How about they lease pickup space from city in parking area under I-40 downtown. Or in parking area under James White Parkway.

Some things the station seems to ideally have....
Covered area in central location
Close to KAT stop of some type
Restrooms
A restaurant of some sort close by (Maybe food trucks that rotate being at stop during opportune times)

Or could they pay the city a fee to pickup/dropoff at or very close to, Market Square garage? It haas a public restroom. Let Greyhound pay city the cost of the restroom.

Greyhound has relocated its Knoxville bus stop to the third site in two months, this time to 100 Kirkwood St., at the intersection with Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.

On Tuesday afternoon, Greyhound passengers were waiting at the bus stop, which has a Knoxville Area Transit shelter along the sidewalk but no available restrooms.

Greyhound relocates its Knoxville bus stop again

Contact And Directions For Knoxville Area Transit Bus Stop In Knoxville, Tennessee

Could lease a spot at a public park with a covered area and public restrooms.

Or pickup in a section of the University Commons parking garage. There are several vacancies within University Commons, Greyhound could lease a small one with restrooms. Use the indoor garage
for loading single bus.

I know it doesn't fit the present demographic, but locating both public and private transportation facilities, in addition to improving pedestrian and bicycle access just makes sense to me, both from a serving the public perspective and for ensuring the long term economic success of the mall.

I think perception gets bogged down at the concept of a bad element. You get the situation with all its elements. You are always going to have good and bad elements. You develop your good elements and you manage the bad.

To start with, you could rent some porta-potties. See how it goes. We'll probably need more police patrols for this idea to float though.

There's clearly an element of classism here. But a university commons storefront is not going to fly because it has to be staffed. At least the new spot is next to a grocery store. But that doesn't help in the middle of the night. My first reaction is at least provide a porta potty and more benches.

What's the opinion of the beauty parlor. Could the community (that's us) sponsor hair cuts and more especially a wash for someone who's been on the bus for a while. What are the likely layovers.

It reads: "Greyhound has not sought the city’s permission to use either the public roadway or the Kirkwood Superstop to support their private bus operations.

City criticizes Greyhound's choice for new East Knoxville stop

Wonder where they are getting these suggestions they have chosen?

Mostly off topic, but anyone checked out Napaway? A premium bus line to/from Washington, DC that happens to stop in Knoxville. I believe it's $125 each way and the Weigel's in West Hills being its "station." You could probably use it to/from its other endpoint Nashville just as well.

Sounds like a nice way to travel.

Hmmm... Now KAT maybe can handle being the Greyhound terminal for either $400,000 or $600,000 a year.

Previously they didn't have the capacity to accommodate both KAT and Greyhound. Is it all about the benjamins?

I do understand that they shouldn't have to "to use taxpayer dollars to solve problems created by a private business."

I don't know how many people depart Knoxville on Greyhound. However, if 10 people a day at $100/ticket use Greyhound to depart Knoxville, that would be $365,000. I guess Greyhound will continue to look for a better depot.

Looks like they still using KAT stop ...
Contact And Directions For Knoxville Area Transit Bus Stop In Knoxville, Tennessee

Interesting how one middle class white guy speaks up about this and ranks a full article.

Greyhound told the city it serves 40,000 passengers a year in Knoxville, many of whom have "no other means of affordable intercity transportation."

Records show Knoxville College could be option for new Greyhound bus stop

The DEA officer, who is also employed by the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, said in a criminal complaint that he and a TBI agent were surveilling the Greyhound bus stop at 100 Kirkwood Avenue on January 26 in an unmarked vehicle, watching for possible drug-trafficking from individuals arriving from Detroit. According to the officer, in his previous experience, the Greyhound bus system has been used by some people to transport illegal narcotics to Knoxville for many years.

DEA: Woman busted used Greyhound to traffic meth, suspected fentanyl to Knoxville