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Travelers upset over lack of bathroom, seats as Philly Greyhound bus switches to curbside pick-up

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  • Опубліковано 10 лип 2023
  • In late June, Greyhound traded their Filbert Street bus terminal for a small office on Market Street. It now operates similar to other budget bus companies, with travelers waiting on the sidewalk for transfers and pick-ups. There is no indoor waiting area, seats or bathrooms.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 74

  • @54blewis
    @54blewis Рік тому +35

    This is ridiculous,no restrooms,no seating,who makes decisions like this…and the city government signed off on this ,a disturbing sign of incompetence and possibly corruption….

    • @tinytim4657
      @tinytim4657 7 місяців тому +1

      Greyhound is doing this all over the country. Sometimes they don’t even submit the required plans to the local government. They need to be fined by the Feds

    • @bobettemorgan453
      @bobettemorgan453 Місяць тому

      Blame your HOMELESS!!!!

    • @bobettemorgan453
      @bobettemorgan453 Місяць тому

      CONSEQUENCES of the HOMELESS....

    • @alfredsantella6477
      @alfredsantella6477 Місяць тому +1

      Some cities have really nice Greyhound stations. 🚌

    • @54blewis
      @54blewis Місяць тому +1

      @@alfredsantella6477 Richmond va is really nice the last time I was there in 2011…won’t take the bus now though.

  • @edwardrozanski9041
    @edwardrozanski9041 Місяць тому +10

    That's not a bus station that's a public side

  • @sistasaturn
    @sistasaturn Рік тому +15

    This a damn embarrassment

  • @ft9kop
    @ft9kop Рік тому +20

    To the woman taking her family to Atlantic City, the NJT phone app is running summer discount tickets to Atlantic City on the train out of 30th Street. It'll be much more comfortable

    • @ccjjock4002
      @ccjjock4002 Місяць тому

      DOES THE ( NEW JERSEY TRANSIT) STILL OPERATE BUSES TO AND FROM PHILADELPHIA TO ATLANTIC CITY??

    • @trinidadtazi
      @trinidadtazi Місяць тому

      @@ccjjock4002Yes they do

  • @frugalityishername827
    @frugalityishername827 Рік тому +13

    To get to AC , you can jump on the PATCO Speed line, and get off in Lindenwold. There is a bus that will take you to Atlantic City, and at the Lindenwold Station, there are bathrooms. The AC bus is not express. Want to get to AC faster, then right in the Lindenwold station, look for a door, almost next to the Patco entrance. This is the commuter rail to Atlantic City. When you enter buy your tickets. It's less than 30 minutes to Atlantic City, for a nice comfortable ride. If you are hungry or thirsty, go outside and walk straight across the park lot, if you see a fast food place, Burger King , I think, then across from them will be a full service diner . Really good food and service, clean bathrooms. Open 24 hours a day. Don't forget to buy tickets for all traveling, before you board the train. There are machines inside the front entrance doors, and more I think on the platform. Bring cash, and a valid credit card. There's no ticket agents at the station, or on the train. NJT though very customer friendly on the train, does not take kindly to fare evaders. This is not Philly's SEPTA, or the MARKET FRANKFORD EL, or BROAD STREET SUBWAY.

  • @joachimgoethe7864
    @joachimgoethe7864 Рік тому +8

    For years, I road Greyhound buses all over the country. Not since they closed the station in Mt Laurel, N.J.
    And I'm not going to Philly bus station to be treated like this. Sorry greyhound, but our relationship is over.

  • @bill5444
    @bill5444 Рік тому +14

    Urine, feces, needles are everywhere

  • @Mlogan11
    @Mlogan11 Рік тому +7

    This will kill the company. They are not giving you a super discount to make up for the lack of shelter and restrooms. People experiencing this will either switch to a true no frills discount bus service or seek another way to travel.
    Assuming they are not idiots then they must know this and don't care.

  • @giasantiago3813
    @giasantiago3813 5 місяців тому +6

    Amtrak would never treat customers that way

    • @sofiaalonzo807
      @sofiaalonzo807 Місяць тому +1

      I hope not because I take Amtrak 3 times a year.

    • @alfredsantella6477
      @alfredsantella6477 Місяць тому

      I hope Amtrak doesn't follow suit. Wake up peeps you need a change in your politics.

  • @drkimoni5011
    @drkimoni5011 Рік тому +11

    PHILLY IS A BIG CITY ! ALL THOSE EMPTY STORES FRONT THEY CANT BE SERIOUS ?

