PUBLIC TRANSPORT WORLDWIDE * Turkey - Turkish buses vs. Greyhound (USA)
Istanbul,Turkey -Gadling (USA), by Mike Barish -Jul 14th 2010: -- Planes are fast and popular. Trains are often cheaper and romanticized. Buses, however, get a bad rap. In the States, that's probably deserved. With the exception of some modern, swanky buses servicing the Northeast Corridor and the Midwest, the bus options throughout the United States are pretty shoddy. Yet, bus travel doesn't have to be all about steerage class, sweat boxy hellholes. Sadly, you just have to leave the United States to find the Shangri-La of bus service. One place to do so is in Turkey... 
Yes, Turkey has amazing long-haul bus service. How is it better than the typical Greyhound service that you find in the States? Let's break it down... 
Sure, this is far from scientific. And Greyhound is introducing some new, modern buses to their fleet. But only in certain pockets of North America. The vast majority of Americans have limited bus options, most of which make overpaying for regional flights and dealing with the hassles of airports actually seem like good ideas... Turkey has wi-fi enabled, tea-serving buses with personal televisions zipping all over the country! Why can't we have buses that would encourage people to view ground transportation as a viable (and comfortable) option for travel?...
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