Bus Stations

White bus pulling up to sidewalk bus station in Berkeley, California.

Berkeley Bus Bench Activists Shame City Into Action

Two residents are building and placing wooden benches at bus stops that lack seating. The city has replaced at least one with a permanent bench.

February 1, 2024 - Next City

Greyhound bus station in Houston, Texas next to street with light rail tracks.

Greyhound Leaves Downtown Houston

The bus company is moving to a smaller station farther from the city center.

December 1, 2023 - Houston Chronicle

One-story Greyhound bus station in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Greyhound Abandons Stations at Travelers’ Expense

As the company shutters stations, passengers are left without shelter, basic amenities, and often farther from central cities and transit connections.

November 27, 2023 - Streetsblog USA

Workers in yellow safety vests installing a bus station shelter in Houston, Texas.

Houston Adding New Bus Shelters

Metro plans to add 2,000 new shelters at bus stations in the next five years.

November 12, 2023 - Mass Transit

Bus Station Design Concept

Increasing the Ambition for an Atlanta-Area Express Bus Lane Project

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority recently proposed ambitious station design concepts to supplement the Georgia Department of Transportation's plans for a 16-mile express bus lane system on Ga. Highway 400.

March 25, 2021 - Urbanize Atlanta

New Bus Station

Roanoke Finds a Planning Work Around to Approve New Transit Station

With Planning Commission approval in hand, the Roanoke City Council will soon consider a controversial proposal for a new transit station in the city's downtown.

November 11, 2020 - The Roanoke Times

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Revealed: Plans for Makeover of the World's Busiest Bus Terminal

The Port Authority Bus Terminal, described as the busiest bus terminal in the world, is due for a makeover, due to its "ragged" appearance and importance to the economy of the New York and New Jersey.

May 24, 2019 - Politico

Express Bus Station Features Prominently in Colorado Express Lanes Project

Bustang, the interregional bus service launched by the Colorado Department of Transportation in 2015, will have a station in the middle of Interstate 25 as part of a $350 million plan to add toll lanes between Johnstown and Fort Collins.

May 7, 2019 - The Coloradoan

New Transit Center Coming to Cincinnati's Northside Neighborhood

The Cincinnati City Council this week approved zoning change to allow for the construction of a transit center at the second busiest bus transit hub in the city.

April 19, 2019 - CityBeat

Greyhound Station

Greyhound as an Urban Place

Like train stations, Greyhound stations can be tolerable urban places- or they can be another example of suburban sprawl.

June 27, 2016 - Michael Lewyn

Seattle Bus Rain

Art at Seattle Bus Stops Only Appears When It's Raining

Seattle celebrates a transit project with public art that plays to the city’s strength: rain.

May 11, 2016 - CityLab

Denver Opens New Union Station Bus Terminal to Great Expectations

Denver's Union Station Bus Terminal opened over the weekend, the latest step in its ongoing transformation into a hub of intermodal activity as well as a bridge between the contemporary and the historic.

May 14, 2014 - Denver Business Journal

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