yeh right they might have been fake puerto rican dominicans -- you never know!  :laugh:

 

 

This is a lousy location, a move likely forced by the casino construction on Prospect.

 

From an e-mail sent today to Megabus customers who have booked travel to/from Cleveland.....

 

Please be advised that our stop for all arrivals and departures in

Cleveland has been moved to the west side W 3rd St. between Frankfort Ave

and W Superior Ave.  This stop is just around the corner from our old stop

and is well within walking distance.  We would recommend that you check the

Bus Stops section of our website to familiarize yourself with the new stop

location before departing for your travels.

 

We appreciate your business and apologize for any inconvenience this may

cause.

 

Sincerely,

The Megabus Team

Damn death traps.

 

 

 

Since when? Have you ever died on one before?  :-P

^Shouldn't the Chinese be able to spell Canton?

 

Especially when they speak Cantonese.  :-D

forget it, jake. it's chinatown!  :laugh:

One of my favorite movies.

Since when? Have you ever died on one before?  :-P

HUSH!

 

I have an associate, who took one to Baltimore.  The bus broke down in the middle lane of the highway just northeast of Trenton.  This year, many buses leaving NYC were involved in serious accidents that resulted in deaths.  Those buses are unsafe and unregulated. 

Megabus is most certainly regulated. Perhaps you are referring to the Chinatown buses. I wasn't.

Megabus is most certainly regulated. Perhaps you are referring to the Chinatown buses. I wasn't.

 

I pretty sure it was mega because he refused to pay.  They had to walk across the highway to the shoulder and wait 90 minutes for another bus.  As far as regulation, I spoke without actually looking to see if it is regulated.  I've heard too many complaints about MegaBus and other bus services, that I find them all unsafe.

MegaBus and Bolt Bus (which I believe is partnered with Greyhound) are considered to be the most reputable of those cheap bus lines, but I guess even the best of them can experience problems. The problem with the Chinatown buses is that because of the cutthroat competition among the various companies to keep prices low and attract customers, the drivers are worked to death and constantly sleep-deprived, resulting in these gruesome accidents.

The NTSB has found that you are seven times more likely to die on an discount, curbside pickup bus than a traditional terminal bus.

 

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

http://www.ntsb.gov/news/2011/111031.html

 

NTSB Press Release

 

National Transportation Safety Board

Office of Public Affairs

NTSB study shows rapid growth of curbside carriers poses challenges for effective safety oversight

October 31, 2011

 

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman was joined today by U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez to release the results of a six-month study on curbside motorcoach safety initiated following a series of accidents in this rapidly growing industry.

 

The study - requested by Senator Schumer and Representative Velázquez following the March 12, 2011, bus crash in the Bronx that killed 15 and injured 18 more - highlights key safety issues related to this fast-growing segment of the transportation industry.

 

"Business and safety practices within the growing curbside bus industry create challenges for enforcement authorities and consumers alike when it comes to separating the safe operators from the unsafe operators," Chairman Hersman said during today's press conference.

 

"It's abundantly clear that the oversight of this industry has not kept pace with its growth and the consequences have been deadly," said Senator Schumer. "The NTSB report is a wake-up call that we need a more rigorous regulatory regime and it provides a blueprint for how to fill the gaps. I want to thank Chairman Hersman for so quickly and efficiently responding to our goal and I look forward to working with her as we now begin the process of working to overhaul how this industry is regulated and monitored."

 

"When travelers board a bus, they should feel safe, whether the trip starts in a terminal or at a Chinatown sidewalk," said Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY). "The NTSB study has revealed important information about curbside motorcoach travel and, in the coming weeks, we'll need to continue working to improve the safety regulations that govern this growing industry."

 

This report is the first comprehensive evaluation of the motorcoach industry, with an emphasis on what are commonly known as curbside carriers. Curbside motorcoach operations consist of scheduled trips that begin or end at locations other than traditional bus terminals; most of these operations pick up or discharge passengers at one or more curbside locations. The study analyzed the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) data and conducted field work, which included interviews, focus groups, and observations of compliance reviews and inspections.

 

Key study findings include:

 

    In general, motorcoach travel is safe. However, curbside carriers with ten or fewer buses AND carriers who have been in business for ten years or less, have higher accident rates and higher roadside inspection violation rates.

    The fatal accident rate for curbside carriers from January 2005 to March 2011 was 7 times that of conventional bus operations: 1.4 fatal accidents per 100 vehicles for curbside carriers compared with 0.2 fatal accidents per 100 vehicles for conventional scheduled carriers.

