After nearly a century of service......

I sort of seen the writing on the wall when Greyhound announced the first of their cuts pertaining to certain routes.

I feel sorry for the elderly, the disabled, and younger folks who relied on this service.

It will be interesting to see if any plans are in the works to fill the loss of this bus service in the future.
 
We lost our Greyhound service in the west a few years ago. It’s been a major challenge for folks without vehicles to get around to other cities.
 

We still have Greyhound long-distance service.

When I was young we had local Greyhound service.

It was sort of a milk run that stopped in every small town and would even stop to pick up or drop off people in front of their homes along the route.

I remember taking it home from work a few times in the winter. The rocking motion intense heat and the smell of fresh-cut roses mixed with diesel fumes always made me sick. The roses were in the luggage compartment underneath the bus and were en route to local florists. I suppose the roses are delivered by FedEx these days.
 
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`I don't fondly remember riding buses. I used to ride one from NYC and PA., and back. It took 2 hours by car, and 4 1/2 by bus. But buses do service a segment of our population, which relies on them for cheap transportation.
 
My experience with bus travel was mid 60's while I was in the Navy. Made the trip from San Diego to SW WA several times and traveled within Cal to visit relatives. Short trips weren't too bad but long hauls were brutal.

In those days, there was a hippy bus line called "Green Turtle" that made the run from San Francisco to Seattle. May have gone on to Vancouver BC but I can't remember for sure. They only had a couple of elderly buses in their fleet and their buses had no seats. Passengers just found a spot on the carpeted floor. Those were different times.
 
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Passengers just found a spot on the carpeted floor. Those were different times.
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They sure were. 😂

Before Greyhound terminated service in Western Canada, they had new buses, wifi, extra services. Friends took it regularly. I was counting on it too for when we eventually can‘t drive long distances.
 
I have logged a lot of miles on Greyhound buses up and down the West Coast and from San Francisco across the country to Norfolk Va. As a 17 or 18 year old sailor in uniform, it did not take me long to figure out that the very best people to have as seat mates were Grandmothers. They always enjoyed having someone to talk to, they told the best stories, they usually had good food (fried chicken and homemade cookies) with them, and if I happened to fall asleep on their shoulder they would always tell me to go back to sleep if I woke up.

When the bus pulled into a station, it was easy to help them get off and back on the bus. More than once, I was introduced to their families at their destinations. One wanted to take me home to meet her granddaughter, but I was a sailor with places to get to.

Yes, I will miss Greyhound.
 

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