2018 MTA Verrazzano Shared Use Access Study

Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Shared Use Access Study Final Report Aug 2018

August 2018. *Only released December 2020 after years of FOIL requests by Streetsblog.

2013 Feasibility Study

MTA Contract #PSC-13-2935: Development of Master Plan and Conceptual Design of Upper Level Approaches and Belt Parkway Connector Ramps at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge RFP
August 2013
TS-1 Scope of Services (beginning page 90)
Phase I: Master Plan, Project 1: Bike Lane (page 101)

Parsons Brinckerhoff Technical Proposal Excerpt, October 2013
In response to the August 2013 RFP, Phase I: Master Plan, Project 1: Bike Lane

Testimony

Harbor Ring Chair Paul Gertner’s official testimony at the MTA Transportation Reinvention Commission Conference on July 17, 2014

Plans, History, Information

MTA: “Looking Ahead: A Context for the Next Twenty Year Needs Assessment,” July 2013
Provides background information for
MTA Twenty-Year Capital Needs Assessment 2015-2034
Planning for the Future: Bicycles (pg 117 of document; 123 of pdf)
“Particular areas where MTA needs to consider bike accommodation include:
Greater bike accessibility on MTA Bridges & Tunnels crossings, including the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (MTA has announced plan to evaluate the feasibility of installing a bike lane)”

Transportation During and After Hurricane Sandy
Rudin Center for Transportation, NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, November 2012
Recommendations (page 31):
“Evaluate the deployment of bike & pedestrian access across the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge: With many Staten Island residents stranded without gas to power their cars, the ability to walk or bike across the Verrazzano Bridge would allow them to reach locations with existing transit resources.”

Verrazzano Pedestrian/Bicycle Access: Planning/Design Investigation
1997 NYC Department of City Planning Study
Findings:

  • This segment of the Greenway is critical to the success of the East Coast Greenway, as the link between Long Island, New York, New Jersey, and New England
  • Any proposed access alternative would be well used given the growing commuter market between Staten Island and Brooklyn, the need for access between the Brooklyn and Staten Island Gateway National Recreation area, other significant visitor attractions and major employers
  • All four alternatives are found to be feasible, ranging widely in costs and benefits.  All alternatives could be safe, secure, linked to other Greenways and would not impact vehicular traffic.