The Port Authority, with Governors Pataki and DiFrancesco, announced last week that it aimed to open a temporary PATH station at the World Trade Center site within 24 months. The PA also said it expected to re-open the Exchange Place PATH station, an important transit portal to the Jersey City waterfront office district, within 18 months. 

The PA board will also authorize $10 million to plan a permanent downtown PATH station, and an additional $10 million to plan World Trade Center site development options. A press release issued by Governor Pataki said the PA board was committed to integrating new PATH facilities with New York City subways, buses and ferry infrastructure. Some planners looking at the reconstruction of lower Manhattan have called for two downtown PATH stations, one serving the World Trade Center/World Financial Center area and one further east, near Wall Street and the Fulton Street subway.

Keeping the Region Moving
(Oct. 8, 2001)

Rebuilding Downtown Will Factor in Region's Transit Plans (Oct. 1, 2001)

Attack's Aftermath: Impacts and Opportunities (Sept. 24, 2001)

Port Authority Reaffirms Capital Program (Sept. 24, 2001)

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