Megabus bankruptcy: merge inter-city bus services with Amtrak
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JUNE 16, 2024
Mass transit that is privately run has been on a downward spiral for decades. In the 1970s, railroads gave up their passenger services to Amtrak. Privately owned bus systems, primarily Greyhound and Trailways, shrunk their systems, increased prices, and lost ridership. In the 1990s, on the East Coast inter-city bus services grew because of "Chinatown buses," buses that ran between Chinatowns in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, DC, and to some extent Richmond.
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