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Cyclists’ Rights Improving in Colorado

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A new Colorado bill should make cyclists safer on the road.  More »

Pet Airways to Launch US Flights in July 2009

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Dog & cat owners in the US will soon have more travel options for their pets.   More »

Greyhound Canada: How To Piss Off All Your Customers Without Actually Making Them Any Safer

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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  More »

Bus Companies vs. Rideshare: It’s Like Napster All Over Again

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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  More »

WiFi in the Friendly Skies

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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  More »

Greyhound’s “Neon” Service, Reviewed

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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   More »

“Cyber-Hitching”? Heck, Where I Come From, We Just Call It Ride-Sharing

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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  More »

World’s Worst Spot For A DUI?


Find out which country really hits drunk drivers in the wallet  More »

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  More »

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  More »

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  More »

Megabus or Megabust?

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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  More »

What We Hate About Travel… & Love to Complain About

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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  More »

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  More »

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