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| 2007-08-05 |
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Sunday, August 5, 2007
Washington Post
Last month another player joined the list of discount bus companies plying the Washington-to-New York route. DC2NY (202-332-2691, http://www.dc2ny.com), which bills itself as the "upscale bus," offers on-board wireless Internet and free water and soft drinks. The one-way walk-up fare on Washington Deluxe, Eastern and others is $20; DC2NY charges $5 more. Tickets for all can be booked through http://www.gotobus.com.
CoGo hopped a ride last week from the 20th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW departure point to the second pickup spot at 14th and I streets NW. The brand-new bus offered roomy seats throughout and laptop-ready tables in the back . (Seating is first-come, first-served, though employee Asi Ohana said the company would try to honor requests for table seating made at the time of reservation.)
For passenger Sarah Posey, who works for a title and escrow company, the company's free WiFi was key "because I'm working; I didn't have to take the day off." A glitch kept folks from logging on immediately, but when CoGo got back to the office, we received five e-mails sent from passengers reporting that the trip had gone well, with the bus pulling into New York near Penn Station about 4 1/2 hours after departur e. American University student Eric Tomlinson reported that there was no on-bus movie (the company's policy is to ask whether the majority wants to watch a movie or make a pit stop), but "luckily I have my laptop and wireless Internet to access my Netflix."
DC2NY is a new service with some kinks to work out, but so far, CoGo's a fan.
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