Business View Magazine | September 2020

123 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2020 NI AGARA FRONT I ER TRANSPORTAT ION AUTHOR I TY our escalators.” NFTA is one of the only transit authorities in the United States that has almost as many escalators as they do rail cars, and each new escalator costs more than $1 million per unit. George adds, “We’re focused on improving our base infrastructure and maintaining our facilities, whether it’s upgrading our pump stations or fixing something cosmetic, like tiles in our stations, we’re committed to our state of good repair.” NFTA has also taken a strong initiative in preserving their heritage through redevelopments, including the revitalization of their historic DL&W Terminal in the Cobblestone area of Buffalo, which is next to the KeyBank Center, home of the National Hockey League’s Buffalo Sabres. The DL&W Terminal has served as a maintenance hub for NFTA’s rail operations, and the track shed still stands with 60,000 square feet of space on the second level that is going to be re-energized through commercial