Abahambi kwiSikhululo sePenn. (Ifoto ngu-Allison Joyce / imifanekiso ka-Getty) Abakhweli abaninzi bezohambo bayaphoxeka kukuba isindululo esithunyelwe ngomnye wabaphuhlisi benkulumbuso yaseNew York ukuhlawulela ulwakhiwo lokuvula kwakhona iHilton Corridor endala zange samkelwe yiHolo yeSixeko. I-Vornado Realty Trust, ibithembise ukuvula i-Hilton Corridor ngokutshintshisa umahluko wokwahlula indawo ekwakhiweni kwesakhiwo esiphakamileyo seofisi kwi-7th Avenue nakwi-32 Street.
Kude kube lixesha elithile kwii-1970s, i-Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) kunye neNew Jersey Transit (NJT) abakhweli abaphuma empuma ePenn Station babenendlela ethe ngqo ephantsi komhlaba eyaziwa ngokuba yiHilton Corridor. Yayisaziwa ngokuba yindledlana yeGimbels. UGimbels wayengumqhubi omkhulu kaMacy eHerald Square. Ivenkile yavalwa ngo-1986. Le ndlela yokuhamba izinzile. Likhonkco elingaphantsi komhlaba elilibalekileyo phakathi kwePenn Station kunye neHerald Square. Yayikhe yangumlinganiso wabahambi ngeenyawo abangama-800 ukubonelela ngonxibelelwano lwangaphakathi kwi-34th Street Herald Square IND kunye ne-BMT yangaphantsi, kunye nesitishi sePATH. Ukuqhubela phambili, bekukho indlela ehamba ecaleni komhlaba engaphantsi komhlaba eqala kwisitalato i-34, esihamba nge-6th Avenue, esiya ngasemantla njenge-42nd Street. Uninzi lwaluyiphepha imvula nekhephu ngale ndlela ingaphakathi.
Zombini iipaseji zavalwa kumashumi eminyaka eyadlulayo, ngenxa yemicimbi yezokhuseleko. Ukuba iphinde ivulwe namhlanje, abakhweli be-Amtrak kunye neNew Jersey Transit kunye ne-LIRR abakhweli banokuba nokunxibelelana ngokulula komhlaba kwi-Broadway N, R & Q kunye ne-6th Avenue B, D, F & M imigca engaphantsi kwendlela kunye nePATH, kunokuhamba ngaphandle kwistrato kuzo zombini iimeko zemozulu ezingathandekiyo kunye noxinano olukhulu lwezithuthi.
Ngokusebenzisa umgaqo ongaphantsi okanye ukuhamba, abakhweli banokufikelela ngokuthe ngqo eMidtown nase-East Side Manhattan ecaleni kweBroadway, 6th Avenue, 42nd, 53, 59th okanye 63rd Street corridors, ezinikezelwa yimizila emininzi engaphantsi kwendlela kunye nezitishi. Kutheni ulinde i-LIRR ukubonelela ukufikelela eManhattan midtown eastside ngeGrand Central Terminal? Ishedyuli yamva nje yokufumana kwakhona iprojekthi ye-MTA ye-Eastside Access ifuna ukuba kuvulwe inkonzo yengeniso eluntwini eqala ngo-2019.
Iyadanisa ke into yokuba ipaseji endala yaseHilton, ebikade inikezela ngeendlela zokuhamba zamawaka abakhweli beyure ezingasasetyenziswanga emva kweminyaka emininzi.
Isindululo seVornado sokuvula kwakhona nokwandisa ipaseji ukusuka kwezinye iindawo apho uncipha ukuya kwi-9 yeenyawo yangena kwi-50 yezigidi zeedola. Ukuguqula ubude bebonke ukuya kwi-15 leemitha ububanzi kunokuxabisa ngaphezulu kwesinye isixa esiyi- $ 100 yezigidi. Oku kubonakala ngathi kukutyala imali efanelekileyo kuphuculo olubalulekileyo olunokunceda amawakawaka abakhweli bezothutho. Mhlawumbi i-MTA iyakuthathela ingqalelo ukongeza le projekthi kwisiCwangciso seNkunzi sika-2014-2018, ekusafuneka samkelwe yiAlbany. UDiogenes ukhangela igosa lokuqala loluntu okanye ilungu leBhodi ye-MTA ukuba lithethe phandle ngale projekthi.
ULarry Penner ubhala rhoqo ngemicimbi yezothutho kunye neziseko zophuhliso.
