MPC Senior Director Echoes Concerns Over Bus Hub Expansion
Amtrak Pushes Back Against Plans to Expand Bus Hub Across From Union Station
Published August 14, 2024, WTTW
By Amanda Vinicky
Amtrak is fighting plans to expand a bus hub across from Chicago’s Union Station. In this article, MPC Senior Director Audrey Wennink and other transit officials voice their concerns over this proposed expansion, saying in part, “expecting this small bus terminal to additionally function as the main Greyhound/intercity bus station is not a long-term solution for a city that calls itself a transportation hub.”
In a letter submitted to Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago’s transportation commissioner Thomas Carney, Amtrak President Roger Harris asked that the administration engage in greater discussion with Amtrak about the proposal and its impact to users of Union Station.
MPC voiced its support for alternative options, while also stating that reliance on an already overcrowded Union Station to handle bus travelers would create “total chaos for both CTA and Greynound riders.”