New Port Authority Bus Terminal
Manhattan Future Gateway
H. Yang (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
H. Smidihen – Mentor (TU Delft - History, Form & Aesthetics)
G. Koskamp – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Design of Constrution)
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Abstract
New York City is the most cosmopolitan city with great influence in the world, but the transportation problem has always been its urgent task. The Port Authority Bus Terminal, located at the entrance of the most congested tunnel in NYC, Lincoln tunnel, is the largest bus station in the nation and the busiest in the world. However, it shows the strong contradiction between mobility and infrastructure facilities now. How can a bus terminal in NY Midtown meet the existing need and adapt to changes of new mobilities that may arise in the future? The design of the New Port Authority Bus Terminal aims to reorganize regional transportation to improve transport efficiency and cater for the future development of new mobilities. It could also provide a possibility to the current and potential future problems in metropolitans as NYC: the mismatch of the infrastructure buildings’ design and the new citywide mobility.