BoltBus
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 Prevost X3-45 #0800 departs New York City |
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| Slogan | Bolt for a Buck |
| Parent | Greyhound Lines, Peter Pan Bus Lines (buses owned by Greyhound) |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | 25 County Avenue Secaucus, NJ |
| Service area | Northeastern United States |
| Service type | Intercity coach service |
| Routes | 5 |
| Destinations | New York City, Newark, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., Cherry Hill, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Greenbelt |
| Fleet | 92 |
| Fuel type | Diesel |
| Operator | Greyhound and Peter Pan |
| Web site | Official Web site |
BoltBus is a bus line operating in the northeastern United States. It is a 50/50 venture between Greyhound Lines and Peter Pan Bus Lines providing service between New York City and other cities in the northeastern United States,[1] utilizing the existing operating authority of Greyhound Lines (although it is run as a distinct business). Its business model is similar to the Megabus model used by Stagecoach Group, a rival to Greyhound's parent company FirstGroup, in the United Kingdom and in portions of the United States which offer fares starting at US$1.00, depending on how far the trip is booked in advance and how many people have purchased tickets already.[2]
The service is designed to compete with Chinatown bus carriers and Megabus.[3]
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[edit] Routes
The Boltbus network in the northeast radiates from New York City from street stops near New York Penn Station and in the Port Authority Bus Terminal, although there are different departure points for different lines. Service is currently available between New York City and Washington, D.C.'s Union Station, Baltimore's Penn Station, the Greenbelt Metro station in Greenbelt, MD, Philadelphia at 30th Street Station and suburban Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Cherry Hill Mall, (a highway stop on Route 38), and Boston's South Station.[4]
Effective June 23, 2011, Boltbus will begin providing service from Newark Penn Station to Philadelphia, stopping at John F. Kennedy Boulevard and N. 30th St. across the street from the west entrance of the 30th Street Station, and to Boston South Station. The same fare scheme will apply, with specially priced $1.00 seats on each trip between June 23 and June 26th, 2011.[5]
[edit] Services, Safety
On each trip, one seat is offered from $1, with most seats sold in the $5-$25 range, via the yield management model.[6] BoltBus operates Prevost X3-45 and MCI D4505 coaches with wireless Internet access by WAAV, Inc. and 120V power outlets on many seats. The carrier claims that their seat pitch is unusually generous. BoltBus also operates a reserve fleet of older MCI 102DL3 buses at peak times.[7]
The safety of curbside bus services came under scrutiny after a 2011 crash in New York caused 14 fatalities.[8] The National Transportation Safety Board conducted a six-month study and found that while bus travel was considerably safer than by car, curbside buses had seven times the fatality rates of traditional bus lines.[9][10]
[edit] See also
- BusJunction - ticket search engine that includes Bolt Bus tickets
[edit] References
- ^ Kinney, Jim (March 11, 2008). "Peter Pan, Greyhound offer new bus service". The Republican. http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/03/peter_pan_greyhound_offer_new.html. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
- ^ "Beating $4 Gas with a $1 Bus". Time, Inc.. 2008-06-06. http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1812012,00.html?imw=Y. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ^ Killian, Erin (2008-03-04). "Boltbus starts D.C. to New York City service". Washington Business Journal. Archived from the original on 2008-03-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20080329004519/http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/03/03/daily12.html. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
- ^ "BoltBus Buy Tickets". BoltBus. https://www.boltbus.com/default.aspx. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
- ^ "Where We Travel". Boltbus. https://www.boltbus.com/wherewetravel.aspx. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "The Canadian Press: Greyhound's BoltBus offers cheap curbside service in the United States". canadianpress.google.com. 2008-05-02. http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gU1h4DT1JTF0OmsnYnKYS5iH4-zQ. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ^ Bolt Bus FAQ.
- ^ "Carnage on I-95 After Crash Rips Bus Apart]", New York Times, March 12, 2011
- ^ "High Fatality Rate Found for Low-Cost Buses," New York Times, October 31, 2011
- ^ "National Transportation Safety Board: Report on Curbside Motorcoach Safety". http://journalistsresource.org/studies/environment/transportation/ntsb-curbside-bus-safety/. JournalistsResource.org, retrieved February 2, 2012
[edit] Further reading
- Bowen, Alison, "Boltbus, Megabus and Fung-Wah: Curbside buses more dangerous: Buses that pick up passengers off the street are more dangerous than those that use a terminal, a new report found", Metro newspaper, New York City, October 31, 2011
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