Curbside Bus Boom

Ok, link to Felix day. The only econo blog I read. Comments to his post – Did wifi cause a rise in bus ridership? Correct about the most there. Since I am intimately familiar with the products let me add few points.

1. Yes Wifi is trash but you can pretty much send an email and browse any page, albeit slow. Especially when people fall asleep an hour into the ride and free-up the router.
2. The price is definitely the factor but so is the general upscale ridership, unlike the Chinese bus.
3. There is no advertising for this products, people know about it through the word of mouth.
4. The bus leaves every hour and you can pretty much get on any scheduled ride for the same day, no matter the ticket or you can pay $20 before boarding (often less that the online price).
5. With the rising gas prices the cost of the ticket is 1/3 of the gas.
6. Amtrack also has Wifi and the ride is more comfortable than the bus. The bus is often too hot in the winter and too cold in the summer. It’s a virus trap.

Siting here with my regular post drip, post trip cold.

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