While I'm glad to see some intercity busses again, I'd rather it be a Canadian owned company (whose owners pay their taxes in Canada). That said, I prefer a European foreign owner to an American one.
Why not trains?
Outside of the major commuter routes between large cities, the demand isn't really there.
Rail has always been a chicken/egg problem
Where was the density to justify a coast to coast railroad in the mid 1800s?
If you build it, they will come
That’s too bad
It's not as if Greyhound was ever all that luxurious but the one Flixbus ride I took had airplane-grade seating, really cramped and horrible for someone of just slightly above-average size..
Yeah, the article doesn't make it sound like an appealing experience.
One of these latest routes is a trip between the Calgary International Airport and Banff. While Boysan said the company targets customers from all walks of life, most passengers on this trip were backpackers in their early twenties who'd chosen the bus for one reason only.
"We're kind of like broke college students, so we just got the cheapest thing we could," Leo Fritsch, 18, said, adding his tickets cost about $25.
I’ve done bus tours in Europe and found them to be quite comfortable 👍🏼
While I'm glad to see some intercity busses again, I'd rather it be a Canadian owned company (whose owners pay their taxes in Canada). That said, I prefer a European foreign owner to an American one.