Big plans for Newark Liberty

摘要

HOK recently collaborated with the New York Building Congress on a report outlining ambitious enhancements to transform Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) into an airport city. Recognising the potential for airports to offer the speed, accessibility and mobility critical to today's globalised economy, cities across the globe have begun actively pursuing large-scale, mixed-use developments directly adjacent to airports. A key component of these airport-centred urban economic regions or "airport cities" is their direct connection to the central business district through regional rail. Successful examples of airport cities around the globe include Singapore Changi, Amsterdam Schiphol and Frankfurt and Munich airports in Germany. In almost all cases, airport cities benefit from the unique and powerful confluence of transportation modes and the shifting global mindset of businesses. Metropolitan New York City has no such airport. None of the city's three main airports have direct connections to regional rail, nor do they enjoy the benefits of a true airport city. A recent report by HOK and the New York Building Congress outlines a way to remedy that. The HOK-NYBC proposal imagines a new headhouse for Newark Liberty located just east of the airport. This new headhouse would attach directly to the Northeast Corridor (NEC) rail line, the nation's most heavily used rail system.