    The exclusion of buses from routine enroute inspections - especially of curbside carriers that don't operate from terminals - reduces opportunities to discover safety violations.

    The FMCSA is overburdened. For example, 878 FMCSA and state personnel are responsible for compliance reviews for more than 765,000 U.S. motor carriers, a ratio of 1.15 investigators per 1,000 motor carriers.

    Bus driver fatigue, a contributing factor in many accidents, is a continuing safety concern.

    There is a lack of transparency in ticket sales. More than conventional carriers, curbside operators use online bus brokers. FMCSA has no authority to regulate these brokers.

 

"Motorcoach safety is on the NTSB's Most Wanted List because of the potential for high-consequence accidents like we saw in the Bronx," said Chairman Hersman. "It's time to recognize that traditional transportation services have morphed into new business models that challenge existing regulatory constructs. I want to thank Senator Schumer and Congresswoman Velázquez for their leadership on this important safety issue."

 

Since March 2011, the NTSB has initiated investigations into two curbside bus crashes and has been assessing safety issues in three others. These five accidents resulted in 22 fatalities and 159 injuries.

 

This study and its Executive Summary are available online.

I haven't heard anyone on this thread mention GoBus at all, which provides intercity bus service between Cincinnati, Athens, and Columbus. I saw one on Gilbert Avenue in Cincinnati, two weeks ago, though I didn't have enough time to take a photo of the bus.

 

http://www.ridegobus.com/

Damn death traps.

 

 

 

 

As I said earlier.......

I have never heard of Go Bus until today. Looks like a branded service of Lakefront Lines and funded by the Hocking Athens Perry Community Action. http://www.hapcap.org/

With bicycle racks!

http://www.ridegobus.com/riders_guide.html#bicycles

How about bus service from Cleveland Hopkins Airport to a fixed point in the Youngstown area (a hotel-rich area with good pedestrian accessibility to nearby restaurants, stores etc.) and from there worker vans or buses could fan out to drill sites. Note the last paragraph.....

 

Shale takes center stage

Job boom expected beyond drilling

December 1, 2011

By LARRY RINGLER - Business Editor ([email protected]) , Tribune Chronicle | TribToday.com

 

YOUNGSTOWN - Job creation for shale drilling projects is expected to extend beyond the drill site to storage areas for sand and pipe, air travel for workers flying to and from job sites, and training classes for job candidates.

 

The Ohio Commerce Park booth at the Youngstown Ohio Utica & Natural Gas Conference at the Covelli Centre attracted inquiries about space to offload and load piles of sand and steel tubes to be used in drilling and hydraulic fracturing of shale rock to release natural gas and oil.

 

"We have areas near the railroad that can handle transloading. We still have a lot of acres for buildings," said Gris Hurlbert, broker for Routh-Hurlbert commercial real estate brokers.

 

Officials with the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport and the Western Reserve Port Authority that runs the airport fielded questions about cargo storage and travel at the Vienna airport.

 

Aviation Director Dan Dickten said the airport is looking into flights with Cleveland, from where shale workers and business people could catch flights to energy centers in Houston, Dallas and Denver.

 

READ MORE AT:

http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/564794/Shale-takes-center-stage.html?nav=5021

Anyone ever take the Greyhound.  I am taking a midnight bus on the 26th and am curious what the scene will be like. I've heard things like it's dirty and there are a lot of homeless and drug user types, but then again, that could just be hyperbole. I really don't know what to expect. Is the station dirty? The bathrooms? What's the degenerate to normal ratio? What about the bus itself? Is there any security indoors? Outdoors?

 

For that matter, what's the station/outside area like early in the morning, as I'll be arriving to Cleveland 7:30am, a Saturday.

 

Any anecdotes or second hand information would be much appreciated.

From where will you be traveling?  I can't really add anything as the last time I rode Greyhound was Cincy to Cleveland and back in 1971.  It was everything you said it might be way back then and it took about 8 hours each way! 

 

My kids/wife have taken the Megabus to Chicago and back numerous times and just love it.

Chicago to Cleve. I live in both cities and virtually always use the Megabus for transport. I must say, the Megabus is the real deal with few complaints, mostly with having to wait outside since it doesn't pay terminal fees.

 

I'll be taking a midnght Chicago Greyhound as well. I've heard some iffy things about that station as well.

i rodethe greyhound with tons of Amish people this summer. my bus left really late. by more than an hour if i remember correctly. 

