Train Station
Feasibility Studies
Jenkintown-Wyncote
Glenside
PARKING GARAGE GRANT.
Congressman Chakah Fattah (second from left) presents SEPTA and Cheltenham
Township officials with an $836,000 federal grant to fund engineering and
design of a proposed parking garage at the Glenside Train
Station. Township officials worked with SEPTA, Montgomery County
and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission to complete a
feasibility study last year for a three and one-half story garage featuring
at least 385 parking spaces and 10,000 square feet of retail space. In
addition to improving public transportation by increasing parking for SEPTA
riders, the proposed garage would serve the township’s economic development
goals by expanding retail space. On hand for the recent presentation at the
Glenside Train Station platform were (left to right) John McGee, SEPTA Chief
Officer of Ridership/Marketing;
David G. Kraynik, Township Manager; Ruth Littner Shaw, Cheltenham Main
Street Manager; Harold Lichtman; Cheltenham Economic Development Task Force
Chair; Andrew B. Furman, SEPTA Parking Administrator; Commissioner Paul R.
Greenwald, Board President; Bryan T. Havir, Assistant Township Manager and
Commissioner Robert C. Gerhard, Jr., representing Glenside.
Final Glenside Rail Development Plan (pdf file), prepared by Hillier Architecture
Jenkintown-Wyncote Station Parking Garage Feasibility Study
A third public meeting was held on Thursday, June 2, 2005, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Curtis Hall, locater at Church Road and Greenwood Avenue in Wyncote. Since the last public meeting, the Steering Committee and the consultant team continued to refine the Feasibility Study Report based on public input and ideas.
Final Report (PDF File)
A Public Meeting on the Jenkintown-Wyncote Station Parking Garage Feasibility Study was held on Thursday, September 30, 2004, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Curtis Hall, located at Church Road & Greenwood Avenue in Wyncote. Members of the consultant team Hillier Architecture and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission made presentations. For more information, contact Leo Bagley, Montgomery County transportation section chief, at 610-278-3746.
A Public Meeting on the Jenkintown- Wyncote Station Parking Garage Feasibility Study was held on Thursday, June 17, 2004 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Curtis Hall, located at Church Road & Greenwood Avenue in Wyncote.
Participants heard about a possible structured parking garage at the station & how to participate in the study process.
For more information, contact Leo Bagley at 610-278-3746.
Glenside Rail Station Feasibility Study
A public meeting on the Glenside Train Station Feasibility Study was held on Monday, April 19, 2004, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Glenside Hall, Keswick Avenue and Waverly Road in Glenside.
Previous Meetings
The second workshop for the
Glenside Station Area Planning Study was
held on Monday, March 24, 2003, at 7:00 p.m. at the Glenside Hall at
Keswick Avenue and Waverly Road in Glenside. Nearly 100 members of the
public attended and
evaluated five development proposals.
The first public workshop for the Glenside Station Area Planning Study was held on Monday, February 3, 2003, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Glenside Hall at Keswick Avenue and Waverly Road in Glenside.
At the workshop, residents and business owners had the opportunity to review design concepts for the parking garage and the Glenside Station area, hear about the ongoing engineering and market research studies, learn more on how to participate, and discuss the project with members of the project team.
Click here to view the slide presentation from the workshop.
Click here to see the public concerns raised at the workshop.
The major improvement under study includes the construction of a parking garage at the Glenside Station. An implementation plan for enhancing economic vitality and the revitalization of the Glenside commercial district is also being developed as a part of this study. The railroad station is an integral part of the commercial district. Thus, this study seeks to combine the station planning and revitalization efforts into a single project.
The Glenside Station Parking Garage Feasibility Study is a joint effort of the Montgomery County Planning Commission, Cheltenham Township, and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), in cooperation with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC). Its goal is to propose an economic revitalization strategy for the commercial district through the redesign/renovation of the Glenside Station and the adjacent historic Roberts Block
The Glenside Station is located at the northwest corner of Glenside Avenue and Easton Road. The planning/commercial revitalization component of the study will focus on seven acres of combined public and private lands surrounding the Glenside station. This area includes the existing station area as well as the three blocks bounded by Ruralside Avenue, Mt. Carmel Avenue and Easton Road. The privately owned lands within the project area include a series of architecturally significant buildings known as Roberts Block.
For more information on this important transportation improvement project, please contact Leo Bagley of the Montgomery County Planning Commission, at 610-278-3746.