AIANY Testimony to CPC on Bronx Metro-North Station Area Plan

AIANY testimony to the City Planning Commission in support of the Bronx Metro-North Station Area Plan, a proposed rezoning to facilitate mixed-use commercial and residential development adjacent to the new Morris Park and Parkchester/Van Nest transit stations. The proposed zoning action will connect land use and mobility through transit-oriented development. The  changes will create opportunities for higher density mixed-use residential, commercial, and retail development at Parkchester/Van Nest and strengthen the regional medical care and research hub at Morris Park with direct access to regional public transit. By providing access to jobs and housing along the underutilized Amtrak right-of-way with its mostly manufacturing/industrial uses, it will direct development in a way that protects the character of the existing neighborhoods nearby while allowing for growth around the transit stations.