Transportation
Why the Megabus Fire Shouldn't Scare You Away From Intercity Buses
Despite some high-profile incidents, highway-bound buses are still pretty safe to ride.
On Sunday afternoon, the New York Times travel columnist Lucas Peterson boarded an ill-fated Megabus in Chicago, bound for Milwaukee. Peterson began tweeting a litany of shenanigans: the bus kept stopping on the side of the highway; the driver told passengers that they had to change buses without explanation; a tire blew.
Then: