Barone on Buses

http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2011/08/barone-on-buses

Michael Barone's latest Washington Examiner column is about how private-sector inter-city bus lines are solving a problem better than government can: "an older technology has been improved and adapted to fill a need while government dithers. The old technology in this case is buses. While the Obama administration has been desperately seeking to spend $53 billion on so-called high-speed rail lines, private businessmen have developed Chinatown and Megabus lines that provide intercity service that has attracted legions of price-conscious travelers....The buses have bathrooms, AC power outlets, and free Wi-Fi. They're not as fast as the much more expensive Acela train, but they tend to run on schedule."

by Editor  |  Aug 24, 2011 at 11:26 am Related Topics:  Government Spending, President Obama receive the latest by email: subscribe to the free futureofcapitalism.com mailing list