New York New Visions, a collaboration of architecture, planning and design organizations convened by the Regional Plan Association after September 11^th has crafted a plan for a new "Greenwich Street South" neighborhood, bordered by Liberty Street and Battery Place, Broadway and West Street. The plan, still in early stages, contains ambitious ideas to manage bus parking, create open space and ease traffic jams.

Commuter buses from across the region create a big traffic and parking problem in lower Manhattan, because they don’t have dedicated parking areas. One solution suggested at the event is construction of a state-of-the-art bus storage facility for 160 buses, although the multi-level vehicle lifts envisioned have only been used for smaller vehicles. Pedestrian improvements on Washington Street, pedestrian bridges across West Street, and extensions of Edgar and Morris Streets to West Street are also elements in the proposal.

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