The US is an airline nation for long distances.
Europe, Japan, and China have good ground transportation(busses and trains).
Flame away.
Tip #1. If another Jordan Neely sits next to you, get off the bus.
The bus stations in the Northeast have to be seen to be believed.
Even folks who think they are going to take a bus run away after seeing the inside of the stations.
I’ve ridden the Greyhound. I just throw on some DVD movies on a portable DVD , or play on my computer, or sleep.
It was more tolerable when people were born in the backseat of a Greyhound bus Rollin’ down Highway 41.
I have some not so fond memories of the 7th and Market Greyhound station in San Francisco in the 1970s. And then waiting at a bus stop nearby to take the Golden Gate Transit to Sonoma and being accosted by Moonies. Those were the days..........
The seats tend to be way more comfortable than what you get on an airplane. Just bring a good book to read, as it's a long trip, and keep your headphones in your ears (even if you aren't listening to anything). It will at least keep your seatmate from trying to start inane conversation.
planes trains and automobiles...
Quite a few people took Greyhound to get home on 9/11. It was good to have that option. I had a flight that left at 6:15am and arrived at 8:30am and I lucked out. I had been thinking of taking the flight that left two hours later. After that, I always took the early flight when I had a chance.
AND another gets on
AND another gets on
Hey!
He’s gonna sit by you!
Another one rides the bus!!
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i haven’t road the Dog in 50years...
I rode a Greyhound in 2019 to go from Lexington to Virgina to buy my Jag-u-ar.
The Lexington station was small, but OK and in a decent part of town.
I first went to Cincinnati to change busses, but it left Cincy about an hour late. The trouble is, because of that hour I missed my connection in Columbus for Pittsburg and Washington.
I ended up sitting in the Columbus station for about 10 hours while I waited for the next bus to Pittsburg and Washington. The station was clean but the seats were not comfortable. Like in the article, it was 80-90% black, but everyone was nice. The only food in the station was via vending machines, but I found a restaurant nearby and had a good hamburger.
The busses themselves were reasonably comfortable.
The cost was actually more than flying from Lexington to Washington (Baltimore actually), plus the flight was at 0500 and my wife is not a morning person.
In the 1950's as a preteen, I remember two summers where my mom put me on a Greyhound bus in Boyne Falls with my destination being Detroit because my dad couldn't drive up to pick me up.
There is no way anyone would do that to their kids today.
Two of my children were invited to my sister’s house in the summer of 91 or ‘92. My daughter was 16 and just received her drivers license my youngest son was 13. My sister lived In Montana and we live in Indiana. I honestly couldn’t afford to let them fly but my husband and I had both taken the bus for long distance travel when we were younger (in the 1950’s and 60’s) so we decided to let Greyhound do the driving. We had many conversations about what could go wrong and how to respond. My son was an avid map reader, so I knew he would be charting where they were and where they were headed.
They headed out on their adventure with journals and lots of quarters for vending machines and phone home calls. Adventure is what they got. At one point the driver decided he was done, pulled off to the side of the road and left bus and riders behind. There were many adults to keep an eye out for my young ones. Greyhound was very responsive in getting another bus there and caring for all passengers. I’m sure there were many sordid details I wasn’t aware of.
They made it to Montana and had a wonderful summer vacation with cousins that included Yellowstone, bears, mountain climbing, swimming, and many activities. None which would have been possible without Greyhound to do the driving. They safely returned returned them back to Indiana but with much less excitement than they had on their way out West. One of the highlights still recounted to those who listen was watching TV in the bus station by depositing quarters just like you would into a laundromat washing machine.
We have Vonlane here, I’d like to try it sometime.
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Hmmm...
If you ride the bus long enough, you’ll get to meet Reacher...
Be polite, or else...
Have you flown Spirit or Southwest lately? Greyhound couldn’t possibly be any worse.
I used to ride Greyhound or Trailways fairly often in the early and mid-70s, that and hitchhike. Last time I rode Greyhound was about 30 years ago, it was OK.
One of my brothers drove two Gray Rabbit SF-NYC round trips back in the day. He quit when he found out they carried no insurance whatsoever.