Boston student re-united with $170,000 violin

By Eric Johnson | Reuters – Sun, Dec 25, 2011

 

 

(Reuters) - Christmas came early for a Boston music student who was reunited with the $170,000 violin she forgot in the overhead compartment of a regional commuter bus she rode last week, police said.

 

Muchen Hsieh, a student at the New England Conservatory in Boston, had traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, arriving at roughly 11 p.m. on Tuesday.

 

Christine O'Brien, a spokeswoman for the Philadelphia police, who helped Hsieh track down the missing instrument, said then came a moment of sheer panic for the student.

 

O'Brien said Hsieh realized she had forgotten the instrument after she was picked up from the bus station. She blamed her absent-mindedness on travel fatigue.

 

Hsieh called the bus company, Megabus, roughly 30 minutes after she arrived but the bus had already left the Philadelphia station, O'Brien said.

 

Full story:

http://news.yahoo.com/boston-student-united-170-000-violin-165321098.html

Recent article from the Columbus Dispatch about Megabus.  Much of the article naturally focuses on the Megabus ridership numbers in Columbus.  But the article also looks at the larger scale issue of who uses the Megabus service.

 

Megabus.com having jolly holiday

Discount carrier’s December ridership up 21% in Columbus

By Marla Matzer Rose, The Columbus Dispatch

Saturday, December 24, 2011 - 7:37 AM

 

With higher airfares and gasoline prices, the discount bus service Megabus.com says it’s experiencing a double-digit increase in ridership this holiday season compared with a year ago. 

 

In Columbus, the company says it’s carrying about 21 percent more passengers this month compared with December 2010, not including customers on the route to Pittsburgh that was added in May.  When the twice-daily Pittsburgh trips are added in, ridership is up 100 percent year-over-year, the company said.

 

Megabus.com promotes fares as low as $1 each way when booked in advance.  It also travels to Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Chicago from Columbus, with bus stops Downtown and on the Ohio State University campus. 

(. . .)

The company, based in the United Kingdom, has been in the United States since 2006.  Dale Moser, president and chief operating officer of Megabus.com, said students and young professionals ages 18 to 35 make up about 45 percent of Megabus.com riders.  Columbus is second only to Boston among U.S. cities in its per-capita population of college students.  Women ages 35 to 55 make up the next-largest group of customers, followed by retirees.

 

MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2011/12/24/megabus-com-having-jolly-holiday.html

I gotta say, I think I'm done with Megabus for the time being unless I can get tickets for $15-20 per way (which still exist though $40 is the new standard). The overnight rides on Greyhound from Chicago to Cleveland and back were MUCH faster than Megabus, also $40/way, the seats reclinable, and it was nice having an indoor station to sit in. Come winter that amenity will be even more appreciated! The only cons were the bus bathrooms were a bit gross and the stations weren't exactly Venice Beach, but both were expected. Cleveland's was definitely cleaner and quieter as a whole.

 

In fact, I think I'll be taking the red-eye trips from now on - and possibly increasing/extending my trips back and forth - as everyone was very quiet, sleeping, and it was surprisingly comfortable. I cannot stress enough how well I slept on both trips, as I got sleep out of the way on both rides, giving me 3 completely full days in Cleve and I didn't miss any work!

 

Whatever the Greyhounds used to be like, there must have been some substantial improvement in recent years to the stations and buses as I couldn've have been happier. Maybe a day trip would've been different, but the night was more than fine, and I think Megabus may have outpriced itself a little. Glad to hear MB is doing well though; whatever it takes to get people taking buses and trains, I'll take!

Greyhound's parent company was acquired 3-4 years ago by a British transportation company making the usual promises of restoring the brand.  Your experiences today are likely the result of the changes that were put into motion by the new owner.

^^Well, megabus is always going to be the better option, if you don't wait until the last minute to buy your ticket. I've only paid more than $20 about two times out of the dozen or so trips I've planned.

Additionally, I always remember the round trip I took from Cincinnati to Minneapolis for $20. I took a bus to Chicago and onward to Minneapolis, then back again the same way. Had I waited until the last minute, it wouldn't have been worth the trip. Many round trips I've taken only cost me $5-$20.

Anyone know if this the same outfit or affiliated with the Chinatown bus operator that has the two or three Ohio routes?

