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Bus route service changes to take eff ect in March: MTA
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
CMOHAMED@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
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Beginning March 27, the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority
(MTA) will implement
bus route service changes to and
from JFK Airport to accommodate
construction at Terminal 6.
The bus route changes will remain
in effect until construction
at the impacted area is completed
in 2026, according to MTA representatives,
who provided a brief
overview of the JFK Airport Redevelopment
Plan at the Community
Board 13 Transportation Committee
meeting on Thursday, Feb. 10.
“The current bus stop at Terminal
6 needs to be relocated to adjust
for the upcoming infrastructure
at the terminal. We are working
closely with the MTA, community,
and elected officials to ensure that
everyone is aware of the work at
the airport,” said Rachelle Antoine,
community outreach manager of
the JFK Redevelopment Program.
“We are looking at a $20 billion project
happening in southeast Queens.”
There are four MTA bus routes
that currently serve JFK Airport:
the B15, Q10 Local, Q10 Limited and
Q3.
These four routes currently stop
near Terminal 5, but that stop will
be removed and relocated.
The B15, Q10 Local, and Q10 Limited
will now terminate at the Lefferts
Boulevard AirTrain Station,
according to Matthew Kroll, transportation
planner for the MTA. The
Q3 will instead stop at Terminal 8
and then continue to the Lefferts
Boulevard AirTrain Station, along
the service road.
For commuters who take the B15,
Q10 Local or Q10 Limited to Terminal
5, they will have to get off at the Lefferts
Boulevard AirTrain Station,
where there is free entrance to the
station. The AirTrain stops at every
terminal.
If commuters are traveling to the
north or south service roads via the
B15 or Q10, they can transfer to the
Lefferts Boulevard Station and take
the AirTrain one stop to Federal
Circle, and transfer to a free Port
Authority shuttle bus.
Another option for commuters
is to take the Q3 bus at the Lefferts
Boulevard Station and travel to the
service road.
To accommodate the extension of
the bus route service changes and
more commuters, the MTA will add
additional buses to the Q3 bus line
during the weekday and weekends
when the project begins.
“Once this project is completed,
and it’s a bit of a long-term project,
we will take all the buses back to
their original routing, and a transportation
hub will be developed
at the Central Terminal Area providing
space stops for each of the
buses,” Kroll said.
The bus stop will return to the
Central Terminal Area in 2026.
Customers can expect to see
signage on buses, bus stops and the
MTA’s website.
The proposed bus route service changes to and from JFK Airport.
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