THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Planning Commission
rejects bus station locale
By Rebecca Short
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER I ras967@psu.edu
The recommended location for a new
downtown bus terminal was rejected
yesterday by the State College Planning
Commission, after it determined that
the Garner Street location would not
benefit the community.
Synergy Real Estate Corporation, a
consultant hired by the borough, recom
mended in early February that the
northwest corner of the Garner Street
and East Beaver Avenue intersection as
the site for the new bus terminal.
The new terminal would replace the
current Greyhound Bus station, 152 N.
Atherton St., which has to relocate
because of Penn State's plans to further
west campus development.
Proximity to students and Centre
Area Transportation Authority (CATA)
bus route accessibility were the com
mission's two top priorities when dis
cussing an alternative for the Garner
Street site.
"Students are the primary users,"
Borough Planning Director Carl Hess
said. "I think those [CATA bus routes]
are critical in getting people to the bus
depot."
Traffic congestion, air quality and
financial capabilities of the borough
were among the concerns discussed.
"Garner Street is already congested
and is the most expensive site," Plan
ning Commission member Donald
Hahm said.
Hess said the Planning Commission
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Many students take the bus home for holiday breaks and weekends to visit family
or friends. State College Borough Council is considering different locations for a new
terminal. The current Greyhound station is located at 152 N. Atherton St.
was looking for a location that was ben- Ryan, also an Earth and Mineral Sci
eficial for the community that was also ence department research assistant,
fiscally possible. said the diesel emissions given off by
Members of the Planning Commis- the buses were classified as "primary
sion also discussed and rejected two emissions," which means people imme
other sites because of their downtown diately breathe in the fumes from the
locations: the corner of High Street and tailpipe of the bus.
East College Avenue and the corner of "It does affect the local population,"
West College Avenue and North Ather- he said. "Put it somewhere so you don't
ton Street. expose a whole lot of people."
Planning Commission member Bill Planning Commission member Ron
Ryan said one of the reasons he elimi- Madrid said he would like to revisit a
nated the three downtown sites was few sites that had been previously elim
because of diesel air pollution. Mated in the northeast part of campus.
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"They're more or less centered Goreham, also the committee chaii
around Beaver Stadium," he said. "It's for the project, said the locations that
closer to the dorms on that side of cam- would be best suited for economic
pus anyway" development, such as the downtown
Madrid added that most of the sites locations, were also the least user
were on CATA routes. friendly.
Borough Council member Elizabeth "It's not a harmonious linkage," she
Goreham said that when Synergy was said. "They have to be uncoupled."
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