    • @jonnygrowlately
      @jonnygrowlately Рік тому +1

      its all the rich folk just sitting on their investments and being lucky enough to be in the "in" crowd so as not to be penalized or pressured from the city with rent an taxes etc etc etc during a major economic downturn and until all this blows over and they can conveniently come out on the other side smelling like roses with a 30% - 55% + increases in their employees salaries, product pricing and the company's margins, whilst whining about how the struggled through the resession or whatever
      ... its economic warfare, rich vs. poor.... the elites and their tyranical politician buddies along with all their tyrannical & traitorous police departments, sheriffs and corrupted judicial system that protect these "elite" criminals and enforce lawless corporate statute which in the end is produced, manipulated and maintained for the sole benefit of the wealthy few and _THEIR_ organizations and "secret societies" that JFK wrned us about .

    • @davidgibson7615
      @davidgibson7615 10 місяців тому

      This is happening everywhere, not just Philadelphia. Many Greyhound bus stations are closing because his parent company Flixbus, are selling off iconic bus stations just to save money. Congress are not stepping in and do something about it?

    • @wturner777
      @wturner777 23 дні тому

      And I’m sure a lot of those stores only allow their own customers to use their facilities.

  • @mamavalpromise
    @mamavalpromise Місяць тому +2

    How is this legal?!? What provisions are being made for senior and disabled travelers?

  • @mensa517
    @mensa517 Рік тому +6

    Even Camden has a terminal

  • @joe.oneill
    @joe.oneill Рік тому +9

    Kickbacks.
    Philly style.

    • @citizenjournalist2401
      @citizenjournalist2401 Рік тому

      💯 When the "right contractor" comes into play, the work will be done.

    • @jonnygrowlately
      @jonnygrowlately Рік тому +1

      ​@@citizenjournalist2401 And here we sit, despite EVERYONE & THEIR MOTHER knowing of the severe corruption that infests our government and society even down to our local level now.
      Yet we continue to sit and do nothing whilst our selfish, complicit, go-along-2-get-along, order following "fellow countrymen/women" continue to benefit from their networks of nepotism generated criminal behavior, beit willingly involved or otherwise
      good people need to start doing something _NOW_

  • @jojosaylor8996
    @jojosaylor8996 Рік тому +7

    They should switch to mega bus or Bolt bus terminal even amtrak is better than that

  • @burtbronson6407
    @burtbronson6407 Рік тому +6

    I walked past the Greyhound station yesterday in Philly and saw it had a barricade in front of the doors. I just assumed they shut it down because I know they want to build a arena in Center City for the Sixers and Flyers in that area.

    • @jonnygrowlately
      @jonnygrowlately Рік тому +1

      all part of the orchestrated confusion and chaos to nag nag nag , annoy , annoy , annoy the community until everybody gets tired of all the inconveniences and stops fighting the arena plans so the area "elites" & "socialites" who want their stadium can have their stadium... scumbag communists run our country now

  • @nymelemorgan8074
    @nymelemorgan8074 Рік тому +4

    What happened to the bus station next to the Chinese bus station

  • @garyjoynes2125
    @garyjoynes2125 Рік тому +7

    Greyhound doesn’t care

    • @wturner777
      @wturner777 23 дні тому

      Greyhound is mostly bankrupted right now.

  • @christophernogowski517
    @christophernogowski517 Рік тому +4

    Prayers to you all and philadelphia The elite shiting on its people.😢

  • @yvonneplant9434
    @yvonneplant9434 Рік тому +7

    Why did they close the other station?

    • @jayfarrell4708
      @jayfarrell4708 Рік тому +1

      @@yuriypasternak6641 not yet and Greyhound had already planned on vacating the Filbert St facility. Meanwhile the owner of the Filbert St terminal building, which isn’t Greyhound, had been marketing it since well before the 76ers announced their arena plans.

  • @tjsylla
    @tjsylla Рік тому +3

    Terrible

  • @susanhurst3292
    @susanhurst3292 2 місяці тому +1

    My aunt took the Newark to Atlanta routes for many years, they added Philadelphia route years ago but the main layover was mostly Richmond Va, but after the stations continued to close, and you had to be drop off at corners, and stores parking lots, we cut that out! Greyhound has really went downhill!

