The Robert Kennedy Bus Transfer Station

A new piece of the Gallagher Intermodal Transportation Terminal opened today - the Robert Kennedy bus transfer station. Bobby Kennedy is a Lowell resident who has served his community for more than three decades, as a city councilor, mayor, state representative, governor's councilor, and recently retired director of the Lowell Regional Transit Authority. In the midst of his term as mayor in the mid-1980s, the great influx of Southeast Asian residents began. Bob did much to lead the city through a very turbulent time. As for the bus transfer station, the routes of all city buses will begin end at the terminal, while transportation to and from downtown Lowell will be provided by a small fleet of trolley-style buses that will drive a continuous loop. As far as we know, the LRTA buses used to transport Lowell High School students will still begin and end downtown, but this will have to be clarified over the next few weeks, certainly prior to August 30 and the start of school. But through the rest of the day, you might notice a lessening of congestion in the downtown area with the removal of the lines of idling buses along Merrimack and Page Streets.