Port Authority Bus Terminal Neglected as Finances Erode
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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden likened the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s LaGuardia Airport in Queens to a facility in a third-world country. What would he say about its bus terminal?
Every day, more than 230,000 commuters snake through the decaying 64-year-old corridors of the world’s busiest bus depot. Missing ceiling panels reveal leaky pipes. Dirty bathrooms and shuttered shops add to the gloom. On a recent weekday morning, a homeless person slept alongside an escalator.