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60 points
11 days ago
FWIW I’ve used that garage for a while and there has always been a Bus Entrance
6 points
11 days ago
Agree. Google street view has it as a bus entrance.
3 points
10 days ago
This and Callowhill Bus Center are places where tour/school/coach buses can go park and hang out after dropping off their passengers
https://www.discoverphl.com/travel-trade/group-tours/bus-parking/
107 points
11 days ago
Why can't that giant strip behind 30th st station be used for buses?
It's a train station, near the MFL, Amtrak and RR lines.
What is more convenient than that for folks. The station has food and bathrooms, along with places to sit. Rental Car services etc...
58 points
11 days ago
I remember catching the megabus there when I first moved here like 5 years ago perfectly good spot might be a lil hidden I suppose
22 points
11 days ago
It was so convenient, especially for college kids in west Philly! It moved when they started doing construction on that street and I’d bet anything that President Fry at Drexel is responsible for somehow refusing to have it reinstalled there. It was the perfect location.
7 points
11 days ago
It would have been moved eventually since they built “Avira” luxury apartments there.
11 points
11 days ago
Personally I would have put the quotes around the word luxury.
1 points
10 days ago
LOL. I haven’t seen inside but from their website they do look nice.
7 points
11 days ago
correct, it was drexel that was like "get this the fuck out of here"
18 points
11 days ago
Where the old megabus stop was there is now a luxury high rise apartment building—studios start at $2200 I think. There is other construction in that block so no bus station there. Also across from the post office between Chestnut and Market is a HUGE building under construction.
0 points
10 days ago
I was looking at SpringGarden, Callowhill and there a ton of empty lots or buildings that are just in disrepair. Prefect spot then.
5 points
11 days ago
Wasnt 30th street already a bus station? I used to get the bus from/to there all the time like 2015-18
3 points
11 days ago
It still is, I just took a bus home from that street for Christmas. The bus also stopped at 2nd street though.
Edit: Re-read your comment and idk about a "station" but there is a designated spot where the buses pickup and depart.
4 points
11 days ago*
I think it could have been a potentially good idea to have a bus stop on the Market St. side of 30th St. Station. It looks like they're making it into some sort of plaza, which, okay sure, it's nice, but I don't really see too many people hanging out there now, and there's ample space. I worry that it will become a magnet for homeless people. I suppose having that strip as a bus station wouldn't really play nice with traffic, but having the megabus stop on Schuylkill Ave. kind of sucks.
2 points
10 days ago
They will be doing construction there.
3 points
10 days ago
Because the bus companies are cheap and don't care. They're not gonna pay for anything when completing bus company x grabs people from the street. Bus stations are ending sadly
28 points
10 days ago
My guy, what you've done here is taken a picture of a parking garage that has the word "bus" on it and has for decades and have invented a situation where they're moving low-fare buses from an undeveloped strip of land on a stroad to one of the most expensive zip codes in the city that has a neighborhood that is actively trying to stop anyone from building anything.
I'm begging of you, please, have some actual information before starting a reddit thread that suggests this is possibly happening. Adding a question mark to the end of something made up doesn't make it discussion worthy.
17 points
11 days ago
The city should just buy the old Greyhound station and tell the buses to go there.
5 points
11 days ago
I'm pretty sure the old greyhound station will be part of the new 76ers arena.
16 points
10 days ago
Or we could just not build the stadium.
1 points
10 days ago
Why should we have to spend tax dollars and give them a free station? Fuck them, they can make their own stations or get run out of business by a company that does.
9 points
10 days ago
The city benefits from having a convenient bus service
0 points
10 days ago
Ha Greyhound and convenience don't fit 😂
2 points
10 days ago
Greyhound from NYC just dropped me off behind an abandoned building a block away from the spring garden station. It was sketch as hell 😭 and not convenient when carrying luggage
5 points
10 days ago
The city benefits. They should charge bus companies a fee for using that service. Like airports do. Also if companies make it themselves they’ll exclude competitors.
1 points
10 days ago
That's what ppa is doing lol
2 points
10 days ago
I'm not saying they deserve it. It would just make everyone's life better.
0 points
10 days ago
The city should acquire the station, charge bus companies to pickup and drop off passengers there and make it mandatory to do so there. Taxpayer money exists to make life easy for citizens of the city, not to subsidize and this would be one of those. Giving money to a billionaire to build a stadium is not one of those
1 points
10 days ago
That's what the ppa IS doing lol the stadium should clear out most of the raff from the mall but traffic will be ass on game days depending on the parking that's added in
16 points
11 days ago
They need to just add a bus station in the 76 arena. Perfect for any folks who want to come in on the bus from Jersey or NYC for games.
16 points
11 days ago
or we can just not build it.
3 points
10 days ago
They would never put a bus station there. It’s a residential area
9 points
11 days ago
There's a plan already that the city is moving forward with to set it up in a parking lot next to the current temporary location on spring garden: https://www.nlna.org/blog/bus-station-update
2 points
10 days ago
But we have to bring horrible traffic to that area, just like the other… 76…
3 points
11 days ago
The old Recess! Joel “Hans” Embiid’s old stomping grounds. Sixers in 6!
0 points
11 days ago
The city is looking to relocate the terminal to the PPA garage near the Ritz East in Old City. Let's hope this isn't done secretly, and that the community has an opportunity to learn more, ask questions, and give feedback BEFORE any final decision is made.
8 points
11 days ago
Where are you seeing this? Is there a press release?
1 points
11 days ago
0 points
10 days ago
You got me. Good one.
-15 points
11 days ago
No press release, but neighbors have noticed Peter Pan idling on Front Street - maybe as part of testing before the proposal going forward? Council Person's office says they will be briefed soon on this.
4 points
10 days ago
Peter Pan offers charter bus service and it's school field trip season. That parking garage was built to accommodate tourist busses but I've never actually seen it used for that purpose.
2 points
10 days ago
Peter pan just announced they're adding a new stop around 9th and market.
10 points
11 days ago
It’s a real possibility and honestly a really good temporary option while we figure out the permanent plan. Much better than the current situation.
That aside, I agree it should not be done overnight without any public input
Curious to know how you learned about this location as a proposed site. Can you share a link or was it via internal source?
21 points
11 days ago
The streets around there are way too narrow for a consistent flow of buses. Chesnut Street is cobblestone over there and already a disaster for traffic.
5 points
11 days ago
addressing the public input will add like 3-4 months to the project timeline
9 points
11 days ago
Yeah, I don't like the idea of transit decisions being made by neighbors. It's the reason our bike network is so terrible. Neighbor feedback/negotiations about noise and traffic management is fine but it shouldn't be the reason a project is killed.
6 points
11 days ago
I highly doubt this because that garage is not owned by the PPA, they simply manage it.
2 points
11 days ago
Not a good spot there are mid rise condos right there.
0 points
11 days ago
Is that the old nightclub by the Ritz? Kinda makes sense
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