archives: Transportation
Greyhound Canada: How To Piss Off All Your Customers Without Actually Making Them Any Safer
I used to really, really hate traveling by bus, for a variety of reasons (among them, that the contraptions make me a little queasy) — so it ju [...]
Bus Companies vs. Rideshare: It’s Like Napster All Over Again
File this news story under “out of touch”. Remember when Napster first came on the scene, and everyone in the music industry was in a gre [...]
WiFi in the Friendly Skies
Depending on your point of view, this news will either revolutionize your flight experience or make it even more revolting: WiFi is now available in [...]
Greyhound’s “Neon” Service, Reviewed
2008 seems to be the year of the low-cost regional express bus service. (Catchy, huh?) BoltBus, Megabus, and Neon have all rolled out new routes in [...]
“Cyber-Hitching”? Heck, Where I Come From, We Just Call It Ride-Sharing
It’s always a little strange to see the mainstream travel media latch on to a not-quite-new phenomenon and glam it up with a fancy title. Exhib [...]
Madrid Crash Kills 153
Today’s crash of Spanair flight JK5022 upon take off at Madrid’s Barajas Airport was the latest in a series of recent air disasters that h [...]
Sleepless in SEA? (or JFK, LAX, or ORD?)
If you’re a regular Pulse reader, then you know that every few weeks or so I’m due a new rant on the American airline industry. ItR [...]
Come Fly the Friendly Skies!
Maybe the skies you’ve been flying lately haven’t been as friendly as the one in this YouTube video. That’s an airplane?! With baggage an [...]
Megabus or Megabust?
If you’re a budget traveler, I’ll bet you’re already hip to the cheap tickets for the so-called Chinese buses that run between Chi [...]
What We Hate About Travel… & Love to Complain About
Matador members love travel, and because they’re on the road, in the skies, and on the seas so much, they have a lot to say about how the trave [...]
Two-Wheel Rideshare Coming Soon to D.C.
Photo by bfick (Creative Commons) Most cities are strategizing ways to cut down on urban traffic, but few cities are relying upon bicycles as the ce [...]
