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Under new regulations passed by Albany last month, curbside bus companies must now go before community boards hotels in orange beach before receiving a permit from DOT. Greyhound and Peter Pan, jointly launching service to Philadelphia from Chinatown, are among the first to navigate the new process. The bus companies are facing stiff opposition from neighbors before a community board committee vote next week.
The expansion of intercity transit wouldn t come down to community-level fights if capacity limitations at the city s transportation hubs were addressed. hotels in orange beach In the meantime, buses will continue to be kicked to the curbs.
The Port Authority Bus Terminal, where commuter buses have shouldered the demand that the rail system cannot, hotels in orange beach is operating beyond its capacity, with riders facing mounting delays that show no sign of dissipating .
Now that the Port Authority has filled up, New Jersey Transit hotels in orange beach is considering using Midtown streets as loading zones for its commuter buses. Chinatown-based intercity bus operators have long offered curbside service; competitors owned by major carriers have joined them in recent years.
A new state law allows the city to regulate curbside pickups, giving the practice some added legitimacy. Instead of expanding capacity at existing hubs, New York has converted its streets into its latest bus terminal.
The newest gate  may arrive on Essex Street near Canal Street, next to Seward Park. Moving hotels in orange beach in after competitors were shut down by U.S. DOT , Greyhound and Peter Pan are proposing 14 arrivals and 14 departures daily. Before beginning service, the bus companies must go before Community hotels in orange beach Board 3 s Transportation Committee, which is navigating the permit process for the first time and is expected to take up a resolution next Tuesday. The vote is advisory, not binding.
The carriers hotels in orange beach are requesting a six-month permit , instead of the longer three-year option, so that immediate concerns can be addressed when it comes up for renewal. The bus companies are  facing opposition  from residents who don t want a curbside pick-up zone next to their neighborhood park. CB 3 District Manager Susan Stetzer said it s not yet clear if the community board can attach conditions to its vote on the permit, such as provisions for trash collection or waiting hotels in orange beach areas, but that she would look to DOT for guidance.
Meanwhile, other cities are moving hotels in orange beach to shift curbside pickups to terminals. hotels in orange beach Boston , for example, banned curbside pickup and required intercity bus operators to use available capacity at South Station's bus terminal. Philadelphia constructed a new pick-up/drop-off terminal and waiting area for buses. Washington, D.C. , is consolidating its intercity bus service at Union Station after passing curbside bus regulations as an immediate first step.
In its 2009 Chinatown hotels in orange beach Bus Study , NYC DOT cited D.C.'s curbside regulations as a model for the legislation that was passed in Albany this year . However, the report acknowledged the limits hotels in orange beach of curbside regulations. Curb space is extremely limited, it said, and there are not enough spaces for each company to obtain a permit.
While DOT cited a permanent bus terminal in the Chinatown area as a long-term goal, the report hotels in orange beach threw cold water on the idea of expanding terminal capacity in Chinatown or elsewhere saying,  At present it is not possible for NYC to construct new facilities.
The report also provided a history hotels in orange beach of the Port Authority and George Washington Bridge bus terminals, which were built to consolidate the proliferation of private terminals hotels in orange beach and curbside pick-ups that were blocking traffic and contributing to the general congestion. The new terminals were a solution.
Today, hotels in orange beach there are a number of low-cost improvements that could help meet the demand for commuter and intercity transit, such as expanding the bus lanes across the Hudson hotels in orange beach River. hotels in orange beach But ultimately, more capacity is needed for both rail and buses. While the ARC Tunnel has been revived as the Gateway Project , relief is years away. New development on the West Side has provided funding for the 7 train extension, but nothing for the Port Authority or Penn Station.
I m always amazed that NYC has only one major bus terminal. Mexico City has four, one each in the North, South, East, and West of the city. Each focuses on destinations going in their respective hotels in orange beach direction, to avoid having to cross the city, but there is some redundancy to make some connections easier, and you can also take public transportation between them.
It s terrible living in a neighborhood that has curbside bus stops. They take up the whole sidewalk! Another large bus terminal is sorely needed but companies like MegaBus wouldn t pay for it anyway. They save money by using curbs!
