Megabus
Submitted by PamWalking on June 11, 2010 - 10:41am
The Megabus is as advertised. You can get to NYC (or Pittsburgh or Philly or Harrisburg) for a ridiculously low price, in clean comfortable, non stop style. I highly recommend. I took said bus to NYC this weekend, and will spend time walking around Manhattan, a inexhaustible fount of treks. Many people, particularly the women, stride around wearing impossible footware, but I don't let that keep me from my sensible shoes. Last night after a dinner in on Thompson Street, near Bleecker . we walked all the way home to Lincoln Center, about 2 1/2 miles. On a fine night, if you're not in a hurry, there is nothing better than traversing city streets.
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What's a megabus?
What in the world is a "megabus"? Obviously some kind of bus service, sure, I can figure that out, but I've never heard of it. So - "as advertised" - where is the sucker advertised?
I was just berating happy valley the other day for not having a decent train for getting to NYC. I used to like to go to the museum of natutal history there - but it's a hassle to drive.
How long is the bus ride? Where does it end up?
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On a completely seperate topic, I get the "art blog" ambience of your writing, but if you write longer subject lines with juicy keywords. it makes the search engine spiders happy and frantic to spider the posts.
The Megabus, Cont
A bus service just started up a branch in State College, early May...it's actually an international business, started in the UK,migrated to Canada, and spread here to the US. The basic deal is that it's low cost, focused on specific markets and very efficient. HEre's the website. http://us.megabus.com/ You have to make reservations on line, I believe, and bring your printout to board.
The State College stop is Balfurds parking lot. The places you can go, non stop are Pittsburgh, NYC, Philly, Harrisburg. The NY Run is 2x per day, at 10AM (Arrive around 3) and 8PM (arrive around 12:30AM), drops you off 28th and 7th Ave, picks up at Penn State 31st and 8th Ave. (Leave 6:50 AM, arrive 1PA, lv 4PM get in9:30PM) I haven't checked out the others. Here's the part I don't get, but appreciate- it's mad cheap. The further ahead you plan, the cheaper it is...down to $1 - they have 2 $1 seats on each run. The fee to sign up is $.50 Not per ticket even, per order. So I tried it this weekend, and the bus was completely fine- Actually it's been word of mouth spreading the news, I don't know if it has been advertised anywhere. The bus I took was pretty full, and everyone seemed pretty content with the deal. I go to NYC often, so I'm really happy with this option so far.
As for post titles..Not sure what keywords have juice. Guidance appreciated.