Find an article that appeared in Motor Trend or one of the car
magazines in about 2001 - It was titled, planes, trains, cars and
buses
 
It was a feature article that noted how long it took to get from
Washington D. C. to
New York using each mode of transportation as an example. Article
proved buses (Greyhound) was still the most effecient way to travel --
thought not the quickest.

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 10 May 2006 10:01 PDT

Hi Santabarbara!

Is this the article?
http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/archives/000377.php

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 10 May 2006 10:02 PDT

An excerpt from the above article:

"What about bus travel? 

Greyhound actually seems more reasonable. A round trip ticket is only
$110 and the travel time each way is just over 10 hours, about an hour
more than I'd take driving directly."

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 10 May 2006 11:51 PDT

What about this article?


Big Apple Bound: Is Getting There Half the Fun?

By Marc Fisher, Steve Hendrix, Peter Carlson and Gary Lee
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, April 25, 2001; C01



Once upon a time, like last year, if you had to get from Washington to
New York, you went by plane if you had big money, by train if you had
plenty of time, by car if you had a deep personal need for masochistic
experiences, and by bus if you had nothing at all.

Now, everything has changed. Amtrak's new Acela Express train travels
nonstop between Union and Penn stations in 2 hours 28 minutes, almost
half an hour off the former rail champion, the Metroliner. And the
E-ZPass -- the plastic transponder you attach to your windshield so
you can speed through toll booths while guffawing at suckers waiting
in endless lines -- slices a good 20 minutes off the drive, and much
more on trying holiday weekends. Imagine: Better living through
technology!"

Read the complete article here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2001/04/25/AR2005033115886_pf.html

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 10 May 2006 11:58 PDT

Or this article from Car and Driver August 2001?


A COMMUTER'S QUANDARY
The Car Take the Plane? The Train? The Car? Or 'Ride the Dog'?
BROCK YATES
August 2001
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/3302/a-commuters-quandary.html

The Bus
http://web.archive.org/web/20021129213728/http://209.11.44.65/xp/Caranddriver/features/2001/August/200108_feature_commuterquad3.xml

The Train
http://web.archive.org/web/20021129213812/209.11.44.65/xp/Caranddriver/features/2001/August/200108_feature_commuterquad5.xml

The Airplane
http://web.archive.org/web/20021129214026/209.11.44.65/xp/Caranddriver/features/2001/August/200108_feature_commuterquad4.xml

Conclusions
http://web.archive.org/web/20021129214000/209.11.44.65/xp/Caranddriver/features/2001/August/200108_feature_commuterquad6.xml

Is this the correct article?

Thanks, Bobbie7

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Clarification of Question by santabarbara-ga on 10 May 2006 23:47 PDT

It's the Car and Driver article. That's the correct answer. Thanks!

Dear Santabarbara,

I'm pleased I found the correct article for you!

Best regards, 
Bobbie7

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A COMMUTER'S QUANDARY
The Car Take the Plane? The Train? The Car? Or 'Ride the Dog'?
BROCK YATES
August 2001
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/3302/a-commuters-quandary.html

The Bus
http://web.archive.org/web/20021129213728/http://209.11.44.65/xp/Caranddriver/features/2001/August/200108_feature_commuterquad3.xml

The Train
http://web.archive.org/web/20021129213812/209.11.44.65/xp/Caranddriver/features/2001/August/200108_feature_commuterquad5.xml

The Airplane
http://web.archive.org/web/20021129214026/209.11.44.65/xp/Caranddriver/features/2001/August/200108_feature_commuterquad4.xml

Conclusions
http://web.archive.org/web/20021129214000/209.11.44.65/xp/Caranddriver/features/2001/August/200108_feature_commuterquad6.xml

A difficult article to find but you came up with it! Thanks.

I've generally found that Amtrak is the fastest by far.  One bypasses
traffic altogether and, depending upon the details of where you're
headed it can be effectively door-to-door service (plus a short taxi
ride on either end).

http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/HomePage

I've driven back and forth between DC and NYC and found it to be a
mess, universally, without exception.  This same problem would plague
the Greyhound solution as well.

Taking a plane down has the problem that you waste a lot of time
checking in, doing screening, etc. on either end.  And then there is
the pain of getting to any airport in either NYC or DC.  Forget it.

Hope this was helpful.

Sorry, I forgot to add that the amtrak train is usually about a 3 hour
experience, depending upon whether or not you get the acela train.

http://tickets.amtrak.com/itd/amtrak/FareFinder?_tripType=OneWay&_origin=new+york&_depmonthyear=2006-05&_depday=10&_dephourmin=&_destination=washington+dc&_retmonthyear=&_retday=&_rethourmin=&_adults=1&_children=0&_infants=0&_searchBy=schedule&x=0&y=0

this is just one example for you.

please note that a sub-3 hour trip from NYC to DC is much faster than
either driving, bussing, or taking a plane, which is the essence of
what i said above.

cheers

I would opt for Amtrak every time.

A great experience.

Both cities are very big, a lot will depend on where you start from
and where you finnish. Also how much extra luggage you take with
Kemlo

I live in DC and travel to New York frequently.  Amtrak is by far the
fastest way to get to NYC, but it is also the most expensive, and a
round trip can easily be around $200.  Greyhound is very slow, and
service is awful, and the stations are filthy and unsafe, Greyhound is
also overpriced.  Chinatown busses (just do a google search), are
faster than Greyhound and are very very cheap. (less than $50 round
trip usually).