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If CTA is pulling 175 buses (and just as many drivers) off the streets and their schedules to shuttle conventioneers, how can such NOT affect regular service? The other contrast is the neighborhood. In 1996 the city did a huge amount of cleanup in the area to show the convention attendees...

Another challenge is that they tend to get placed in areas which aren't always the greatest for economic development around them. Take the current Greyhound station in Chicago, for example, in what was once a sort of isolated industrial area. So, there really was nothing much around there...

If I recall correctly, for the 1996 DNC, CTA borrowed buses and drivers from other cities to maintain service levels, locally, while also providing special contracted charter service for the convention attendees. On a side note, I'm wondering where they will fly President Biden and Vice...

Here's a news piece on the situation. On my bus home tonight, I saw a service notice which encouraged riders systemwide to pay attention tp notifications and expect the unexpected in service changes next week.

I think the real concern in Chicago is staffing....and impressions. All the more so since delegates are being encouraged to visit 40 some neighborhoods rather than spending all their money and time downtown. This is, definitely, not a centralized convention, with even McCormick Place and the...

Columbus, a major city, looks so so sad. I was surprised this Spring, when visiting Indianapolis for the eclipse, that I couldn't get back to my neighborhood Airbnb (near a university) on the bus I took for sightseeing downtown because it was a quarter after 9 on a Sunday night. I had to Uber...

There are LOTS of regional bus services in the Chicago area, often to nearby smaller cities in Illinois and neighboring states, from O'Hare and Midway. Some even serve areas like suburban Woodfield Mall, as they are primarily shuttling college students to their university towns from their...

I like this analogy. But, I think it's a bit more like the airline bailout. I suppose that this needs to be viewed in terms of an urban infrastructure investment, which can benefit the city more than just the businesses which will use it. Though, I suppose the city could also fight back a...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-09/chicago-s-struggling-transit-system-gets-ready-for-the-dnc

San Francisco/Bay Area

Also Clark/Lake. But, point well taken. When these stations were built in the 1940s the societal situation was different, as well as how and why people rode transit. Though there is an L station two blocks from Union Station, perhaps no one ever thought of connections people might make there...

A wonderful piece of writing, solid journalism, filled with character from real world passenger perspective. It, definitely, paints a certain picture and viewpoint (which I'm not convinced is accurate to the whole, but definitely represents a significant element of the intercity bus riding...

Don't do it!!!! Other AU members will warn you about meeting me in person when visiting Chicago. I'm likely to lead you on one of Tim's Tours. You've met me once before, at a Gathering. Think twice about making that mistake again. :p But, if you must: meet someone else. From personal...

Fortunately, better research as to what money losers sports stadiums are for local governments, coupled with more aware citizenry, is starting to change this. In Chicago, the Sox and Bears are both begging for public money again. No one's biting at their bait. Conversely, Chicago...

To a certain extent, I think the bus station can be an economic driver. Not to the extent as an airport, obviously. But not as an afterthought/public necessity, either. How many people is it bringing to Chicago? How many Chicago area residents does it serve? How can the bus station be...

What's happening with the O'Hare Bus Center? Earlier this year, the city moved all regional bus operations from the bus center to the Multi Modal Facility: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/doa/provdrs/dbata/news/2023/may/05122023.html And the city was also sheltering migrants in the bus...

CTA has just completed an 80 million dollar new L station. The estimate for purchasing and updating the current Greyhound intercity station is 40 million. What will it cost the city to acquire and build at another location new? The challenge is to see how a bus station is or can be an...

I disagree with this assessment. And I think Megabus proved otherwise, at least for a little while. Customers of bus services can be people who are, simply, looking for an affordable option in travel. They might be trying to get places which aren't easily served by airlines. I have met...

I view it like a family business getting passed down to the kids. One kid gets the business. The other gets the land and the building. The kid who gets the latter cashes in by selling off. The business has to move or close. Basically the same sort of situation here with the operations and...

The Sun Times editorial https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/08/08/greyhound-bus-station-west-loop-kicked-out-intercity-travel-editorial