{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.casey.senate.gov/newsroom/releases/casey-extend-broad-street-line", "Casey: Extend Broad Street Line", "2013-11-22", "2013", "2013-11", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Bob Casey", "C001070", "www.casey.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC- Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) announced that he has sent a letter to Brigid Hynes-Cherin, the Regional Administrator for the Federal Transportation Administration (FTA), urging the agency to begin discussions with stakeholders in the region about extending the Broad Street line by 1.5 miles into the Navy Yard. In his letter, Casey made the case that extending the line further into the Navy Yard would play a role in job creation and economic growth in the area. Additionally, it is estimated that extending the line could increase boardings by 8,000. The Navy Yard currently supports 130 companies and 10,000 workers, and an extended line could increase the economic benefit to businesses and residents.\r\n\u201cIncreasing reliable transportation services is critical to Philadelphia\u2019s present and future economy,\u201d Senator Casey said. \u201cExtending this line would continue to grow the Navy Yard as an attractive place for businesses. This effort will support the thousands of jobs already at the Navy Yard, and could create more.\u201d\r\nThe text of Casey\u2019s letter is below:\r\nMs. Brigid Hynes-Cherin\r\nRegional Administrator\r\nFederal Transit Administration\r\n1760 Market Street\r\nSuite 500\r\nPhiladelphia, PA 19103\r\nDear Regional Administration Hynes-Cherin:\r\nI write to request that you meet with SEPTA, the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 98, the Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades to discuss extension of the Broad Street Line in Philadelphia.\u00a0 This project would provide for the construction of a 1.5-mile subway extension into the Philadelphia Navy Yard.\u00a0\r\nThe Philadelphia Navy Yard is a 1,200 acre, dynamic urban development offering the Philadelphia region a unique and centrally-located business campus with an uncompromising commitment to sustainability.\u00a0 The Navy Yard is home to more than 130 companies and 10,000 employees in the office, industrial, manufacturing, and research and development sectors, occupying 6.5 million square feet of real estate in a mix of historic and new high-performance building construction.\u00a0 Currently, the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation runs a shuttle bus service to two different points on SEPTA\u2019s system which is widely utilized.\u00a0 As the Navy Yard continues to grow, we need to start planning for a long term solution that will provide commuters with direct access to the Navy Yard as part of SEPTA\u2019s subway system.\u00a0 It is my understanding that SEPTA continues to maintain this project as a priority on its expansion planning list.\r\nIn 2007, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission funded a feasibility study (attached) to evaluate the construction and to estimate capital costs, ridership, and economic benefit of extending the subway by way of two stations into the Navy Yard.\u00a0 At the Navy Yard\u2019s full build-out, ridership is estimated at more than 8,000 boardings between the two stations and would attract significantly more riders than the current bus system.\u00a0 Due to the substantially greater ridership generated by the subway extension over the other alternatives, the subway proves to be the most cost effective transit alternative over time, measured in terms of annualized capital and operating costs per rider.\u00a0 As such, I believe that it is time to gather stakeholders to examine ways to further the extension of the Broad Street Line.\u00a0\r\nThank you for your time and consideration regarding my request.\u00a0 Please feel free to contact my staff to schedule such a meeting. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\r\nSincerely,\r\nRobert P. 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