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$1 Bus with WiFi, Beats $4 Gas

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I live in Calgary, Alberta. For a long, long, long time there has been a company doing the exact same thing between Calgary and Edmonton (a 3 hour drive). I love it- in fact, I take it instead of a plane: its more comfortable, and when you factor in baggage/security, only takes about 20 minutes extra (not to mention it saves the organisation I work for a couple hundred).

Amazingly the nicest busses I have been on are in Mexico (Tampico/Monterrey). They have huge comfortable brand new Merc busses available, with fully reclining seats. No wifi yet but some busses have plane-style entertainment systems.

The contrast between those and Grehound McAllen-Houston was amazing, more Spanish was required on the US side of the border, and it was hard to immagine the bus was road legal.

You should come to Turkey and ride a bus. They know how to run an affordable and effective bus system. (Effectivity is a rare sign in Turkey though.)

You also get free snacks and beverages on busses there.

I love Red Arrow. I just wish it hit Lethbridge as well.

Took the Lucky Star to Boston for $15. Took the BoltBus back to NYC for an extra $5. It worth it.

Free wifi, power outlet and roomier seats.

Be sure the bus lands at locations near the local transportation lines.

Its £1.34 a litre where I am (more or less $10 a gallon) yet public transport usage has more or less remained the same, people have instead opted to just travel less.

Thats partly because bus fare (at least here in the north) has been going up just as fast as petrol prices.

As my current place pays overtime I would need the cost of petrol to go up to 5gbp/litre (~$40/gal) without an increase in the cost of the bus to make catching it worthwhile, factoring in the longer trip times.

Decent wifi and a nicer bus would certainly change my view on the tradeoff though. The sooner they make the top deck a first class, recliner seating, no child zone the better :)

Why, I do believe I've spotted the logo on that bus somewhere else before: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Bri...

Well, they are trying to compete with a British bus line that started the same low cost service in the US two years ago...

But megabus lacks comfort and wifi, at least here in the UK.

The logo of Throbbing Gristle looks similar.

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