Bus Terminals

Covered bus parking at Chicago Greyhound station with two white intercity buses.

Chicago Considers Buying its Greyhound Station to Save it From Redevelopment

The intercity bus terminal is a 15-minute walk from Chicago’s Union Station, served by Amtrak, and five minutes from a CTA Blue Line station.

March 15, 2026 - Smart Cities Dive

Entrance to Port Authority Bus Terminal with glass doors and sign in midtown Manhattan, New York City.

NYC Secures Funding for Midtown Bus Terminal Replacement

The aging Manhattan transit terminal, the world’s busiest, will receive a $10 billion revamp and expansion.

December 10, 2024 - Bloomberg CityLab

Close-up of Welcome to Chicago sign with Greyhound bus company logo in downtown Chicago, Illinois bus terminal.

Chicago Bus Travelers Could Lose Downtown Terminal — and Winter is Coming

As the loss of intercity bus services and stations continues, Chicago could become the largest city in the developed world without a major downtown bus terminal.

November 13, 2024 - NPR

Art Deco Greyhound bus terminal in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.

How Disinvestment and Hedge Funds Are Dismantling the US Intercity Bus System

The most affordable form of long-distance travel is being jeopardized as riders find themselves literally kicked to the curb.

May 13, 2024 - Daily Kos

Vacant vintage Streamline Moderne blue and white Greyhound station in Jackson, Tennessee

Intercity Buses Face Station Closures and Labor Shortage

The closure of many former Greyhound bus terminals is making intercity bus travel more inconvenient for the riders who depend on it.

March 2, 2023 - Smart Cities Dive

Megabus

Philadelphia's Intercity Bus Riders Are Getting Shortchanged

Despite the popularity of intercity bus services, most users have to wait on unshaded sidewalks with none of the amenities of traditional bus depots.

October 6, 2021 - Philadelphia Inquirer

A Bygone Bus Terminal in Midtown

Christopher Grey remembers the Greyhound Bus Station that used to be located in New York's Midtown. Demolished and forgotten, it never provoked the outrage that arose over the destruction of Penn Station.

November 9, 2011 - The New York Times

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.

Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold

The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.

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