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It is located on the block bounded by Calle Vives, Calle Uni\u00f3n, Calle Victoria and Calle Mendez Vigo, in the Ponce Historic Zone, two blocks northwest of the main city square, Plaza Las Delicias. It opened in 1987. On a typical weekday, approximately 500 passengers on about 40 buses and shared-ride vehicles use the station. The building is an example of 1960s urban renewal. When at its peak, the Carlos Garay terminal accommodates over 100 p\u00fablicos.[5]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsHistory[edit]Architecture[edit]Bus service[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]Further reading[edit]External links[edit]History[edit]The first public transportation in the city consisted of horse-drawn wagons and was started in the 1850s. The first such service car was made operational on 24 June 1854 by Juan Nepomuceno Castro. Se\u00f1or Castro had purchased the wagon for that purpose from Guillermo Neumann, who had been mayor of Ponce three years earlier, from 23 April 1851 to 30 September 1851.[6] As “a large city with a small town flavor”,[7] for years Ponce’s public mass transportation system consisted only of a shared taxi service providing public cars and vans known as p\u00fablicos.[8]The first line of public transportation via automobile between Ponce and San Juan was established in 1902.[9]  By the 1940s,[10] a network of p\u00fablicos numbering some 20 “l\u00edneas” (lines, or shared taxi companies) had already emerged in Ponce, and positioned itself along various downtown city streets.[11]  The 20 or so l\u00edneas served both intra-city and inter-city transportation needs. Lineas providing inter-city service, that is, those heading to other towns such as San Juan,[12]Mayaguez, Guayama, Pe\u00f1uelas, Adjuntas, and Juana Diaz, were stationed around the perimeter of Plaza Las Delicias and numbered eight, with a fleet of 38 vehicles.[13]  Intra-city lines, namely those heading to various communities in the city of Ponce (Jardines del Caribe, Cantera, Glenview, etc.)[14] or to its barrios, including Guaraguao, An\u00f3n, Coto Laurel, etc., projected further out from the city center, were located mostly in the area surrounding Plaza del Mercado de Ponce, and numbered 12 l\u00edneas, with a fleet of 109 vehicles.[15]  The entire shared taxi network covered some 8-10 city blocks of downtown Ponce. The scattered p\u00fablicos generated congestion in some downtown streets, was plagued by unpredictable and sporadic service, had limited or no service at all on weekends, and no evening service. It was under these set of circumstances that the need to create a hub for Ponce’s public transportation system became evident.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4The plan to build the terminal took concrete form during the administration of mayor Tormos Vega (1977-1984).[16] Fifteen properties (mostly residential homes) were purchased, at a cost of $2,000,000 ($8.94\u00a0million in 2021 dollars[17]) in order to secure the land area necessary to building the terminal.[18] Construction began in the later part of 1983 at a cost of $4,500,000 ($12.2\u00a0million in 2021 dollars[17]). In its opening year (1987), the terminal was assigned an operating budget of $160,000 ($381,629 in 2021 dollars[17]).[19]The decentralized shared ride system changed in 1987 when all the l\u00edneas scattered throughout downtown Ponce were centralized at the 3-story Terminal de Carros P\u00fablicos Carlos Garay[20] upon the Terminal’s inauguration.[21][22][23] With the inauguration of the SITRAS city bus system 25 years later (2012), buses also started to use the terminal as their central depot.[24]Architecture[edit]The terminal has a footprint of 8,563 square meters[25] and was made possible, in part, through funds from the Urban Mass Transportation Administration.[26] The building is constructed of huge steel-reinforced concrete trusses. The structure has space for 425 vehicles.[27] The site now occupied by this terminal was the site of the city’s first cemetery in the 1700s, and Calle Union street was known as “La Calle del Cementerio” (Cemetery Street). In 1842, as the town grew and for health reasons (in times of heavy rains, cadavers would float up to the surface), a new cemetery was built much further away from the center of town, which is today (2018) known as Panteon Nacional Roman Baldorioty de Castro.[28]The terminal was named after Carlos J. Garay Villamil, an iconic cochero from Ponce, who for decades provided tourists and sweethearts with lovely horse-drawn rides around the city.[29]Bus service[edit]Local buses stop at the terminal but do not enter it, as the interior of the terminal was not designed for bus service. SITRAS buses stop on Calle Vives on the southern perimeter of the terminal.See also[edit]References[edit]^ Estudio de Transportaci\u00f3n. A. M. Figueroa. University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. Page 11. 23 March 2012. Accessed 3 February 2018.^ Reglamento para la Consideracion, Ejecucion y Certificacion de Propuestas para Recibir Incentivos de Rehabilitaciona Llevarse a Cabo en el Centro Urbano de Ponce. Oficina de Ordenaci\u00f3n Territorial, Municipality of Ponce. Item #33. 