Prices lie between # 0,30 up to 15 minutes (# 0,70
cheaper than a bus ride) and # 8 for a whole day.
This means that in some instances, UberX will be even «
cheaper than the bus (with fare splitting),» writes Uber CEO Travis Kalanick in a post on the company's blog.
Not exact matches
The county execs say the state can bootstrap
bus service for much
cheaper, less
than a fifth the old price.
Now, with the arrival of a limited run — just 500 on offer — Celerio City, it's probably
cheaper to grab the little Suzuki
than take the
bus.
The 16 hour
bus ride flew by for us and was actually
cheaper and faster
than taking the train.
You can go places not easily visited by
bus, and while rental prices are not
cheap, you may more
than pay for the cost of the rental by avoiding high - priced tours.
While
bus may be the
cheaper option for you to travel we often hear a lot of complains from our guests that the public
buses are never on time, they take too long of a time to travel hence the nick name «chicken
bus» as it literally stops every 100 meters, they are slow and uncomfortable without air - conditioning, safety and security concerns for your luggage and hand luggage, and more
than anything the schedules change so frequently that they are very unreliable.
This is great for the budget traveler because the country has
cheap buses (often less
than $ 10) with routes all across the country.
More roads are accessible and with
cheaper bus and train fares and more budget flights, it is much easier to get around using public transport
than it used to be.
Airports are often far from city centers, and public
buses don't run all the time, so you may end up spending a bit on taxis (it's usually easier to find a
cheap taxi to an airport
than from one).
Sample fares include: Bukittinggi: 16 hours, 225,000 rupiah, 17:00 (note that prices from agents in Tuk - Tuk are negotiable and
cheaper still from the
bus station in Parapat but advance bookings are highly recommended as
buses are usually full) Medan: 5 hours, 32,000 rupiah, regular departures Pematang Siantar: 1.5 hours, 15,000 rupiah, regular departures (check price) It is also possible to get to Berastagi, Sibolga and Ketambe from Pangururan on the opposite side of Samosir Island, but this requires an hour and a half long journey from Tuk - Tuk first and this added time often makes it more time consuming
than just catching transport from Parapat.
As always,
buses are
cheaper than trains but less comfortable.
The public
bus station is located miles out of town and while the
bus is marginally
cheaper than a travel, once you factor in the additional cost of getting to the station versus the convenience of getting picked up at your hotel or guesthouse, it's a bit of a waste of time getting the local
bus.
It's pretty
cheap to get from A to B. Even the transport from Bali to Lombok, from Lombok to Gili and from Gili back to Bali does not cost you more
than 100 $ including everything (
buses, boats, etc.).
It's much
cheaper to travel by
bus (about US$ 21 *)
than to fly.
Yes, chicken
bus (they are in fact repainted school
buses) is
cheaper than overnight
bus.
Better
than the subway or the
bus,
cheaper than taxis and healthier, too - bike sharing gets a boost from system - sharing cards.
It'll be far
cheaper to drive our very fuel efficient car
than to fly or take slow, expensive
buses.
Here's the two things that make this concept interesting: the 62 - mile electrified road would be many times
cheaper to deploy
than building a two - lane railroad, and the trucks on the road would be able to travel much faster
than current electric trolley
buses and trucks.
Electric trolley
buses are not perfect but they exist now, they are
cheaper, cleaner and quieter
than diesel, and they really should be brought back.
These Bullets v2, however, are precisely the opposite: quietly introduced in August and
cheaper than a weekly London
bus pass, they outperform expectations with aplomb.
More and more communities are building
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems because they are considerably
cheaper than light rail and produce similar results in terms of ridership and development.