  • @Videotime-bu2hu
    @Videotime-bu2hu Місяць тому +1

    Unbelievable and now they’re closing a bunch of stations

  • @chrisjones8645
    @chrisjones8645 Місяць тому

    Took Greyhound cross-country sometime back; a bizarre experience to say the least.

  • @antonsmith9788
    @antonsmith9788 Місяць тому +1

    Flexbus is probably part of the blame. Since they have taken over Greyhound, they have been streamlining and, in some cases, outright closing some stations.

  • @arlinwheeler7350
    @arlinwheeler7350 Рік тому +1

    Try Amtrak (Amlate) next time true the trains run late often but the train does have food service cars and restrooms.Most cities have an indoor station for passengers to wait in.

  • @sashabrown6865
    @sashabrown6865 Місяць тому

    I just rode the bus in Florida and it’s the same thing. Wait outside by the curb in the hot sun.

  • @medusagorgon8432
    @medusagorgon8432 Місяць тому

    The business in that location must be pissed.

  • @alfredsantella6477
    @alfredsantella6477 Місяць тому +1

    Philadelphia needs to invest in a modern bus terminal hub. The Government there has really run that city into the ground. Start charging for restrooms it may keep the riff raff out. They charged years ago and it's a common thing in The EU. Put an attendant in the lavs. Keep up with the waiting and seating areas and you can have a world class and great bus depot for the citizens who use it inbound and outbound and deserve it. And add a couple of FRIENDLY knowledgeable agents. 🚌 Have the station protected by Police or Security Guards. 🇺🇲 Good Luck beautiful Philadelphia!

  • @virtualwhispers
    @virtualwhispers 11 місяців тому +7

    THE GERMAN COMPANY THAT BOUGHT GREYHOUND HAS MESSED IT UP SO DAMN BAD - I WILL BE TAKING THE TRAIN FROM NOW ON. THIS GERMAN COMPANY HAS DESTROYED ONE OF OUR MAIN TRANSPORTATIONS! - WHY OUR COUNTRY WOULD ALLOW THIS, IS ONLY ... MONEY ... TO HELL WITH CUSTOMERS!

  • @arthursmith9264
    @arthursmith9264 6 днів тому

    Sad treatment from rider of Greyhound from the 1980's 1990's for business & let's hope Greyhound stays

  • @barbaracohenwalker2988
    @barbaracohenwalker2988 Місяць тому

    The gray doggie has gone to the.dogs😢😮😢

  • @theotheleo6830
    @theotheleo6830 Місяць тому

    Greyhound passengers will have to wear diapers and bring their own folding chairs.

  • @kencampbell589
    @kencampbell589 29 днів тому

    Slowly we see America deteriorating more and more each day.

  • @paulabaylor6322
    @paulabaylor6322 Рік тому

    😲🚌🚽

  • @danasmith858
    @danasmith858 Місяць тому

    There's going to be some pretty heavy urine smell there ,

  • @andrewtesta5944
    @andrewtesta5944 Рік тому +1

    Gotta thank the Jim Kenney administration for their contribution to this mess..

    • @davidgibson7615
      @davidgibson7615 10 місяців тому

      Dude, this is a national problem not a local problem. If anyone wants to be blamed for this problem is FlixBus, which took over Greyhound almost 2 years ago by cutting back and selling off iconic bus stations. that Amtrak ought to take over Greyhound and picked them up from the Amtrak stations across the country

    • @alfredsantella6477
      @alfredsantella6477 Місяць тому

      The citizens keep voting the same way. So sad. 🇺🇲🚌

  • @sleb6259
    @sleb6259 Місяць тому +2

    All the money is going to take care of the migrants 😢

    • @sofiaalonzo807
      @sofiaalonzo807 Місяць тому +1

      Most of our taxpayers money is going overseas to Ukraine and Isreal. No money for American taxpayers

  • @paulca3321
    @paulca3321 3 дні тому

    Amerikkka in crisis !!! 😢😢😢

  • @iratucker1632
    @iratucker1632 Рік тому +2

    Wow Unbelievable 😢

  • @iratucker1632
    @iratucker1632 Рік тому +1

    What happened to the bus station?

  • @bill5444
    @bill5444 Рік тому +4

    Gross!
    75 years on unbroken democrat rule!!!
    Hows it working out?
    Hahaha

    • @alfredsantella6477
      @alfredsantella6477 Місяць тому

      And they'll vote the same way over and over again. They better wake up! Change is needed. 🇺🇲