From: gl4317@yahoo.com   
      
   In article ,   
    "conklin"  wrote:   
      
   > Long distance buses are also the most fuel-efficient way to travel.   
      
      
   Except this statistic that you keep quoting ignores a number of things,   
   which have been pointed out to you many times before.   
      
   Buses are useful feeders for train service, when there aren't enough   
   passengers to justify a train.  Using a Thruway bus and an Amtrak train   
   it is possible to get from Portland, Oregon to Anacrotes, Washington in   
   a reasonable amount of time.   
      
   Thanks to a lack of train service going the other way and due to the   
   infamous catastrophe of traffic in Seattle, it can take the bus two   
   hours to make a trip that the train can do in about 50 minutes, but alas   
   the choices are either very early in the morning or very late at night   
   if you want to take the train.  If you want to travel in the afternoon   
   your only choice is to get on a bus and get stuck in afternoon Seattle   
   rush hour traffic.   
      
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