...to think about something like this.
That said, I sure as hell DON'T want FEMA to cut off the existing bus service between Baton Rouge and NOLA, which they're threatening to do as what I can only guess is a rather sick idea of an early Christmas present...of course, the reasons needed for the service are equally foul: a mix and match of the present housing crisis in the Crescent City and an employer-class in Red Stick apparently not all that willing to hire people who've been forced to relocate.
But look at the numbers:
carrying an average of 1,000 people a day, the free buses have been running between New Orleans and the state capital, Baton Rouge, where many storm victims live, since last fall.
True, the numbers would drop for a pay-service, but the fact that you've got upwards of a thousand or more folks traveling between the two cities...plus those who continue to go Greyhound...plus those who drive their own cars (in my own case, not all that willingly)...means there's definitely a market for intercity transportation. Personally, it'd be a no-brainer: you could deal with a traffic and parking headache, and/or not being in condition to drive back...or you could ride the train, relaxing, staring out the window, reading a book, or whatever.
It just makes sense...
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