There’s now a startup for everything, and as startups try to find new ideas, they’ve taken to reinventing things. For example, Lyft recently invented a bus.
Now, a startup called Cabin has reinvented the overnight train in bus form. The bus has sleeping quarters and gives you far more space than a typical bus.
NPR sent a reporter to travel from Southern California to Northern California on an overnight Cabin trip. She seemed pretty impressed, and noted that she got a good night’s sleep that she wouldn’t in other circumstances.
This isn’t the first bus in the world to offer sleeping quarters. But Cabin is hipster, not hippie. Instead of a dirty mattress tossed on the floor (with beer stains and God knows what else), you get a firm solo mattress, a hypoallergenic comforter and a thick gray curtain you can draw for privacy.
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Well, my shoes and I both sleep very well. When we pull into a parking lot in San Francisco, I realize I’ve been out 7.5 hours (way more than usual).
I pack up, take off and make it to work early.
You may be wondering how I slept for so long, since LA to San Francisco is only a six-hour drive. Well, to guarantee a full night’s rest, the creators of Cabin turned it into eight hours — by driving slower and using back roads.
Of course, this all comes at a cost—$115 for a one-way ticket. That’s a pretty substantial price to pay for someone who could just make the trip by car. It’s also questionable whether this could really be that much more efficient than adding better train service to the U.S.
But if you have lots of money to spend and want a good night’s sleep when you travel, Cabin could be for you.
[NPR]
