Question by Denise: Has anyone got some good games to play on a bus?
ideas to pass the time please on a journey with lots of roudy passengers?

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Answer by 2 uɐɯɹǝɥsıɟ (in Bournemouth)
Hide and seek under the seats

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Question by best ever: Is there any train or bus games on nintendo ds or ps2?
actually I dont mind any consoles

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Answer by Jack
there is a train game for pc but i dont know the game but yep and there is a bus game for ps2 called crazy … i think it crazy something or otheer i think 0_o

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simulator yo is fun no matter how graphic are is fun
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Question by babybump13: Wii console! bus games!?
does anyone know if there is a type of bus game that is out for the wii or nintendo ds… i have one for the computer for my brother but would love to play it on the wii or ds???

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Answer by Ross F
wtf is a bus game?

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Question by Bee: is there a computer gaming bus in the UK like the battle bus 360 in america?
im looking for a gaming bus that my next door neighbour had a few years ago. but i cant find it anywhere. it is a double decker bus that is black and has an upstairs with all computers, and downstairs too. it is a huge multiplayer games facility… could anyone tell me if they know this bus or know where i can find it. i live in the essex area.

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Answer by The Hobgoblin
what are you talking about? your next door neighbour had a double decker battle bus full of computers and now you want to find it?

Why don’t you get off your arse and use your chubby little legs to waddle round to his front door, give it a knock and ask him yourself you dohnut.

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Has the Chinatown Bus Phenomenon Evolved?

In the late 1990s when the first low-fare bus service from Chinatown in New York to Chinatown in Boston started running, few would have expected the impact it would have had on the bus industry as a whole. This was not a service that was marketed to the general public. It was supposed to appeal to a targeted group of people–recent Chinese immigrants–who needed an inexpensive way to travel between the two cities to visit family, shop, or work. The growth of this phenomenon was organic. The general public heard of the “Chinatown bus” via word of mouth. It caught on quickly and soon the market was flooded with other companies offering similar service on a variety of routes.

It would be incorrect to say that the only reason that these companies succeeded was due to price. Certainly this was the main enticement for travelers. However, it must be said that the service that the traditional bus carriers was offering was ripe for competition. In truth were the ‘full service’ offerings of the traditional bus companies worth a premium? Hardly. Customer service lacked on every level, bus stations did not offer a comfortable waiting area, buses were often shabby and service was plagued by delays.

Years after the advent of this first New York to Boston route, it is worth examining how it has caused the bus industry to evolve as a whole. Overall, it seems like the independent companies and the traditional carriers are meeting somewhere in the middle. Independent carriers have had to offer more amenities, adhere to more closely to safety standards and regulations, and increase fares. At the same time, the traditional carriers have been forced to offer fiercely competitive pricing and generally tighten up their operations. Greyhound and its partners tend to offer the most competitive pricing on the popular New York-Boston and New York-DC routes. Further, these routes are the only ones for which online customers do not have to pay the hefty online booking surcharge usually imposed at Greyhound’s website. They heavily promote this discounted pricing and it usually requires customers to book in advance online (purchasing tickets at the time of departure can be almost twice as expensive as via their website).

What about safety standards? This is the most contentious point of debate in the industry. There are numerous reports of safety violations and certainly anecdotal accounts of poor safety practices. However, it does not appear that the actual safety records of these companies are really worse than other bus carriers that are subject to the same federal regulations. Thanks to intense lobbying efforts, in 2004 a special task force was set up by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to step up inspections of “curbside” (Chinatown) bus companies. Despite the increased inspections, the FMCSA reported that curbside carriers had about the same rate of violations as other types of carriers under her agency’s authority3. This may be a sign that unsafe operators have either stopped running or have improved their level of safety.

Fortunately bus travel is generally an extremely safe mode of transportation, with an average annual fatality rate of only 22 for the past 10 years. No bus fatalities to date have involved Chinatown bus carriers. Mishaps are frequently reported for all segments of the industry–municipal buses, line run carriers, charter and tour companies1,2. No concrete research has indicated that Chinatown bus companies have a higher incidence of problems than other operators.

It is important to note that what was once a small niche of the bus industry is now a crowded segment. To lump all carriers following this low-cost model in the same group would be misguided. The quality of the service offered by the various companies varies greatly. Some are fly-by-night concerns while others have transitioned into sizable companies with many employees and fleets of buses.

Another development is that Chinese immigrants are no longer the only players in this segment of the bus industry. Several so-called “Chinatown” bus companies are owned by Hassidic Jews. In addition many charter bus companies have entered the line-run business using the same low-cost model as Chinatown bus lines.

