Take on the designated bus lane

There is no idea which sounds better in theory and is worse in practice than the designated bus lane. The Lincoln Tunnel has one that extends from the NJ turnpike down route 3 to the entrance to the tunnel. It sounds good in theory because the idea would be that buses would have a quick unimpeded route directly into Port Authority but because there are so many buses and so little space in the bus terminal the backup extends all the way through the tunnel, down route 3 and past the tolls on the turnpike. The reason is that Port Authority was built for about a third the amount of buses that come in every day now so there is no place, buses literally have to wait in line to let people off and that line is what extends five miles long to the Turnpike. But if that was the only reason it could be reasonable but with a single designated lane separated from the rest of the highway, it only takes one accident, stalled bus, slow down or whatever the turn the slow crawl into a dead stop and that happens seemingly every single day

So I say they should get rid of the single lane bus lane and designate two lanes next to one another and allow buses to drop passengers off on the street as oppose to within the terminal, it would be the only sensible way to avoid this mess short of rebuilding the Port Authority, the access to the tunnel and probably the tunnel itself and that is about as likely as Chris Christie passing on a jelly donut.