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'{{Infobox Bus transit | name = BoltBus | logo = BoltBus_logo.png | logo_size = 250 | image = BoltBus Prevost X3-45 0800.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = [[Prevost Car|Prevost X3-45]] #0800 departs New York City | company_slogan = Bolt for a Buck | parent = [[Greyhound Lines]], <br>[[Peter Pan Bus Lines]]<br><small>(buses owned by Greyhound)</small> | founded = 2008 | headquarters = 25 County Avenue<br>[[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]], [[New Jersey|NJ]] | locale = | service_area = [[Northeastern United States]] | service_type = [[Intercity coach service]] | alliance = | routes = 5 | destinations = [[New York City]], [[Newark, New Jersey]], [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Cherry Hill, New Jersey|Cherry Hill]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Boston]], [[Baltimore]], [[Greenbelt, Maryland|Greenbelt]] | stops = | hubs = | stations = | lounge = | fleet = 92 | ridership = | fuel_type = Diesel | operator = [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]] and [[Peter Pan Bus Lines|Peter Pan]] | ceo = | website = [http://www.boltbus.com Official Web site] }} '''BoltBus''' is a bus line operating in the [[northeastern United States]]. It is a 50/50 venture between [[Greyhound Lines]] and [[Peter Pan Bus Lines]] providing service between [[New York City]] and other cities in the northeastern [[United States]],<ref> {{cite news |title=Peter Pan, Greyhound offer new bus service |url=http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/03/peter_pan_greyhound_offer_new.html |first=Jim |last=Kinney |publisher=The Republican |date=March 11, 2008 |accessdate=2008-06-09 }}</ref> utilizing the existing operating authority of Greyhound Lines (although it is run as a distinct business). Its business model is similar to the Megabus model used by [[Stagecoach Group]], a rival to Greyhound's parent company [[FirstGroup]], in the [[United Kingdom]] and in portions of the [[United States]] which offer fares starting at [[US$]]1.00, depending on how far the trip is booked in advance and how many people have purchased tickets already.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author=Anita Hamilton |coauthors= |title=Beating $4 Gas with a $1 Bus |url=http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1812012,00.html?imw=Y |format= |work= |publisher=Time, Inc. |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2008-06-06 |accessdate=2008-06-08 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref> The service is designed to compete with [[Chinatown bus|Chinatown bus carriers]] and [[Megabus (North America)|Megabus]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Boltbus starts D.C. to New York City service |url=http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/03/03/daily12.html |first=Erin |last=Killian |publisher=Washington Business Journal |date=2008-03-04 |accessdate=2008-04-15 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080329004519/http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/03/03/daily12.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-03-29}}</ref> ==Routes== The Boltbus network in the northeast radiates from New York City from street stops near [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|New York Penn Station]] and in the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]], although there are different departure points for different lines. Service is currently available between New York City and [[Washington, D.C.]]'s [[Union Station (Washington, D.C.)|Union Station]], [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore's]] [[Penn Station (Baltimore)|Penn Station]], the [[Greenbelt (Washington Metro)|Greenbelt]] Metro station in [[Greenbelt, MD]], [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] at [[30th Street Station]] and suburban [[Cherry Hill, New Jersey]]. [[Cherry Hill Mall]], (a highway stop on [[New Jersey Route 38|Route 38]]), and [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston's]] [[South Station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boltbus.com/default.aspx |title=BoltBus Buy Tickets |publisher=BoltBus |accessdate=July 5, 2010}}</ref> Effective June 23, 2011, Boltbus will begin providing service from [[Newark Penn Station]] to Philadelphia, stopping at John F. Kennedy Boulevard and N. 30th St. across the street from the west entrance of the [[30th Street Station]], and to [[Boston South Station]]. The same fare scheme will apply, with specially priced $1.00 seats on each trip between June 23 and June 26th, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Where We Travel|url=https://www.boltbus.com/wherewetravel.aspx|publisher=Boltbus|accessdate=21 June 2011}}</ref> ==Services, Safety== [[Image:bolt bus.jpg||thumb]] On each trip, one seat is offered from $1, with most seats sold in the $5-$25 range, via the [[yield management]] model.<ref name="fares">{{cite web | url=http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gU1h4DT1JTF0OmsnYnKYS5iH4-zQ | title=The Canadian Press: Greyhound's BoltBus offers cheap curbside service in the United States | publisher=canadianpress.google.com | accessdate=2008-05-14 | date=2008-05-02 }}</ref> BoltBus operates [[Prevost Car|Prevost X3-45]] and [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI D4505]] coaches with wireless Internet access by [[WAAV, Inc.]] and 120V power outlets on many seats. The carrier claims that their [[seat pitch]] is unusually generous. BoltBus also operates a reserve fleet of older [[MCI 102DL3]] buses at peak times.<ref>[https://www.boltbus.com/faq.aspx Bolt Bus FAQ].</ref> The safety of curbside bus services came under scrutiny after a 2011 crash in New York caused 14 fatalities.<ref>"[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/nyregion/13crash.html Carnage on I-95 After Crash Rips Bus Apart]]", ''[[New York Times]]'', March 12, 2011</ref> The [[National Transportation Safety Board]] conducted a six-month study and found that while bus travel was considerably safer than by car, curbside buses had seven times the fatality rates of traditional bus lines.<ref>"[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/nyregion/transportation-safety-board-releases-report-on-low-cost-bus-safety.html High Fatality Rate Found for Low-Cost Buses]," ''[[New York Times]]'', October 31, 2011</ref><ref> {{cite news|url=http://journalistsresource.org/studies/environment/transportation/ntsb-curbside-bus-safety/|title=National Transportation Safety Board: Report on Curbside Motorcoach Safety}} JournalistsResource.org, retrieved February 2, 2012</ref> ==See also== *[[BusJunction]] - ticket search engine that includes Bolt Bus tickets ==References== {{reflist|2}} == Further reading == * Bowen, Alison, [http://www.metro.us/newyork/local/article/1011915--curbside-buses-more-dangerous "Boltbus, Megabus and Fung-Wah: Curbside buses more dangerous: Buses that pick up passengers off the street are more dangerous than those that use a terminal, a new report found"], ''[[Metro International|Metro]]'' newspaper, New York City, October 31, 2011 ==External links== *[http://www.boltbus.com BoltBus website] {{FirstGroup}} [[Category:Companies based in New Jersey]] [[Category:No frills]] [[Category:Intercity bus companies of the United States]] [[Category:Greyhound Lines]] [[Category:2008 introductions]] [[es:BoltBus]] [[ja:ボルトバス]]'