WTC site damage assessment map, Sept 21, 2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Environmental Impacts

Measures would be taken to minimize impact to on wildlife and surface water bodies, to maintain the water quality of the Lower Hudson Reach. As a result, no significant direct impacts to critical habitat would be anticipated during the construction or operation of the project alternatives.

3.3 TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC

Lower Manhattan has an extensive transit network, including 15 subway lines and 21 subway stations [Figure 3-8). Twelve routes serve the segment between Lower Manhattan and Midtown. Nine of these routes serve the segment between Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. Four routes (1, 6, 9 and E) terminate in Lower Manhattan. Lower Manhattan is only indirectly served by commuter rail service. Commuter rail passengers arriving at Penn Station or Grand Central Terminal in midtown Manhattan, Jamaica Station in Queens, or Flatbush Avenue Terminal in downtown Brooklyn, must transfer to the subway in order to reach final destinations.

Lower Manhattan is served by 11 local and express bus routes, private express buses from the outer boroughs, and privately funded jitney service. The New York DOT operates a high- volume passenger and vehicle ferry service fi-om Staten Island to a terminal at South Ferry. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey maintains a ferry terminal at the World Financial Center and the New York DOT maintains a ferry terminal at Pier 11 on the East River. Both of these terminals are maintained for the provision of ferry services to Lower Manhattan from Brooklyn and New Jersey by private operatioris. The World Trade Center was provided service by the following transportation resources:

Table 3-3 Summary of Transportation Methods, Routes, Locations in the Vicinity of the WTC Disaster Area Subways/Trains .fr?}^SBnS;SfQp5:Yl :-9'*X.Shnttles> Ferries PATH to New M9 Free Downtown South Feny Jersey Alliance Shuttle to South Seaport and ■ Historic Battery Park A South end at Albany Belvedere and North Staten Island Ferry Street End Avenue C West End at One West and Murray Wb^:. ill Financial Center Street Terminal E line station at Marriott World Trade Brooklyn Army WTC closed Center Terminal to the Whitehall Ferry Terminal

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