LANSDALE — Plans for a parking garage to be built by SEPTA behind the Lansdale Train Station were unveiled to the public Wednesday night, and the transit agency wants to hear what the public thinks.
“We’d like to gather your input. It completely matters to us. This is growing into a great partnership, and I think it’s something that will benefit Lansdale, it’ll benefit SEPTA, and it’s important that we’re ready to help Lansdale along with their revitalization efforts,” said Jeff Knueppel, SEPTA’s deputy general manager.
Knueppel led a team of officials including architects and engineers in showing off plans for a four-story, brick clad garage to be built atop much of the current SEPTA parking behind the Lansdale station, with a pedestrian bridge running over the nearby railroad tracks to connect with the nearby Madison Parking Lot and development projects currently underway there.
Speaking to an audience of several dozen Lansdale residents and borough officials, Knueppel outlined the results of user surveys and supply studies that show the demand is already there for such a garage, and will only grow over the next few years.
The station currently sees just shy of 1,400 riders get on trains during the typical week day, and the agency projects that number to grow to nearly 1,600 per day by 2019. Seventy-five percent of those rail riders get to the Lansdale station by car, according to survey data, and the areas that contribute the top total traffic include Lansdale and several surrounding townships. Hatfield, Towamencin, Lower Salford, and Hilltown are the top sources of riders, who often start as drivers to the station.
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“We’d like to gather your input. It completely matters to us. This is growing into a great partnership, and I think it’s something that will benefit Lansdale, it’ll benefit SEPTA, and it’s important that we’re ready to help Lansdale along with their revitalization efforts,” said Jeff Knueppel, SEPTA’s deputy general manager.
Knueppel led a team of officials including architects and engineers in showing off plans for a four-story, brick clad garage to be built atop much of the current SEPTA parking behind the Lansdale station, with a pedestrian bridge running over the nearby railroad tracks to connect with the nearby Madison Parking Lot and development projects currently underway there.
Speaking to an audience of several dozen Lansdale residents and borough officials, Knueppel outlined the results of user surveys and supply studies that show the demand is already there for such a garage, and will only grow over the next few years.
The station currently sees just shy of 1,400 riders get on trains during the typical week day, and the agency projects that number to grow to nearly 1,600 per day by 2019. Seventy-five percent of those rail riders get to the Lansdale station by car, according to survey data, and the areas that contribute the top total traffic include Lansdale and several surrounding townships. Hatfield, Towamencin, Lower Salford, and Hilltown are the top sources of riders, who often start as drivers to the station.
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