BoltBus

I'm sure it makes me sound hopelessly middle-aged, but being able to post this blog on a Megabus from Manhattan to Washington, DC feels like science fiction to me. At 45, I'm old enough to remember the excitement of getting a push-button phone. A digression: I'm determined not to be one of those...

Airlines are the squeaky wheel of the travel industry, and they get a lot of grease in the media, so by now we all know how to navigate ticket buying. But baggage fees are on the rise and airfares are an uncertain game of roulette, so many of us are choosing to go to Grandmother's house by land...

With Bolt and other premium lines transforming the face of busing, it's easy to forget just how bad buses used to be. When I was in college, cross-country buses were to transportation what Detroit is to urban planning: overcrowded, malodorous, sticky, and unsanitary. In fact, I still carry dark...

Over the past few months, one of my favorite stories has been the tale of BoltBus. A subsidiary of Greyhound, the bus line charges $25 for a one-way trip from New York to Washington, DC, and $20 for a one-way trip from New York to Boston. While this puts it in competition with the popular Chinatown...

As gas prices in the U.S. continue their steady march upward, the news is filled with stories about the way that it's changing our lives. As we hear every night, people are finding cheaper ways of getting to work, cutting down on trips to the grocery store, buying locking gas caps, and even...