Posts tagged Greyhound
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National links: Greyhound terminals close, leaving riders on the street
Greyhound opts for curbside pickup and dropoff as it closes bus terminals across the US. Paris looks for solutions to mitigate urban heat and the impacts of climate change. How hurricanes are displacing working- and middle-class homeowners in Florida. Keep reading…
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Worldwide links: Los Angeles Olympics, 2024?
Los Angeles wants the 2024 Olympics and says it can do the job for cheap, Greyhound is looking for a new lease on life, and in Georgia, voters just lost their chance to decide whether to fund MARTA expansion. Check out what’s happening around the world in transportation, land use, and other related areas! Olympic Trials: It costs a lot to host the Olympics, and recently most… Keep reading…
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The Silver Spring Transit Center is finally open
After years of delay and budget overruns, the Silver Spring Transit Center finally opened yesterday. Keep reading…
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Everywhere you can get on intercity transit in America, in one map
This map, from the American Intercity Bus Riders Association, attempts to show all the major intercity transit routes in America. It includes Amtrak, Greyhound, and several other bus carriers. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Atone
The mind is the root of bike hate; Memorial gets too much life; Goodbye, Greyhound terminal; PG wants more TOD; Inaugurate freedom for DC; Trees aren’t whole story; Railgate to the Metrodome; Paris wants genuine residents; And…. Keep reading…
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Union Station Intermodal meeting recap
Dan from BeyondDC, Ralph of Sierra Club DC, reader Steve P., and many others attended the Union Station Intermodal Transportation Center public meeting last night. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, who secured the three Federal earmarks that are paying for this project, spoke briefly about the many years she’s been working on this in Congress. Union Station was once “a… Keep reading…
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Union Station Intermodal Transportation Center meeting tonight
DDOT is conducting a study “analyze the feasibility and impact of creating enhanced access to multiple modes of transportation at Burnham Place, Union Station and the surrounding transportation network.” There’s a public meeting tonight from 6-8 pm at the Columbus Club at Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Ave NE. Keep reading…
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Greyhound terminal may move to Union Station
New York’s bus terminal has its own subway stop and is a block from Times Square. Boston’s is in (one of) its downtown railroad stations. Philadelphia’s is right downtown. Meanwhile, DC’s bus terminal is in a forlorn (for now) area several somewhat sketchy blocks’ walk from Metro and Union Station. DC is the only city I know of where the Chinatown buses… Keep reading…