority promises fixes at NYC bus terminal
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NEW YORK (AP) — A replacement for the aging and outdated Port Authority Bus Terminal may be a decade or more away, but officials at the agency said Wednesday they plan to improve commuters' daily experience with a series of smaller measures while rethinking a long-term capital plan to include a new facility.
The 64-year-old terminal has been the focus of increasing criticism in recent months, particularly from some New Jersey lawmakers who have said their constituents in the northern part of the state are tired of long wait times, an over- or under-heated waiting area, leaking ceilings and spotty wireless service.
The terminal handles about 220,000 passenger trips per day. This week, one of those passengers was newly appointed Port Authority chairman John Degnan, who rode the bus from New Jersey to get a firsthand look and pronounced the experience sorely lacking. During a committee meeting Wednesday, Cedrick Fulton, the agency's head of bridges, tunnels and terminals, called the terminal "functionally obsolete in almost every way imaginable."
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