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Application by Reliance Group NY for a new passenger drop off location at 365 Park Avenue South, between East 26th and East 27th Streets at 8:25am, Monday – Friday.
WHEREAS, Reliance Group NY, a commuter bus company, has applied for a new passenger drop off location at 365 Park Avenue South, between East 26th and East 27th Streets at 8:25am, Monday – Friday; and
WHEREAS, The Port Authority Bus Terminal currently operates beyond capacity and cannot support the current bus rider demand; and
WHEREAS, In recent years Community Board Five has been inundated with a large number of applications for the curbside pickup and drop off of passengers within its District; and
WHEREAS, When possible, CB5 wishes to cooperate with applicants who serve a growing need for passengers traveling into and out of Manhattan; and
WHEREAS, CB5 endeavors to minimize the impact of the curbside passenger pickup and drop off activity of intercity buses in the District by limiting such activities to appropriate locations; and
WHEREAS, The Applicant, Reliance Group NY, operates commuter buses between New York and New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, The Applicant has been contracted by OurBus, a new bus brokerage company, to operate a bus route to and from Kendall Park, New Jersey, making a series of eight stops within Community Board Five; and
WHEREAS, This particular application is for one passenger drop off on Park Avenue South, between East 26th and East 27th Streets each weekday at 8:25am; and
WHEREAS, The proposed location is not a particularly busy street; and
WHEREAS, The proposed location has a wide sidewalk that can accommodate a small queue of people; and
WHEREAS, New York City Transit currently uses this location for 94 total pickups and drop offs each weekday; and
WHEREAS, The Applicant's buses hold a maximum of 55 passengers; and
WHEREAS, The Applicant's proposed addition of one more drop off at that location with a maximum of 55 passengers will not create a large queue of people on the sidewalk and should not be overly burdensome, therefore be it
RESOLVED, Community Board Five recommends approval of this application by Reliance Group NY for a new passenger drop off location at 365 Park Avenue South, between East 26th and East 27th Streets at 8:25am, Monday – Friday; and further be it
RESOLVED, Community Board Five calls on DOT to engage the Manhattan community boards and the intercity bus operating companies in a master planning process for the siting of on-street intercity bus stops, with consideration given to possible locations beyond the west midtown area where nearly all of these buses currently operate.