On the Greyhound bus analogy....have you ridden any Greyhound recently?
The last trip I did was in July 2013...2-hour ‘adventure’ from Birmingham to N. Ala. The station in Birmingham is in the absolute worst part of town.
Bus was half-full when we departed, and I ended up near the rear of the bus. Bus was maybe 20 minutes out...when we pulled over to the side of the interstate (driver had called the Sheriff). We then had two deputies enter and tell some guy in toilet to accompany them (huffing crack in the toilet apparently).
After that...about five folks around me started to discuss their past year....all were in some regional prison and this was their first day of freedom.
If you think bus travel has any better situations....no, as badly as plane-travel has fallen (I ready agree upon)...bus-travel has gone just as far.
Last time I took a Greyhound bus was back in 1998, when I was going to LAX to head to Japan (from Texas).
Was fine until we got to Phoenix, Arizona.
We were supposed to change busses there, but after waiting about 8 hours in the lobby, I went and asked where our bus was.
They forgot about us, and we HAD no bus!
So.. We ended up on the next bus to LAX with all of the assigned passengers.. STANDING ROOM only for those of us that has waited. I was the last one on, so I stood, from Phoenix to LAX at the front of the bus.
LOL
Many moons ago I used to ride a bus to and from college. Smoking was still legal on transportation at the time. One of the stops was at a state prison. After my first ride on the route, I came to the conclusion it was wise to have a couple extra packs of smokes on my person.
Anybody remember the Grey Rabbit buses? For a while they’d take you from San Francisco to New York faster than Greyhound and for about half the money. I never rode one, but my oldest brother drove a couple of transcontinental trips around 1973 or 1974, until he found out that they didn’t carry any insurance whatsoever.
Concord buses in New England are superlative.
Many people use them to go to airports or to big cities.
Prices high enough to keep out riff raff.