The rail upgrade will be the most important developement to Schenectady in decades. It would be the best bang for the buck.
I wish they would do it right though and build it over on Broadway near the Lottery building and connect it to the existing parking garage.
You actually have a very good idea -- the station can be built pretty much anywhere along the rail line in Downtown Schenectady -- the best site would be the huge parking lot on Broadway (thus it could connect with the parking garage) and that would give more than enough room for an Multi-Modal facility (train, bus, etc). The original Schenectady train station was up on Crane Street, then it was on Broadway (where the parking lot is across from the former Goldstock's building) and then of course the big old station on the Erie Blvd side of those same tracks. |