Elevator World

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com PENN STATION’S POSSIBLE REDESIGN REVEALED FOR NYC New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has released new reconstruction options for revitalizing Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan, New York YIMBY reported on April 24. The proposals, part of the suggested Empire Station Complex, reveal a massive undertaking by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Amtrak and NJ Transit to unify all three concourses into a fresh, modern space designed by FXCollaborative and WSP. The existing Penn Station serves 600,000 passengers daily, but the redesign will accommodate a future influx of customers using both the existing Penn Station and the upcoming Penn Station expansion. The state projects ridership to grow to 830,000 daily by 2038, about 54% of whom will be MTA customers using the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North and the subway. Another 42% percent will be NJ Transit customers, with th