Parsons Brinckerhoff to evaluate Babylon transportation

Parsons Brinckerhoff has been awarded a contract by the Town of Babylon to conduct an Alternatives Analysis for Route 110 within the towns of Babylon and Huntington in Suffolk County, New York. The purpose of the study is to evaluate transportation demand in the Route 110 corridor, manage congestion, maximise environmental benefits and enhance economic competitiveness.
November 24, 2014 Read time: 2 mins

 4983 Parsons Brinckerhoff has been awarded a contract by the Town of Babylon to conduct an Alternatives Analysis for Route 110 within the towns of Babylon and Huntington in Suffolk County, New York. The purpose of the study is to evaluate transportation demand in the Route 110 corridor, manage congestion, maximise environmental benefits and enhance economic competitiveness.

The analysis will build upon previous studies, including Suffolk County executive Steven Bellone’s Connect Long Island Plan and the Suffolk County Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Feasibility Study, to select a locally preferred alternative to advance to project development and review by the 2023 Federal Transit Administration (FTA).

The Connect Long Island Plan envisions growing regional employment centres and walk-able mixed-use transit-oriented developments linked by the Long Island Rail Road, as well as high-quality north-south mass transit connections.

The Route 110 corridor is home to corporate headquarters, major technology firms, educational institutions, research facilities, and retail centres and employs approximately 10 per cent of Long Island’s workforce. However, the corridor’s future success is currently at risk as traffic volumes and congestion continue to increase, its sprawling auto-centred development patterns become less attractive to employers and residents and competition from other business centres and corridors in the region continues to grow.  

Parsons Brinckerhoff will provide overall project management for the Alternatives Analysis and will lead the transportation planning and engineering, conceptual design, development of financing strategies, economic analyses, and public outreach components of the project. The firm will also be responsible for quality assurance/quality control activities and coordination with the FTA.

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