Why doesn't Greyhound use the Rosa Parks Transit Center?

[Bham1982]

Dude, it is just a forum. You love being the voice of opposition. Always ready to rip on one's thought.

In other words, you can't think of any major cities that actually have what you are proposing, despite saying that Detroit was somehow deficient for lacking this.

[Bham1982]

Last time I checked, Multimodal Transit Centers were a growing phenomenon, especially in smaller cities.

Definitely, because their needs are so limited. Lots of intermodal in cities like Jackson, K-zoo, Lansing, etc.

In the big cities? Not so much.

[Detroitnerd]

Definitely, because their needs are so limited.

You beg the question here. Limited needs aren't the only reason to bundle many modes in one building: Convenience is an important factor. Any transit center's effectiveness is multiplied when it has more than a cab stand...

Lots of intermodal in cities like Jackson, K-zoo, Lansing, etc. In the big cities? Not so much.

Well, that's not really totally the case. Fact is, large transit centers in many larger U.S. cities simply go by the name of the largest user. For instance, Chicago's Union Station has Amtrak AND Metra. Baltimore's Pennsylvania Station has Amtrak, MARC and light rail under one roof. New York's Penn Station has Amtrak, Long Island Railroad, New Jersey Transit, six subway lines, several bus connections, including the airport, and the PATH train. Dallas' Union Station serves Amtrak and DART. Washington, D.C.'s Union Station has Amtrak, MARC, VRE and other connections.

Bucking that trend of being named for one user is the brand-new facility they're building in San Francisco, the Transbay Terminal; even as it's under construction, it's served by AC Transit, Golden Gate Transit, Greyhound Bus LInes, SamTrans, MUNI, WestCAT -- with bigger plans for when it opens fully.

But to say that big U.S. cities don't generally have "transit centers" is to split hairs.

[R8RBOB]

In other words, you can't think of any major cities that actually have what you are proposing, despite saying that Detroit was somehow deficient for lacking this.

It was not my idea to suggest such a thing but I can tell that you aren't very imaginative. Just because a big city don't have what the poster suggested does not mean it can't ever be designed.

[HistoryNotHisStory]

Definitely, because their needs are so limited. Lots of intermodal in cities like Jackson, K-zoo, Lansing, etc.

In the big cities? Not so much.

I guess you have never been to MIAMI.

Their inter-modal facilities connects bus riders to train stations.