A Look At Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York City
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- The Port Authority Bus Terminal its acronym PABT is a bus terminal serving interstate buses traveling into Manhattan, New York City. The terminal is the largest in the Western Hemisphere and the busiest in the world by volume of traffic, serving about 8,000 buses and 225,000 people on an average weekday and more than 65 million people a year.
The terminal is located in Midtown at 625 Eighth Avenue between 40th Street and 42nd Street, one block east of the Lincoln Tunnel and one block west of Times Square. It is one of three bus terminals operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the others being the George Washington Bridge Bus Station in Upper Manhattan and the Journal Square Transportation Center in Jersey City.
The PABT serves as a terminus and departure point for commuter routes as well as for long-distance intercity bus service and is a major transit hub for residents of New Jersey. It has 223 departure gates and 1,250 car parking spaces, as well as commercial and retail space. In 2011, there were more than 2.263 million bus departures from the terminal.
The Port Authority, opened in 1950 between Eighth and Ninth Avenues and 40th and 41st Streets, was built to consolidate the many different private terminals spread across Midtown Manhattan. A second wing, extending to 42nd Street, was added in 1979. Since then, the terminal has reached peak hour capacity, leading to congestion and overflow on local streets. It does not allow for layover parking; hence, buses are required to use local streets or lots, or return through the tunnel empty. The Port Authority has been unsuccessful in its attempts to expand passenger facilities through public private partnership, and in 2011 it delayed construction of a bus depot annex, citing budgetary constraints. In June 2013, it commissioned an 18-month study that would consider options for reconfiguration, expansion, and replacement of the terminal.[
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I will never forget the day when I first visited New York and stepped outside Port Authority. It felt like another world.
man i was gonna write a comment just like this.
I felt that way I got lost on second floor before I got out😆😌
I’m from Spain and while I was visiting NYC I was hosted in a hotel called Yotel and I could see this terminal straight from the window of my room. It’s crazy how in any moment I was looking at it there was at least one bus going through any of the ramps. I even woke up at 3am, 4am, and 5am because of the jet lag and there were the buses going up and down.
We used to stop there in the 70s on way from Pennsylvania to my relatives in Co-op city. The Port Authority building was intimidating but Black-and-white cookies at its bakery was so awesome.
Good to see again. Worked there summers. In the sub basement. Giving people phone directions on bus lines. 1972 - 1974.
Thanks for sharing very nice video
Anyone got any links to footage of this place back in 70s era?
Mexico City is probably the farthest place you can reach directly from this huge bus station.
Tuesday is my first time i am glad i saw that hopefully i can the greyhound
Este Terminal Rodoviário de Nova York está na frente em tamanho do Terminal Rodoviário do Tietê em São Paulo.
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Something to do with the Crypts in the system.
Is there street parking close to it? I plan on visiting in a couple months & I have no clue where I’m getting picked up at & it wouldn’t make sense for them to pay cause it’s a quick pick up & it’ll be late when I arrive so I wouldn’t wanna walk too far by myself at night.
www.panynj.gov/bus-terminals/en/port-authority.html
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