Overview
- The PPA-run transportation center, which begins 24/7 service at 12 a.m. Friday, restores off-street intercity bus boarding in Center City.
- The $5 million overhaul added 11 bus bays, 189 seats, full ADA access, modern restrooms, baby-changing stations, a private lactation room, brighter lighting, and vending.
- As the terminal opens, the Spring Garden curbside pickup area shuts down, with limited curbside service on Schuylkill Avenue continuing through the end of May.
- Officials still plan a permanent, publicly owned terminal and have narrowed sites to 8th & Arch, 15th & Vine, or 30th & Arch, while PPA holds a 10-year lease at Filbert.
- The move follows nearly three years of street pickups after Greyhound sold the building in 2023, a stretch riders say lacked shelter and bathrooms and that leaders want fixed before major visitor events.