<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Transportation</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/travel/archive/subject/transportation?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</link><description>Transportation</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Better Luck for Vegas Monorail?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30138-2004Dec27.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30138-2004Dec27.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When it debuted in mid-July, this city's sleek new $650 million monorail was supposed to be the envy of the nation, a high-tech public transit system paid for without any taxpayer money.]]></description><author> Steve Friess</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Michigan, a Tour de Ford]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14846-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14846-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[About 140,000 people have bought tickets to watch pickup trucks being assembled since the Ford Rouge Factory in Dearborn, Mich., opened to visitors in May.]]></description><author> Cindy Loose</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYC's Fast Track to 100]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54531-2004Oct22.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54531-2004Oct22.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Viewed from the platform of the elevated Dyckman Street station on the 1 train of the New York City subway, it's hard to imagine that the bland, towering concrete apartment building is a monument to Manhattan's final triumph over agrarianism. Glowering over Nagle Avenue and the subway tracks with its Cold War charm, the building sits on what used to be a farm -- the last farm in Manhattan, actually. The site wasn't sold to developers until 1961. Prior to that, the holdout field served as an in-town vegetable provider to the crossroads of the world.]]></description><author> David Jackson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taking The Train]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47885-2004Sep24.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47885-2004Sep24.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Amtrak <em> (800-872-7245, </em><a href="http://www.amtrak.com"><em>www.amtrak.com</em></a><em>) offers rail passenger service nationwide, which it promotes with vacation deals, rail access to ski resorts, the Auto Train to Florida, air/rail packages and Metroliner and Acela service to New York. For </em>   discounted fares, <em>  travel on Saturdays and during off-peak seasons. Senior citizen and children's fares are available as well as special packages for students and veterans. The Rail Sale (</em><a href="http://tickets.amtrak.com/Amtrak/railsale"><em>tickets.amtrak.com/Amtrak/railsale</em></a><em>), an Internet-only deal, offers discounts  on specific routes.</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catching The Bus]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47881-2004Sep24.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47881-2004Sep24.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Greyhound <em> (800-231-2222, </em><a href="http://www.greyhound.com"><em>www.greyhound.com</em></a><em>) offers passenger bus service countrywide, with terminals in Washington (1005 First St. NE), Arlington (3860 S. Four Mile Run Dr.) and Silver Spring (8100 Fenton St.). Bus service from Washington to New York City is $22.50 one way with seven-day advance purchase (based on round-trip purchase); walk-up fare is $35 one way. </em>   Peter Pan Bus Lines  <em>(800-343-9999, </em><a href="http://www.peterpanbus.com"><em>www.peterpanbus.com</em></a><em>) serves the Northeast Corridor and shares terminals with Greyhound in Washington and Silver Spring (but not Arlington).</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Sin City, Riding the Rail]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45661-2004Aug6.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45661-2004Aug6.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[RESEARCH QUESTION:  After years of construction, the much-ballyhooed $650 million, 4.4-mile Las Vegas Monorail -- which rolls above the ground along the Strip's eastern edge -- opened July 15. We wondered: Can visitors use the train to get around town efficiently, or are rental cars, cabs and other forms of mass transit still the best bet?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting to New York]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64365-2004Apr9.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64365-2004Apr9.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Planes, trains, automobiles and ultra-cheap buses all play their part in a trip to the Big Apple. Here's how to get from here to there.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[230-Mile Cab Fare to New York]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12746-2003Aug1.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12746-2003Aug1.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It's a warm D.C. day, and I've got to be in New York by afternoon. But it is while I am at the zoo that I decide I will not get a ticket on Amtrak. Even the prairie dogs have popped out of their holes, sniffing the air, and I don't want to ride up there in a tube.]]></description><author> Peter Mandel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FILE THIS: GETTING TO NEW YORK CITY]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8715-2003Apr11.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8715-2003Apr11.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<em> Planes, trains, automobiles and ultra-cheap buses all play their part in a trip to the Big Apple. Here's how to get from here to there.</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. to New York for $10. Seriously.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58180-2002Nov30.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58180-2002Nov30.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Competing Chinatown-to-Chinatown bus lines carry passengers from D.C. to New York for as little as $10.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FACE-OFF: TWO BUSES TO NYC]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12997-2002Oct11.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12997-2002Oct11.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Look out, Greyhound, you've got some new competition. We've been hearing a lot lately about the Washington Deluxe Bus Co., which offers cut-rate round-trip rides to New York. We asked special correspondent and frequent bus rider    Anne McDonough <em> for her take on how the David and Goliath of the transportation industry compare.</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[LAB REPORT: FOLDING BIKE]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13205-2002Jun7.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13205-2002Jun7.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    RESEARCH QUESTION:  I don't do the gun thing, I've never been much of a soldier and, aside from one rainy 1970s weekend in my friend's back yard when we dug little trenches and sent dozens of tiny plastic Army guys to their soggy demise, I wasn't even into playing with war toys. But when I heard about the Paratrooper, a fatigue-green fold-up 24-gear mountain bike made by Montague USA and reportedly used by U.S. military personnel, I wondered: How's it ride?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cross-Country by Greyhound Bus]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4558-2002May24.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4558-2002May24.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A cross-country trip on a Greyhound bus proves to be an arduous -- and occasionally rewarding -- adventure.]]></description><author> Peter Mandel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buses, Shuttles and Trains to BWI]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20646-2002Apr9.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20646-2002Apr9.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/transportation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[METRO SUBWAY/BUS]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>