Letter: Only a New Penn Station Will Do

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Re "Fixing Penn Station Without Rebuilding It" (Op-Ed, nytimes.com, Oct. 2):

Robert W. Previdi outlines some excellent short-term measures that would make Penn Station more functional. But these steps wouldn't add meaningful capacity to the station, and therefore don't address the severe overcrowding that several hundred thousand users of the station confront every day.

Equally important, because the station is so grim, the neighborhood around Penn Station is now the least appealing part of Midtown. These things can be fixed only through a fundamental redesign and expansion of the station.

The decision by the New York City Council in July to provide Madison Square Garden with a new, 10-year permit should be the beginning of that rebuilding process. The railroads and the state and city should now collaborate to expedite plans for a new Penn Station that can meet the needs of the city and the Northeast for generations to come.

If done right, a new Penn Station will be a project that reorients our city and region to address the transportation and economic development challenges of the next century. Our two organizations are committed to working together to help make that happen.

VIN CIPOLLA
ROBERT D. YARO
New York, Oct. 2, 2013

The writers are the presidents of, respectively, the Municipal Art Society and the Regional Plan Association.

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