• Garbanzo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I don’t get Greyhound. I looked up fares for the NY to LA trip and it doesn’t seem to be much cheaper than flying on Southwest, like $288 vs $328. You’re gonna spend more than the difference on meals while taking the bus trip. Their customer base has to be people who are afraid to fly, who still need to travel long distances, don’t want to or can’t drive themselves, and are too poor for a train ticket. Makes me kinda sad to think there’s enough people like that out there to support the business.

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      1 year ago

      Their base is not cross country trips. Its people without reliable transportation going to cities 3-8 hours away from their homes

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        1 year ago

        So I took a look at Sacramento to LA and it’s more like $80 vs $200, so not quite as bad as cross country. It’s still pretty fucked that there’s a significant population that can’t afford $120 to save about 34 hours of travel time.

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    1 year ago

    the state of American transit when it’s considered a grueling challenge for Youtubers …

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      1 year ago

      To be fair, everything is made out to be an grueling challenge by YouTubers.

      "you won’t believe what happened next, I had to walk to the bus stop! " thumbnail with shocked face and big neon words

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      1 year ago

      Greyhound is horrible. We should federalize a bus system that allows cheap but reliable travel to those that need it most.

      I do also think we have a size issue most don’t. This bus travels nearly 3,000 miles on just this route. Most countries don’t have to deal with such a large size.

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        If we’re going to federalize anything it should be a high speed rail system laid out alongside or over the top of (when space doesn’t permit along side) the interstate highway system.

        But I’ll take the bus system now while the train system builds out.