{"id":18040,"date":"2011-02-02T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T18:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/?p=18040"},"modified":"2011-02-02T13:00:37","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T18:00:37","slug":"intercity-bus-fastest-growing-form-of-transit-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/intercity-bus-fastest-growing-form-of-transit-in-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Intercity Bus: Fastest-Growing Form of Transit in U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18110\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/co2_emissions_passenger_transport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18110\" title=\"co2_emissions_passenger_transport\" src=\"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/files\/2011\/01\/co2_emissions_passenger_transport-e1296232354701.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: World Tourism Organisation (WTO)&#39;s Conference on environmentally friendly travelling in Europe, 2006<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.busandcoach.travel\/en\/green\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intercity buses<\/a> are actually extremely efficient modes of transport, even beating rail. Apparently, they are becoming more popular with the public these days as well. They were the fastest-growing mode of intercity transport for the third year in a row last year, according to a new report by DePaul University researchers called \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/las.depaul.edu\/chaddick\/docs\/Docs\/2010_Intercity_Bus_Study_12-29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Intercity Bus: America\u2019s Fastest Growing Transportation Mode<\/a>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On a personal note, I&#8217;ve taken both intercity buses (Greyhound) and trains (Amtrak) in recent years. Greyhound wasn&#8217;t nearly as nice as the train, but it&#8217;s quite a bit cheaper and can be more flexible in some circumstances. I think the train is a much better option when it comes to personal comfort and convenience, but I&#8217;m sure there is a bit of variation depending on which bus services\/companies you use. Curious to hear of others&#8217; experiences using intercity buses in the U.S. (or elsewhere for that matter).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18111\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/intercity-compared-to-other-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18111\" title=\"intercity-compared-to-other-travel\" src=\"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/files\/2011\/01\/intercity-compared-to-other-travel-e1296232464514.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Intercity Bus: America\u2019s Fastest Growing Transportation Mode (click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18112\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18112\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/changing-intercity-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18112\" title=\"changing-intercity-travel\" src=\"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/files\/2011\/01\/changing-intercity-travel-e1296232536993.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Intercity Bus: America\u2019s Fastest Growing Transportation Mode (click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a little more from TheCityFix on the recent report out of DePaul University:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The trend is a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/condor.depaul.edu\/chaddick\/Intercity%20Bus%20Study.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reversal of the decline of intercity bus operations from 1960 to 2006<\/a>, which\u00a0Schwieterman and Fischer attribute to the expansion and improvement of the interstate highway system, increased automobile ownership and the decay of downtown districts.<\/p>\n<p>The newer successful services have, in some cases, utilized the model of \u201cChinatown Operators\u201d that previously dominated the intercity market. For the past few years, a new breed of \u201ccurbside operators\u201d have\u00a0gained in popularity, expanding operations by six percent in 2010. \u00a0Such \u201ccurbside operators\u201d like Boltbus, Megabus and RedCoach do not utilize traditional bus stations, making their services more flexible. In the fourth\u00a0quarter of this year, compared to the same time last year, these operators expanded service by 33 percent. (Megabus reported ridership growth of 48 percent in 2009 and 2010.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more about bus branding, the importance of location, info on emissions savings, and changing behaviors over on TheCityFix:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thecityfix.com\/americas-fastest-growing-form-of-transit-the-intercity-bus\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thecityfix%2Fposts+%28TheCityFix%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">America\u2019s Fastest Growing Form of Transit: The Intercity Bus<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intercity buses are actually extremely efficient modes of transport, even beating rail. Apparently, they are becoming more popular with the public these days as well. They were the fastest-growing mode of intercity transport for the third year in a row last year, according to a new report by DePaul University researchers called \u201cThe Intercity Bus: &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/intercity-bus-fastest-growing-form-of-transit-in-u-s\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Intercity Bus: Fastest-Growing Form of Transit in U.S.<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[672,219,761,762,763,764,765,766,238,114,65],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Zach","author_link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/author\/zshahan\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Intercity buses are actually extremely efficient modes of transport, even beating rail. Apparently, they are becoming more popular with the public these days as well. They were the fastest-growing mode of intercity transport for the third year in a row last year, according to a new report by DePaul University researchers called \u201cThe Intercity Bus:&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18040"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}