 

Posted: Thu, Jan. 26, 2012, 2:33 PM

Court orders shutdown of defiant Chinatown bus firm

By Sam Wood

INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

 

Federal officials have obtained a court order requiring a popular Chinatown bus company to cease all operations after defying a previous order to shutdown.

 

Double Happyness Bus Company transports passengers along the Northeast Corridor, making stops in Philadelphia on the way to Washington D.C., New York City, and Albany, N.Y.

 

Last month, the U.S. Dept. of Transportation declared Double Happyness an "imminent hazard to safety" after a federal review found numerous serious violations of hours-of-service, vehicle maintenance, and controlled substance and alcohol testing rules.

 

READ MORE AT:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20120126_Court_orders_shutdown_of_defiant_Chinatown_bus_firm.html

^I don't think so, but it's hard to tell. There are so many of those Chinatown bus companies now and they seem to operate in a shadowy world without much advertising (and without compliance to set regulations or standards). People just seem to know about them through word of mouth. I accidentally stumbled on the one to Cleveland one day, but can't remember the name of the street on which it's located (though I know exactly how to get there! It's on the eastern edge of Chinatown, a little past the Manhattan Bridge). The only info I could find online features what looks like very outdated info (and very little, at that). It mentions a Canal St. address, but as I recall it was not actually on Canal (though the picture in the link looks like the location I saw). I know there are also buses to Columbus and Cincinnati, but I believe they're operated by a different company. Unfortunately service is not very frequent (I think only once a day to all three cities) to Ohio, unlike the east coast routes like Boston and Virginia, which leave on an hourly basis. http://www.nychinatown.org/directory/m_bus.html#ohio

^ Maybe they're run by the A-Team.

So this morning I'm driving down East 30th Street just east of downtown Cleveland in the Asiatown district and I see this plain white motorcoach parked behind Asia Plaza amongst the loading docks and delivery trucks. I thought that was kind of strange and then I see the placard on the front of the bus -- it's the first time I've ever actually seen the Chinatown bus that operates between Cleveland and New York City. It was just sitting there empty, laying over between runs. So of course I had to take a picture of it and the placard....

 

 

Those are the busses you have to worry about. Unprofessional drivers, unsafe rigs.

The Atlantic Cities published this article about Chinatown Buses the other day, which claims that there is daily service between NYC and Cincinnati, and less frequent service between NYC and Cleveland, Akron, and Youngstown.  JYP did some additional digging and found the Cincy-to-NYC tickets online.

This is an old press release, but Megabus just started sending out advisories by e-mail to regular Megabus customers....

 

http://us.megabus.com/Ann%20Arbor.aspx

 

Express bus service now available between Ann Arbor, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Toledo

 

(Jan. 13, 2012) – University of Michigan students and Ann Arbor residents can now travel to more cities for as low as $1. Megabus.com, the widely popular city-to-city, express bus company, today announced they will begin daily service to/from Ann Arbor and Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Toledo on March 14. Customers can begin booking travel today at www.megabus.com.

 

Megabus.com will offer one daily departure from its stop location at the Park & Ride Lot on the west side of South State Street.

 

Customers are encouraged to book early to secure $1 fares. Fares always start as low as $1 and get higher as the traveling date gets closer.

 

"Megabus.com has rapidly become the travel option of choice for millions of people and today we’re excited to expand our offerings to and from Ann Arbor,” said Dale Moser, president and COO of megabus.com. “As Americans continue to look for ways to stretch their income, we will continue to provide safe, convenient and affordable travel to Ann Arbor-area residents.”

 

Megabus.com, a subsidiary of Coach USA, launched in April 2006 and is one of the largest intercity express bus service providers in North America, transporting more than 15 million travelers.  In addition to affordable fares, megabus.com offers customers state-of-the-art environmentally-friendly buses with free Wi-Fi, power outlets and restrooms.

 

Visit www.megabus.com for additional information about the service, schedules, arrival and departure times and fares.

Chinatown buses offer direct overnight travel from Cincinnati to New York City

By John Yung, UrbanCincy

February 2, 2012

 

Imagine falling asleep in Cincinnati and waking up in Manhattan the next morning. It’s not a dream but another travel opportunity for the Cincinnati region. With the increasing cost of air travel and the declining flight activity at shrinking airport markets like CVG, many people are turning to low cost alternatives provided by inter-city buses.

 

Unlike the traditional Greyhound model, curbside intercity bus-service has become popular through services such as Megabus and Bolt Bus. These bus companies based their business plan on the Chinatown bus model developed by the Fung Wah buses in the late 1990’s. Megabus currently offers direct connections to Chicago and other Midwestern cities, including Columbus and Pittsburgh, but does not offer continuing service to New York City. Meanwhile, Bolt Bus has no Cincinnati stops.

