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UPRIGHT AND LOCKED
Restroom? No Go.
Half an hour before a flight from Raleigh-Durham to Reagan National Airport, an American Airlines gate agent announced that the only restroom on the small plane was out of order and would be unavailable for the duration of the hour-long flight .
Passenger Amy Grulke of Fairfax asked CoGo: Can it be legal for a plane to depart with no working restroom?
"We have no rules regarding restrooms," said U.S. Department of Transportation spokesman Bill Mosley. He suggested that CoGo contact the Environmental Protection Agency.
The EPA does set water-quality standards for aircraft, spokesman Dale Kemery said. He promised to investigate whether the agency has any further involvement. Soon he called back. "We don't do toilets," he said, and suggested contacting the Federal Aviation Administration.
Not us , said FAA spokeswoman Alison Duquette, who said that if there were a rule, it would be an EPA rule.
CoGo's advice: Hold it.
BIG WHEELS
New to New York
Last month another player joined the list of discount bus companies plying the Washington-to-New York route. DC2NY (202-332-2691, http:/
CoGo hopped a ride last week from the 20th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW departure point to the second pickup spot at 14th and I streets NW. The brand-new bus offered roomy seats throughout and laptop-ready tables in the back . (Seating is first-come, first-served, though employee Asi Ohana said the company would try to honor requests for table seating made at the time of reservation.)
For passenger Sarah Posey, who works for a title and escrow company, the company's free WiFi was key "because I'm working; I didn't have to take the day off." A glitch kept folks from logging on immediately, but when CoGo got back to the office, we received five e-mails sent from passengers reporting that the trip had gone well, with the bus pulling into New York near Penn Station about 4 1/2 hours after departur e. American University student Eric Tomlinson reported that there was no on-bus movie (the company's policy is to ask whether the majority wants to watch a movie or make a pit stop), but "luckily I have my laptop and wireless Internet to access my Netflix."
DC2NY is a new service with some kinks to work out, but so far, CoGo's a fan.
