Sign the Petition Supporting Mayor Johnson’s Plan to Purchase Chicago’s Inter-city Bus Station
The city of Chicago, in peril of becoming the largest American city without an inter-city bus station, has a plan to fix the problem.
Mayor Brandon Johnson, in his budget proposal, designates $50 million for the city to purchase the existing bus station near downtown from its private-equity owner, renovate it and make it a city-owned facility open to all bus companies. The city would generate revenue by leasing gate slots to bus companies, just as it does with airlines at the airports. The funds for the purchase and renovation would come from a tax-increment financing district in which the bus station is located, and a neighboring district.
A bus station is an essential connection for many travelers going to or from places the train does not go. The location of the current bus station, a short walk from Chicago Union Station, makes the bus-train connection viable. We urge the city to proceed with all possible dispatch.
