http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2011/06/fede...o-non.html

We really have some deep thinkers up there in Washington. How do we prime the pump of common sense to these aholes in Washington. We need a common sense revolution.

Quote:"The federal government is again offering money it does not have to entice a state (Iowa) to spend money that it does not have on something it does not need.

(06-14-2011 07:57 AM)DrTorch Wrote:  http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2011/06/fede...o-non.html

This, and the fact the US already makes batter use of rail than Europe (freight which does not mind an 8 versus a 2 hour trip) may hopefully wake up those with a rail fetish...

Megabus is hugely popular with University of Wisconsin students, because you can get from Madison to Minneapolis or Chicago in around 3 hours - for often as little as $4.

Amazing. Seriously.

(06-14-2011 07:57 AM)DrTorch Wrote:  http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2011/06/fede...o-non.html

If I were heading back east alone (now with a pregnant wife and two kids in tow) I would use this, heck I might use it for a Chicago trip with the family at some point this fall..

But mega bus does not travel well between regions

(06-14-2011 10:23 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

(06-14-2011 07:57 AM)DrTorch Wrote:  http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2011/06/fede...o-non.html

If I were heading back east alone (now with a pregnant wife and two kids in tow) I would use this, heck I might use it for a Chicago trip with the family at some point this fall..

But mega bus does not travel well between regions

Ok. But, passenger rail is a poor concept.

I'm moving to DC on Amtrak in a week. 95 bucks, 11 hours, 3 FREE checked bags and 2 Carryons and my bike. For 95 bucks. Get that in a car, or bus, or plane.

Plus it's over night, so I can sleep in the big comfy seats. . Passenger rail has it's place.

(06-14-2011 10:19 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  Megabus is hugely popular with University of Wisconsin students, because you can get from Madison to Minneapolis or Chicago in around 3 hours - for often as little as $4.

Amazing. Seriously.

$4 bucks??? Who pays for the rest of it?

(06-14-2011 07:58 PM)CountryRedHawk Wrote:  I'm moving to DC on Amtrak in a week. 95 bucks, 11 hours, 3 FREE checked bags and 2 Carryons and my bike. For 95 bucks. Get that in a car, or bus, or plane.

Plus it's over night, so I can sleep in the big comfy seats. . Passenger rail has it's place.

Go ahead and spring for the extra bucks for a sleeper. You never know who you will meet in the Bar/Dining Car.

(06-14-2011 07:58 PM)CountryRedHawk Wrote:  I'm moving to DC on Amtrak in a week. 95 bucks, 11 hours, 3 FREE checked bags and 2 Carryons and my bike. For 95 bucks. Get that in a car, or bus, or plane.

Plus it's over night, so I can sleep in the big comfy seats. . Passenger rail has it's place.

For unmarried individuals moving their life to a city that doesn't require them to have a vehicle?

(06-14-2011 07:58 PM)CountryRedHawk Wrote:  I'm moving to DC on Amtrak in a week. 95 bucks, 11 hours, 3 FREE checked bags and 2 Carryons and my bike. For 95 bucks. Get that in a car, or bus, or plane.

Plus it's over night, so I can sleep in the big comfy seats. . Passenger rail has it's place.

where are you moving from?

(06-14-2011 11:19 AM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(06-14-2011 10:23 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

(06-14-2011 07:57 AM)DrTorch Wrote:  http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2011/06/fede...o-non.html

If I were heading back east alone (now with a pregnant wife and two kids in tow) I would use this, heck I might use it for a Chicago trip with the family at some point this fall..

But mega bus does not travel well between regions

Ok. But, passenger rail is a poor concept.

As if being stuck in traffic is so much better.

(06-14-2011 10:46 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(06-14-2011 07:58 PM)CountryRedHawk Wrote:  I'm moving to DC on Amtrak in a week. 95 bucks, 11 hours, 3 FREE checked bags and 2 Carryons and my bike. For 95 bucks. Get that in a car, or bus, or plane.

Plus it's over night, so I can sleep in the big comfy seats. . Passenger rail has it's place.

where are you moving from?

South Carolina.

(06-15-2011 03:14 AM)CountryRedHawk Wrote:  

(06-14-2011 10:46 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(06-14-2011 07:58 PM)CountryRedHawk Wrote:  I'm moving to DC on Amtrak in a week. 95 bucks, 11 hours, 3 FREE checked bags and 2 Carryons and my bike. For 95 bucks. Get that in a car, or bus, or plane.

Plus it's over night, so I can sleep in the big comfy seats. . Passenger rail has it's place.

where are you moving from?

South Carolina.

yeah i'd say the train was best for the value you got. It would probably take around 8 hours to make that drive.

(06-15-2011 01:09 AM)RobertN Wrote:  

(06-14-2011 11:19 AM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(06-14-2011 10:23 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

(06-14-2011 07:57 AM)DrTorch Wrote:  http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2011/06/fede...o-non.html

If I were heading back east alone (now with a pregnant wife and two kids in tow) I would use this, heck I might use it for a Chicago trip with the family at some point this fall..

But mega bus does not travel well between regions

Ok. But, passenger rail is a poor concept.

As if being stuck in traffic is so much better.

The last time I took the train was from Buffalo to MSP and, in Chicago, I ended up having to sit in a small room with about 150 other passengers... Ill take being stuck in traffic thank you very much..