I think an offroad bus terminal would be best in the long run, but we don’t need such a huge investment anytime soon. I think a shift in behavior needs to come first (through having any kind of frequent buses + safe walking environments). Once we have that and get new developments that are more people-oriented, then I think we can have that conversation.
Also, it’s already on the public record that BRT stations around this transit station will be curbside pullouts. We saw these sheet drawings last summer:
Red blocks indicate red “BUS ONLY”-painted pavement, while the gray dotted areas are bus-only concrete pavement and orange setbacks are the actual platforms.