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(1) from intro:
"While overall ridership on intercity buses recovered to about 90% of 
pre-pandemic levels last year, the industry has seen both ups and downs 
so far in 2024. On the down side were a bankruptcy and the potential 
closure of Chicago’s bus terminal; positives have included route growth,
 increasing state and federal support and collaborations with Amtrak. 
Read on for these and other developments in intercity bus transportation in 2024.


(2) From first article:
What do you think will be the long-term solution for bus stations?

[The] long-term goal should be to use public transportation centers as bus terminals.

What we’ve seen so far is working very well to the benefit of local residents and local economies. Like in Boston’s South Station, it’s working well, and the city is investing further and upgrading that [terminal]. And also last year we moved into Los Angeles Union Station.

It’s also important [that] states extend support for bus terminals and public transportation centers. Almost all airports are regulated and, in many cases, managed by state authorities, maybe in a public-private partnership. We expect a similar setup going forward for the public transportation centers, where it is regulated and ideally managed by states, and where we provide purely bus operations. Ideally, that’s the long-term goal.



(3) The report mentioned in the second article below is at link below:
2024 Outlook for the Intercity Bus Industry in the United States
The Chaddick Institute’s Annual Intercity Bus Review
February 6, 2024  




Here’s how US intercity bus lines are doing in 2024

While one company CEO sees “robust growth,” another major operator declared bankruptcy, and states have entered the picture to increase service.

Published Sept. 6, 2024
Dan Zukowski  Senior Reporter

Some 50 million people relied on intercity bus travel in 2023, estimates Joseph Schwieterman, director of the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development at DePaul University. That’s more passengers than Amtrak carried that year, and unlike the federal government-owned railroad, most bus lines are privately held and often family-run.

While overall ridership on intercity buses recovered to about 90% of pre-pandemic levels last year, the industry has seen both ups and downs so far in 2024. On the down side were a bankruptcy and the potential closure of Chicago’s bus terminal; positives have included route growth, increasing state and federal support and collaborations with Amtrak. Read on for these and other developments in intercity bus transportation in 2024.



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