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Home » Archives » December 2011 » Surfing is Better than Driving, the Bus Makes a Comeback

12/21/2011: "Surfing is Better than Driving, the Bus Makes a Comeback"

Today presented the first evidence of something I have suspected was occurring. People linked to technology don't want to drive because time in the car is time (properly) spent disconnected. Today a Bloomberg report revealed Megabus.com and BoltBus led U.S. curbside bus companies that boosted trips by 32 percent this year. Travelers, the report says, would rather search than drive. The Inter-City Bus is returning. Joseph Schwieterman, director of DePaul’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development in Chicago, which has done several reports on the return of the Inter-City bus says in the article that U.S., bus travel is now attracting more affluent riders, students and women traveling alone. A visit to the Megabus Web site will reveal just how much the routes and cities service has expanded.