The Badger Bus Company plans to close its intercity bus terminal at West Washington and Bedford. The best site for a future central transit hub should not be permanently lost. When the issue comes up at its June 15 meeting, the City Planning Commission should withhold approval of the redevelopment plan until viable plans for intercity bus service have been made.
No plans have been offered for future service other than to pile Madison’s intercity bus activity onto the curb at Langdon Street and have the Union service the passengers. UW-Madison has said it will not cooperate with this development, and the added bus traffic is likely to make worse an already crowded location. But a worse alternative would be for bus service to be completely dispersed to peripheral locations.