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What's a fancy bus? Is that like the sawed-off schoolbus?

• gen220 6y ago
  It’s basically a greyhound bus with 1/2 the seats, a complimentary hot meal, functional air conditioning, and comfortable chairs. They charge a premium, but you bring as many bags as you like and the pickup locations are usually less chaotic (a hotel rather than a regional mass transit center). They still suffer from traffic and the movement of the vehicle (trains are way better in this dimension). They’re kind of like what I imagine flying in the 80s was like, in terms of the amenities and milieu of customers. Except with near constant turbulence.
  • sjg007 6y ago
    Well... umm.. 300 miles is nothing. That's an 8 hour drive max with really bad traffic. That's not really a comparative point.
    • gen220 6y ago
      I think 300 miles is around the inflection point where, if the transportation systems are mature and trafficked enough, it’s hard to nail down an ideal form of travel. It’s far too long for a taxi, too short for the plane to be obvious, too short for a drive to be overly boring, and too short for a train to be mind-numbing. Any longer (500+), I think the plane gets the obvious advantage. Any shorter and you wouldn’t consider a plane. I guess my point is that, at this point in my life, I’d only want to fly to avoid a reliably 6+hour drive (NYC to Augusta ME, for an example). Even then it’s a toss up, depending on how much stuff I’m bringing with me.