By Jason-Laughlin/Philadelphia-Inquirer/March-1-2018
The process of building Camden a better transit hub got an assist this week from $2 million in federal money that will help design an upgrade for the Walter Rand Transportation Center.
The money will pay for preliminary design work, said Dan Keashen, spokesman for Camden County.
About 9,000 people a day use the transit center at Broadway and Martin Luther King Boulevard, traveling by PATCO, the River Line, and NJ Transit buses. The Rand is the nerve center of South Jersey’s public transportation services and is situated amid significant development from Rowan University and Cooper University Hospital. It is also a makeshift shelter for the city’s homeless during the day and a hotbed of drug activity. Camden County officials see redeveloping the Rand as a key element in revitalizing Camden.
