Centro HUB Construction:
50% Completed

Construction on The Centro Hub is nearing the 50% completion point.  Crews are busy now putting up steel for what will eventually be a 53,000 square foot canopy that will cover the passenger loading area.  When complete, the Hub will feature 22 passenger loading bays and an enclosed passenger waiting area that will include a customer service desk, public restrooms, electronic bus departure information and automated bus pass vending machines. The Centro Hub is scheduled to be open to the public in the first quarter of 2012.

Animated video of The Centro Hub when completed
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Construction Underway:

Demolition Underway:
Construction to Begin in December on new Transfer Hub facility

Demolition is now underway to knock down the existing buildings at the site of Centro's future Transfer Hub.  Crews will spend about a month demolishing the former Red Cross facility at the corner of Adams, South Salina and South Warren Streets paving the way for construction to begin on the facility in December. 

The new Transfer Hub will feature an enclosed waiting area, 22 weather protected bus boarding bays and a Centro information center.  Construction is expected to take about a year with the facility scheduled to open for business in the first quarter of 2012.

Syracuse, NY- Centro held a public information meeting on the design of its new transfer hub on Monday September 13, 2010. The meeting was held at the SUNY Oswego Metro Center in the Atrium in downtown Syracuse from 4pm -6pm. Design of the transfer hub has reached 60% of completion. New renderings included in the presentation are linked below.

Transfer Hub Public Meeting Presentation and Renderings

Read and watch the news coverage of the event on 9wsyr.com

Final Piece of Funding in Place for New Centro Transfer Hub

Centro Executive Director Frank Kobliski discusses the impact of an $8.5 million federal grant for Centro’s new transfer hub as Congressman Daniel Maffei and Senator Charles Schumer look on.

Syracuse, NY – The final piece of funding is now in place ensuring that construction will soon begin on Centro’s new bus transfer hub in downtown Syracuse.

     The U. S. Department of Transportation has awarded the Central New York Regional Transportation Authority (Centro) $8.5 Million as part of its Bus Facilities Livability grant program.  The grant ensures that all the money is now in place for the project.

     The new transfer hub will be located at a site bounded by South Salina St., East Adams St., and South Warren Sts.  It will feature an enclosed waiting area for customers, weather protected bus bays for passenger loading and bus pass vending machines.  The new hub will replace Centro’s current Common Center transfer point at the corners of Fayette and Salina Streets.
    
Construction on the new transfer hub will begin later this fall after remediation and demolition of the existing building is completed.  The new hub is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2012.
    
Federal Transportation Administration Administrator Peter Rogoff, U.S Rep. Dan Maffei and U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announced the grant at a news conference in Syracuse.
    
Centro’s grant is the fourth largest in the Livability program nationwide; only New York, Chicago and Stamford, CT had transportation projects that received more money.

Centro unveils plans for future Transfer Hub

Centro has unveiled plans for its future Transfer Hub to be located at the corner of South Salina, Warren and Adams Streets.  The design features and enclosed climate-controlled waiting area, 22 route-specific bus bays that will make transferring between buses easier for customers, electronic LED displays that will indicate the route and departure time of the next bus, and a bus loading area that will be weather-protected.

The new facility will serve mainly as a transfer location.  Centro will continue provide service to the Central Business District in downtown Syracuse and all of its major employers.

Construction is set to begin in Fall 2010. 

The design team includes Centro, QPK Design, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Robson Woese Inc., and Fisher Associates.

Click here for Images of the projected Transfer Hub.

Centro's New Transfer HUB:
A Work in Progress

Syracuse, NY- The CNYRTA is moving forward on its plan to build a new transfer hub in downtown Syracuse. The Authority received Federal Transit Administration approval of the proposed site bounded by South Salina St., South Warren St., and Adams St. - which is about two blocks south of the existing Common Center. The next steps to secure ownership of the property and solicit proposals for design and construction are already underway.

"We are extremely pleased to clear this hurdle in the process and to move this process along," said CNYRTA Executive Director Frank Kobliski. "We are thankful for the efforts of Congressman Jim Walsh, who has helped secure about 40% of the funding for this important project.

The new facility will feature a semi- enclosed area to shelter transit passengers from Central New York's winter weather as they wait for buses. The design will also make it easier and safer for Centro customers to transfer between bus routes as they will no longer have to cross busy streets. The new location will help reduce traffic congestion in the downtown corridor as bus line ups will occur off the street. The transfer hub is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2012.

Centro Working Towards New Transfer Location

The The CNYRTA is beginning the development of a new facility to replace its main transfer hub in downtown Syracuse. This important project began with an assessment of fourteen potential sites in the central business district (CBD). The assessment, over a several-year period, included, but was not limited to, the following criteria:

• Customer needs
• Ability to maintain CBD access by all routes
• Impact on Centro service from a time / cost perspective
• Financial impact - capital and operating costs
• Impact on traffic patterns
• Safety
• Retail impact
• Environmental impact

The site selected for the new transfer hub which will best meet the needs of riders and the community-at-large is bounded by Adams, Warren and Salina Streets, a few blocks south of the current location.

“We are looking to build a transfer center that will provide our customers with protection from the elements and at the same time be an easier and safer transfer point,” said CNYRTA Executive Director Frank Kobliski.

The CNYRTA held two public information sessions in December, allowing residents opportunities to discuss the project with CNYRTA officials. The sessions were well attended and the overwhelming response from the public was in favor of moving the transfer location. Additional information sessions were conducted with community groups over the next few months with the same positive responses.

“I have a daughter who is visually impaired, as well as having a mobility problem and it concerns me when she is crossing the street down there,” said Darlene Retchless who identified herself as a frequent Centro rider. “So this is one great, big, positive move.”

The next step in the process is to perform an environmental evaluation of the site and then begin the design and engineering process. The cost is expected to be between $12 million and $13 million.

“We’re early in the process, but we hope to have the center ready by the end of 2009,” said Kobliski. “It’s time to move. We need to reduce the congestion on Salina Street and eliminate the need for our customers to cross a city street to transfer between buses.”

Initial plans for the new center include amenities such as an ATM and a newsstand.