 

According to a recent article from the Atlantic Cities, Chinatown bus service does run direct from New York City to Cincinnati. UrbanCincy investigated the claim and found that there are actually two Chinatown bus services that have established direct bus service from New York City to Cincinnati as well as Dayton and Columbus.

 

Services operated by Coach88 and Sky Horse Bus operate six days a week, and arrive in the morning after a 12-hour overnight trip. According to their websites, buses come equipped with comfortable recliner seating and restrooms. Select Coach88 busses offers free wi-fi access.

 

However, Chinatown buses are not for the faint of heart. In a recently released report published in Urban Geography, authors Nicholas J. Klein and Andrew Zitcer conduct several focus groups to gauge rider experience on Chinatown buses. They found that the “participants rendered Chinatown and the Chinatown bus as an “authentic” urban experience.” And because their routes are designed to connect different Chinatowns, riders will have a unique opportunity to experience Asian culture.

 

Both dropoff locations are in commercial lots which make long-term parking a challenge. Both services currently drop off thirteen miles from downtown in Springdale. Coach88’s drop off point is on Princeton Pike Rd. near the Tri-County Mall and Sky Horse is along Rt. 4 near I-275. These locations are near city bus service provided by SORTA, however, both the #20 and #78 routes are located a half-mile to almost a mile near the drop off locations.

 

Still curbside bus service continues to appeal to many people, including local resident Rob Naylor.

 

“Curbside pickup also allows for quicker and more convenient boarding process, which actually makes travel time comparative to air travel in many cases,” Naylor told UrbanCincy. “I also found the curbside pickup to even feel safer, because you’re being picked up on a street often in the middle of downtown, so you’re around activity.”

 

These bus companies are filling the growing market of low-cost intercity travel alternatives brought on by rising airfare prices. It also serves as a missed opportunity for several state governments, including Ohio which could have capitalized on with expanded inter-city rail connections.

 

Additionally, implementation of a plan to consolidate these bus services under a single destination like the Riverfront Transit Center, first proposed last July by UrbanCincy, would greatly enhance the accessible population base for these services thus integrating the service into Cincinnati’s broader regional transportation system.

 

More information and images here:

http://www.urbancincy.com/2012/02/chinatown-buses-offer-direct-overnight-travel-from-cincinnati-to-new-york-city/

Both dropoff locations are in commercial lots which make long-term parking a challenge. Both services currently drop off thirteen miles from downtown in Springdale. Coach88’s drop off point is on Princeton Pike Rd. near the Tri-County Mall and Sky Horse is along Rt. 4 near I-275. These locations are near city bus service provided by SORTA, however, both the #20 and #78 routes are located a half-mile to almost a mile near the drop off locations.

 

That's astonishing to me. I mean, it's not a rail line so the bus stop can be anywhere, and yet no easy connection is provided between bus modes. Whichever bus route was started second has managers who did not do their homework on the potential modal connectivity and how to maximize traffic feeders. And if the bus company managers don't care about having such linkages, then truly the wrong people are running these outfits.

 

Thanks for the article. Very interesting!

The places where those Chinatowns buses stop are much closer to the center of immigrant populations in Greater Cincinnati (the northern 'burbs). There are relatively few immigrants, esp. Asians in Cincinnati itself.

Low-fare Greyhound line to run from here

By  Steve Wartenberg

The Columbus Dispatch Saturday March 17, 2012 5:49 AM

 

Budget-conscious central Ohio travelers now have more options if they’re willing to take the bus.

 

Greyhound Express has added Columbus to its expanding network of cities, with direct service to Atlanta; Cincinnati; Cleveland; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Louisville, Ky.; and Nashville, Tenn.

 

This new, premium service begins on March 28.

 

The new Greyhound Express premium service provides amenities such as free Wi-Fi, power outlets, leather seats, reserved seating and extra legroom.

 

READ MORE AT:

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2012/03/17/low-fare-greyhound-line-to-run-from-here.html

 

Is Greyhound Express the same damn thing as Bolt, just for the non-Northeast?  That seems silly.  Keep the brand name the same.  I don't hear Megabus in Madison, Wisconsin called "GigaTrolley."

