PORT AUTHORITY BUS TERMINAL
REPLACEMENT PROJECT
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
February 1, 2024
Port Authority Bus Terminal Replacement Project,
City of New York, New York County, New York
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
and
Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation
Submitted by:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
and
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ)
In cooperation with:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
MTA New York City Transit
NYC Department of Transportation
NYC City Planning Commission, City Council
With participation from:
Federal Highway Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Interior, Office of
Environmental Policy and Compliance, NYS Department of Transportation, NYS Department of
Environmental Conservation, NJ TRANSIT, NJ Department of Transportation, NJ Turnpike Authority
NYC Department of Environmental Protection, NYC Mayor’s Office of Environmental Coordination, NYC
Department of City Planning, Manhattan Community Board 4, Manhattan Community Board 5, New
York Metropolitan Transportation Council, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
Pursuant to:
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. § 4332), related statutes (23 U.S.C. § 139, 49 U.S.C. §
303, and 23 U.S.C. § 138), and regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508, 23 CFR Part 771, and 23 CFR Part 774)
and, as applicable, with the guidelines and methodologies established under the New York State
Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA, NY ENV’T CONSERV. LAW Article 8 and 6 NYCRR Part 617)
and New York City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR, Mayor's Executive Order 149 of 2011 and 62
RCNY Chapter 5. including methodologies described in the CEQR Technical Manual).
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Michael Culotta, Acting Regional Administrator
Federal Transit Administration, Region II
Date
1/23/2024
Steven Plate, Chief Major Capital Projects
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Date
The FTA and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) prepared this Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (DEIS)
and Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation for the Port Authority Bus Terminal Replacement
Project. The FTA is the lead Federal Agency and the PANYNJ is the local project sponsor and joint-lead
agency for this project.
In the DEIS, FTA and PANYNJ evaluated two alternatives, the No Action Alternative and the Locally
Preferred Alternative. FTA and PANYNJ conducted a comprehensive alternatives development and
screening process that identified these alternatives for analysis in the DEIS. The Proposed Project, identified
as the Locally Preferred Alternative, would replace the existing Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan,
New York with a new Main Terminal, a Storage and Staging Facility (SSF; also referred to as the West
Adjunct in the Final National Environmental Policy Act Scoping Information Packet), and associated ramp
infrastructure (collectively, the ”Replacement Facility”). To accommodate the new Main Terminal, a
portion of West 41st Street would be permanently closed between Eighth and Ninth Avenue. Two decks
over below-grade portions of Dyer Avenue and the Lincoln Tunnel Expressway would be constructed to
facilitate construction-period bus operations. These two decks, referred to as the “Dyer Deck-Overs,”
would be converted to publicly-accessible open space following completion of the Replacement
Facility. The Replacement Facility would be accompanied by private development to assist with funding.
The Replacement Facility, conversion of the Dyer Deck-Overs to publicly accessible open space, and
private development are referred to collectively as the Bus Terminal Replacement Project (the ‘Proposed
Project’).
This DEIS describes the potential social, economic, and environmental effects that may result from the
Proposed Project. Where adverse impacts are identified, potential measures to mitigate those effects are
described. The Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation documents the Proposed Project in terms of its compliance
with the requirements of Section 4(f).
The DEIS and Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation are available for public review at the Port Authority Bus Terminal
Replacement
Project website: www.pabtreplacement.com. Comments on this DEIS are due by
March
18, 2024. Written comments may be submitted in hard copy via mail to: The Port Authority of New York
and New Jersey, World Trade Center, 150 Greenwich Street, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10007; Attention:
Elizabeth Rogak, electronically via e-mail to PABTReplacem[email protected]v
, through the project
website (www.pabtreplacement.com) and via voicemail at (929) 502-7304.
MICHAEL L CULOTTA
Digitally signed by MICHAEL L CULOTTA
Date: 2024.01.24 10:47:36 -05'00'
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Following the public comment period, FTA and PANYNJ intend to issue a single document that consists of
the Final EIS and Record of Decision (ROD) consistent with 49 U.S.C. § 304a(b) unless FTA determines that
statutory criteria or practicability considerations preclude issuance of such a combined document.
The following persons may be contacted for additional information concerning this document or to
provide written comments:
Donald Burns
FTA Director of Planning and Program
Development
FTA Region II
One Bowling Green, Room 428
New York, NY 10004-1415
Phone: (212) 668-2170
Email: FTAregion2@dot.gov
Raymond Tomczak
FTA Community Planner