I have to disagree with the sentiment of this article and the commentators so far.  We need MORE curbside pickup locations.  We need pickup locations in Downtown Brooklyn, LIC, Flushing, etc.  The ancillary problems (sanitation, etc.) could be solved hotels in orange beach with a reasonable fee for the curbside pickup permit.  That fee would certainly be less than fees that carriers pay at the bus stations.  If necessary, build bus bulbs with bus shelters to relieve pedestrian congestion.  That would certainly be more affordable than new terminals.
Someone had a good idea on another chat board.  In the short run the Flushing Extension is going to be open in an area with very little development.  The nearby curbs could be turned into a de facto bus terminal.
New York and New Jersey could also help by building bus terminals outside the city on the Thruway and Turnpike. hotels in orange beach Bus companies could then be encouraged to run hub and spoke systems like airlines, with buses coming in from different hotels in orange beach origins in the city, passengers changing, and buses going on to different destinations.  The possiblity of missed connections due to traffic is an argument against.
hotels in orange beach There is plenty of curb space for these buses if we had the political will to just ban curbside parking in Manhattan. As a bonus, that would result in a considerable decrease in car traffic, with the buses arriving at their destinations more quickly. It seems like a win-win scenario for everyone except the 1% who get around by car.
As a pedestrian, I do care about congestion on the sidewalk; it s like the people hotels in orange beach waiting outside a Broadway show, except that everyone brought a suitcase. As a breather, I care about idling. The idling can easily be avoided in theory, but the sidewalk congestion probably needs a much wider sidewalk or the use of a less trafficked location.
Instead of just unloading everyone hotels in orange beach at the PA Bus Terminal, some should probably have a couple of stops as they make their way cross town, since some of the people on those buses want to get to the East Side. They should be allowed hotels in orange beach able to use the 34 St. Bus Lanes, or similar lanes on 42nd St .. some day, at least.
@andrelot:disqus Yes, I m perfectly aware of who gets around by private car in Manhattan. That s all the more reason to make it more difficult-to make these people realize once and for all that their money doesn t give them a license to make life miserable for the other 99% just so they can have their convenience. In other countries the wealthy often get around by walking, biking, or public transit just like the masses do. As a result, they empathize with the masses more, and are more likely to support policies which benefit the majority. I could make a good argument for the isolation imposed by the automobile contributing to the me-first attitude I see in US politics these days.
To anyone who thinks using residential streets as bus terminals is a good idea, try this: Find an idling bus, put your mouth on the tailpipe, and take a few deep breaths. hotels in orange beach Then tell me if you still think it s a good idea. NYC needs a new bus terminal, and given the joint resources of the Port Authority, the state, and the city, it shouldn t be an impossible lift.
There IS another bus terminal, connected to a major route to/from NJ and accessible to the subway. The George Washington hotels in orange beach Bridge Bus Terminal why doesn t every northbound inner city bus leave from there? Its woefully under-used.
Commuters to New Jersey are the primary movers hotels in orange beach of the Port Authority Bus Terminal. They want to walk to their bus rather than pay a separate subway fare, if possible.  But those taking the bus between cities are taking a subway to the terminal anyway.
The problem is the bus companies themselves. They are not wealthy and powerful operations.  They are shoestring operations with little marketing.  Everyone knows to take a bus to the PABT.  It would take a great deal of marketing to convince them to go elsewhere.
I used the GWB station once, and I remember it being pretty small. Its focus is semi-local buses to NJ. But real bus stations are needed to support intercity buses that go to New England, DC, upstate NY, etc.; those are the kinds of trips that are now, to a large extent, served by curbside pickup.
Use crosstown Bus Lanes on 34th, 42nd and 50th St and as AM drop off points and PM pickup points.  Frequent buses will also decrease lane violation as high bus density and visible passengers ire will discourage hotels in orange beach lane violation.
hotels in orange beach Curbside parking on Manhattan-wide streets is a good thing, even for pedestrians. It should be metered more often to prevent shortages and block-circling, but it should exist, because it buffers pedestrians from moving cars in a way nothing else does. Pedestrians can cross between two parked cars so the barrier hotels in orange beach is porous to them, but cars can t, and so pedestrians remain safe. In Queens, the livable streets advocates are calling for fewer restrictions on curbside parking on QB it protects pedestrians and reduces the number of moving lanes (and thus traffic speed), while helping hotels in orange beach local traffic to local merchants.
Independently of that, they should rent spots to curbside buses. The optimum price of a parking spot is one that keeps the block about 90% full; a private hotels in orange beach bus operator hotels in orange beach that wants to use a part of the block for pickups hotels in orange beach