They have six different product lines plus other services:

https://www.greyhound.com/en/RoutesAndServices/default.aspx

 

Greyhound Express has some bizarre schedules. For example between Cleveland and Columbus there are two buses in each direction. Northbounds depart Columbus at 10:06 a.m. and 8:46 p.m. Soutbounds depart Cleveland at 9:01 a.m. and 2:31 p.m. Check out schedules at: https://www.greyhound.com/Express/WhereWeGo.aspx

 

I wish they had a 7 a.m. departure from Cleveland for Columbus and a 5 p.m. departure from Columbus for Cleveland. Guess I'll have to keep pushing for the trains!

I've taken the Greyhound Express from Cincinnati to Chicago and let me say that "premium" is a very aspirational term for this service. Wifi did not work much at all. The seemingly new bus was already dirty and already in poor repair. Many of the power outlets did not work. Bus was late in both departures on the roundtrip with no explanation. Driver stopped for coffee because he felt like it as soon as we got out of Cincinnati even though we were already running late (wtf). It was cheap at the time, but it would take alot for me to do it again.

 

Great idea. Poorly execuated concept. (compared to megabus)

 

That said -- glad to see more affordable transportation options coming to Ohio cities.

Sounds to me like Greyhound doesn't have a clue.  :wtf:

I take the Greyhound from Cleveland to Detroit frequently and it is fine. Always on time and a quick ride. I don't think I would pay extra for premium service since there is already enough leg room, and I am content to read a book. I've taken Greyhound to Chicago also and took it to Boston and back a few years ago. I didn't have any problems traveling at night. I did sleep but it was a little uncomfortable, okay for one night though.

The wifi never works on the greyhound, it's the only real flaw of the system.  Some security outside the Cleveland stop would be nice too. I'm sick of those people from the nearby shelters bothering me, even though they're harmless.  7:30am is just too early for that $hit

^^^One of the genius things about megabus is that their business model effectively eliminates the riff-raff aspect of bus travel that plagues Greyhound: no stations, no transfers or long layovers, no rural stops, you must have a credit card to purchase a ticket

 

So, while I applaud Greyhound for trying to offer a product that competes with megabus, without fundamentally changing parts of their business model it's really just the old Greyhound with new marketing and Wi-Fi that sometimes works.

^^ I rode it once very early on, it was early enough that I didn't really have to deal with the standard crowd outside of the station in Chicago.  I liked the seats, very comfy and the wifi worked for me (though even on megabus the wifi is spotty) if not for the stations and the already bad reputation Greyhound has the right idea.  If a competitor to Megabus would start focusing on offering better customer service and more comfort then it could really fill a missing niche - Megabus' model isn't IMO what it wound up attracting it was quite literally a bottom rung bus operator in Europe offering the same service to the US.  Sad thing is bottom rung intercity buses in Europe still beat Greyhound in the US by miles er kilometers :P.

^^^One of the genius things about megabus is that their business model effectively eliminates the riff-raff aspect of bus travel that plagues Greyhound: no stations, no transfers or long layovers, no rural stops, you must have a credit card to purchase a ticket

 

 

The downside is if the bus is late, there's no way of knowing. You're left to stand out in the elements, waiting for lord knows how long. Megabus should be equipped with GPS (I would be surprised if they already aren't) and their website should display where their buses are located. And how hard is it to provide an expanded bus shelter like one of the pre-fab shelters with a next-bus display?

I cannot believe you folks ride in these petri dishes on wheels!  Ewww

And I can't believe you still live in Shaker Square but life is always a mystery.

^^^One of the genius things about megabus is that their business model effectively eliminates the riff-raff aspect of bus travel that plagues Greyhound: no stations, no transfers or long layovers, no rural stops, you must have a credit card to purchase a ticket

 

 

The downside is if the bus is late, there's no way of knowing. You're left to stand out in the elements, waiting for lord knows how long. Megabus should be equipped with GPS (I would be surprised if they already aren't) and their website should display where their buses are located. And how hard is it to provide an expanded bus shelter like one of the pre-fab shelters with a next-bus display?

 

Actually megabus now has a smartphone app at least for Android all they need to do is locate in areas that are sheltered like the riverfront transit center in Cincy.

I cannot believe you folks ride in these petri dishes on wheels!  Ewww

 

Really? You ride the Blue/Green lines yet you call Megabus petri dishes?

 

 

Megabus' internet-only ticket purchases bleach out most of the salt-of-the-earth colors from society! Plus there's lots of hot young college girls on board. Clevon Little once asked the question, and the answer is MEGABUS!!!