The Chinatown bus industry has grown from a simple, one-man-operation to an established segment of the bus industry. In all likelihood the evolution of the industry is not complete. We will probably see some regulatory changes which will effect how the Chinatown carriers run their operations. Likewise, as competition within the segment increases, the poorly run operators will most likely be forced out of the game. The traditional carriers will have to continue to offer competitive fares and will also have to find new ways compete. What is abundantly clear is that customers are more than happy to forgo many of the services offered by traditional carriers in order to save money.

1Police: Driver fatigue likely factor in fatal bus crash
Monday, November 28, 2005; Posted: 7:15 a.m. EST (12:15 GMT) http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/27/california.bus/

2T bus catches fire in Everett; blaze is 4th in 5 weeks
No riders are hurt; officials seek cause
By Lucas Wall, Boston Globe October 6, 2005

3 Testimony of Annette Sandberg, FMCSA administrator, given before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines. Washington DC, March 2, 2006

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Bus Charter Companies Offer More Than Buses

If you want to experience a vacation that will stay with you in memories for the rest of your life, then you should consider a package tour offered by a bus charter company. Yes, bus charter companies offer all sorts of tours. They don’t just supply buses for rent.

Bus Charter companies often take advantage of the location in which they have their offices. For example, if located in a metropolitan area like say New York, Boston, Philadelphia, they have created tour packages that take you to sites of interest within those cities. If in New York, they can take you to Wall Street, the Mayor’s house, the Statue of Liberty, the city museums in one tour in one day. If in Philadelphia, they no doubt have tours that will take you to Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence was signed and the Liberty Bell is exhibited, along with other revolutionary war related sites. If in Boston, the bus charter company can take you to revolutionary related sites of interest such as Boston Commons, the Boston Harbor, Bunker Hill, the Old North Church, and the route of Paul Revere.

Many of the bus charter companies located in big cities have also developed alliances with other bus charter companies in other cities that has the same advantages. For example, a bus charter company located in New York may have a relationship with a bus charter company in Montreal, Canada that offers package tours of sites of interest in that city. Some of these companies may have alliances with as many as three or more companies in other cities. That allows you to book your tours with one company.

Many of these bus charter companies that reside in such metropolitan areas may also be in a region that has many sites of interest. For example, in the surrounding area to which a bus charter may be located could be civil war battlefield sites. The bus charter company have tours that take you to these sites. Or the bus charter company may be in proximity to the wine country in Northern California and has tours to wineries.

Bus charter companies located in San Diego and Los Angeles cannot only offer tours of those cities but also tours into Mexico such as the Baja as well as tours to Anaheim where there are a number of sites of interest including Disneyland, the Gene Autry Museum, Knotts Berry Farm, and more. Many of the companies in Los Angeles also offer trips to Las Vegas.

If you are an avid golfer, bus charter companies in regions of the country where there are golf courses used in PGA tournaments offer trips to these sites as well as hotel accommodations so that you could enjoy a week of playing golf on different courses. Are you a fanatic fan of your hometown professional football or basketball team? Bus charter companies in cities that have pro teams offer trips to out of town games. You can book an entire season and follow your favorite team to every city in which they will play.

Then there are special events that take place in a few months of a year like a World’s Fair or Expo. Bus charter companies in cities near to the event offer packages that include the event as well as other sites on the way to the event. I took a great bus charter tour to an Expo in Vancouver, Canada. The tour also included sites in Seattle, Washington and Victoria, Canada. And hotel accommodations and restaurants were included.

All of these trips and tours are cost effective and convenient. You don’t have to create carpools and caravans consisting of you and your friends with their modes of transportation and their families and wonder where you can stop for lodging and meals. All of that is arranged within the trip when a bus charter is involved.

Moreover, the bus charter company includes a tour guide who knows the history of the sites to be visited and who provide a running commentary, explanation and historic background of the site.

Selecting a Bus Charter Tour

I assure you that there is a tour for every interest. All you need to do is find it, find the proper bus charter company that offers it, book it and then get to the bus and take your seat.

Obviously, what you need to do first is figure out what kind of trip would interest you. That is a subjective decision. But, once you have determined that, then you can find the bus charter company that offers such a tour or trip. When you get to this stage in your planning you can visit the IMG Coach website (http://www.imgcoach.com) to find a good number of charter bus companies that offer what you are looking for.

IMG consists of independently owned tour and charter bus companies that have created a network that offers all sorts of travel services. Companies involved in the network operate more than 7,000 vehicles in North America and service more than 21 million customers.

Selecting the proper bus charter company from the IMG Coach site is easier than just doing a search of the internet because members of the IMG Coach network are reputable companies to start with. They adhere to safety standards and operate under the authority of the U.S. Department of Transportation and other groups including the PUC and ICC.

So what are you waiting for! Once you book your first bus charter company tour, then you will no doubt base future vacations on other such tours.

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Question by concordeman99: Is there any british bus simulator games for pc?
games that you can drive a bus in like edinburgh or london or something like that

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Answer by Fuzzled
typical, you get no answers and then 3 come along all at once!

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