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May 2, 2008

Can Greyhound's BoltBus make bus travel cool?

By DANIEL SORID
For The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Gil Rivera picked me up in his red lady magnet with a lightning bolt decal by some basketball courts downtown. “Let's go to Miami!” I shouted. But Gil, sporting Dolce & Gabbana sunglasses and a black cap, had places to be in Philly, and so did I.

As we rolled down the highway, Gil and I had his 51-seater BoltBus all to ourselves. I was thrilled with the $2.50 round-trip fare from New York to Philadelphia, bought online, and I was looking forward to checking out BoltBus' promised Wi-Fi service.


 
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