Another player in Hub-N.Y. bus wars?
Starting this week, Tripper Bus Service will launch regular service between D.C. and some of its suburbs and New York City. The fares on the buses, which feature reclining seats, power outlets, and free WiFi, begin at $1 and go up to $25. Any of this sound familiar, BoltBus and Megabus fans?
Why do you care? These guys are obviously chasing the same younger, urban crowd as Mega and Bolt and both of them first launched a DC-N.Y. run before heading here to complete the much-sought-after and lucrative Boston-N.Y.-D.C. transportation triangulation.
Anyway, I called Tripper yesterday and sure enough Jennifer Thomas, a spokeswoman for Tripper, says that company CEO Betty Unger sees Boston as a "target city'' and plans to expand here but that it will "be a couple of months before she begins this planning process.''
More competition. A good thing. Stay tuned.
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