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The original plan to move the loading and unloading of all the intercity bus companies that pick up and drop off downtown to L’Enfant Plaza has been scuttled by DDOT for now according to a WaPo article. The article cites safety, convenience and logistical concerns on the part of some of the bus companies that would be affected by the move. PQ Living’s original post on DDOT’s proposed move appeared June 23.
Thanks to a PQ Living tipster for pointing us to the WaPo coverage.
Ed. Note: After the writing of this post, Marc “Raw” Fisher got in his own licks on the matter in today’s WaPo online. However, we’re not entirely in agreement with one of the benefits he touts (“…waiting bus riders enliven city sidewalks..” ) nor the only adverse impact being “…that felt by big bad Greyhound…”
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#1: Marc “Raw” Fisher and many of the writers/readers on this blog define the words industry and corporation as evil. Replace those words with home grown and independent and you’ve got a winner. Things like safety and quality are all third tier issues.
Non-traditional, new entrants in this sector are called competition. Nothing is more American. Without competition, prices would be higher, service would be worse and we would still be riding older buses. Some entrepreneurs caught Greyhound asleep at the switch.
indeed, competition is good. just a reminder that BoltBus, one of the entrants in question, is a subsidiary of Greyhound.
the BB strategy is similar to that of United Airlines’ low cost start up, Ted, and Delta Airlines’ low cost subsidiary, Song. they both tried to compete with Southwest but for a variety of reasons, it didn’t work out. I’m not saying BoltBus won’t work because the airline equivalent went bust. high fuel costs foster demand for lower cost alternatives and there’s lots of demand for a $40 roundtrip to NYC these days. lots of demand = lots of busses = lots of bus companies.
Speaking of not moving.. What was up with all the Metro buses on the 4th just idling away for hours at the security checkpoints. What a waste of gas.
#5: But how would the poor drivers, cops, or whatever other officials at the check points be able to get a blast of air conditioning if they didn’t idle all day?
how’s about M St between 7th and 9th in the cut-through of the Convention Center? Right near a Metro, between 2 commercial streets, and a street that is currently totally under-utilized
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Its time to move them to a central location, if not L’Enfant Plaza, then Union Station, just as everyone said two weeks ago. I laugh at anyone who refers to Greyhound as “big bad”. I know their service is pretty reliable and safer than the Chinese companies. Does anyone actually believe that the Chinese companies are “good guys”?