Is it? Maybe for busses that stay inside a city but all the "commuter" busses that go into and out of a city have parking lots. There isn't any other way to get to them.

Seattle has been doing bus park and ride for decades, although they are extending the rail to one of the biggest park and ride stops and I think other rail extensions will go past several others.

> "Park and Ride" is a fairly common thing for commuter rail in the US.

It's a fairly common thing for commuter transit generally in the US, not just commuter rail.

> Using it for busses is a new one though.

No, it's not. There's lots of Park and Ride locations in CA (and.I would assume elsewhere) that are served by bus exclusively or are at multimodal transit centers that include bus along with ferry and/or light rail.

FWIW, NJ Transit has operated Park & Ride bus stations for as long as I can remember.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NJ_Transit_bus_routes_...

We have "Park and Ride" for GO buses in Canada.