8 June 2004. Accessed 3 February 2018.^ Reglamento para la Consideracion, Ejecucion y Certificacion de Propuestas para Recibir Incentivos de Rehabilitaciona Llevarse a Cabo en el Centro Urbano de Ponce. Oficina de Ordenacion Territorial, Municipality of Ponce. Item #33. 8 June 2004. Accessed 3 February 2018.^ Estudio de Transportaci\u00f3n. A. M. Figueroa. University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. Page 3a. 23 March 2012. Accessed 3 February 2018.^ Viven pesadilla choferes en Ponce. Reinaldo Mill\u00e1n. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 31. Issue 1545. Page 16. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.^ Eduardo Neuman Gandia. Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorrique\u00f1a. 1913. p. 99. Reprinted 1987.^ Ponce. Harry S. Parise. Explore Puerto Rico. Page 239. Retrieved 8 July 2012.^ Let’s Go:Home > North America > Puerto Rico > Southeast > Ponce\u00a0: Intercity Transportation. Archived 4 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 16, 2010.^ Socorro Gir\u00f3n. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Historia de Ponce desde sus comienzos hasta la segunda d\u00e9cada del siglo XIX. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 1992. page 427.^ Temen ‘golpe de muerte’ con SITRAS. Jason Rodr\u00edguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 29. Issue 1453. Page 10. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2012. Weblink updated on 2 February 2018.^ Estudio de Transportaci\u00f3n. A. M. Figueroa. University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. Page 3a. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.^ Temen ‘golpe de muerte’ con SITRAS. Jason Rodr\u00edguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 29. Issue 1453. Page 10. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2012.^ Estudio de Transportaci\u00f3n. A. M. Figueroa. University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. Page 3a. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.^ Temen ‘golpe de muerte’ con SITRAS. Jason Rodr\u00edguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 29. Issue 1453. Page 10. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2012.^ Estudio de Transportaci\u00f3n. A. M. Figueroa. University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. Page 3a. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.^ Carmelo Rosario Natal. Ponce En Su Historia Moderna: 1945-2002.  Published by Secretar\u00eda de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2003. p. 123.^ a b c 1634\u20131699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700\u20131799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800\u2013present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. “Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800\u2013”. Retrieved 16 April 2022.^ Carmelo Rosario Natal. Ponce En Su Historia Moderna: 1945-2002.  Published by Secretar\u00eda de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2003. p. 123.^ Carmelo Rosario Natal. Ponce En Su Historia Moderna: 1945-2002.  Published by Secretar\u00eda de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2003. p. 123.^ Porta Caribe: Ponce and around. Stephen Keeling. “The Rough Guide to Puerto Rico.” Rough Guides Limited. 2008. Page 221. Retrieved 10 July 2012.^ Porta Caribe: Ponce and around. Stephen Keeling. “The Rough Guide to Puerto Rico.” Rough Guides Limited. 2008. Page 211. Retrieved 10 July 2012.^ Temen ‘golpe de muerte’ con SITRAS. Jason Rodr\u00edguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 29. Issue 1453. Page 10. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2012.^ Ponce Public Transportation. Frommer\u2019s Getting Around. Retrieved 5 July 2012.^ Choferes denuncian el cierre de ba\u00f1os. Reinaldo Mill\u00e1n. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 4 March 2015. Accessed 3 February 2018.^ Ordenanza Numero 56, Serie de 2011-2012. Municipal Assembly. Government of the Municipality of Ponce. 13 April 2012. Accessed 3 February 2018.^ Ordenanza Numero 56, Serie de 2011-2012. Municipal Assembly. Government of the Municipality of Ponce. 13 April 2012. Accessed 3 February 2018.^ Reglamento para la Consideracion, Ejecucion y Certificacion de Propuestas para Recibir Incentivos de Rehabilitaciona Llevarse a Cabo en el Centro Urbano de Ponce. Oficina de Ordenaci\u00f3n Territorial, Municipality of Ponce. Item #33. 8 June 2004. Accessed 3 February 2018.^ Socorro Guiron. Ponce, el teatro La Perla, y la Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 3rd edition. 1992. page 29.^ Carmelo Rosario Natal. Ponce En Su Historia Moderna: 1945-2002.  Published by Secretar\u00eda de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2003. p. 122.Further reading[edit]Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliogr\u00e1fica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 263. Item 1316. LCCN\u00a092-75480Luis Rodriguez-Garcia. Requerimiento arqueol\u00f3gico (Fase 1B): Terminal de Veh\u00edculos P\u00fablicos, Calle Marina esquina Comercio y Luna, Ponce, P. R. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 1988. 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