Review Proposed Design Of New Manhattan and Roosevelt Island Tram Stations - Attend Community Presentation On August 2 To Provide Your Feedback
During the July 26 Operations Committee Meeting of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) Board of Directors, a design presentation was made for the proposed new Roosevelt Island Tram Manhattan
and Roosevelt Island Stations by BL Company's Maria Wilpon.
Among the proposed design elements for the stations is a low red canopy for the waiting area providing protection against harsh weather elements such as rain and cold - the area can be heated during the winter months and sliding glass doors that will open for the arriving Tram cabins but will be closed during all other times. There will also be an opening between the sliding doors and canopy to provide air circulation for the waiting area.
The full presentation is below with the proposed floor plans including increasing the number of turnstiles for the new stations and enlarging the waiting area. You can follow the entire presentation by listening to the Operations Committee web cast.
Tram Station Improvement Presentation
There will be a special community presentation of the proposed Tram Station Design on Monday, August 2nd, 5:30 PM at the Manhattan Park Community Center (8 River Road). Representatives will be present to answer questions.
7 comments :
When will it be completed?? The trains are overflowing!
Will the elevator in the Manhattan station be renovated? The previous one was quite terrible...
The best would be if it be made bigger, or if there could be two elevators...
The elevators at the Manhattan Tram Station will not be renovated during these improvements.
Am told by RIOC that they hope to be able to do that in the near future.
Hopefully we will get an explanation this coming week.
Nicolas, why do we need two elevators? Yes, I agree the current one is a tad too small but only for some of the customers with oversized wheelchairs (and I've met only one guy who falls into this category).
The rest of us can either wait or take those stairs on the side. An additional elevator would be a waste of money.
The buses are designed to handle 2 wheel chairs
MTA buses are configured to hold more than 1 wheelchair also but no subway station has more than one elevator (and those break down a lot more often than the tram station's).
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