{"id":16874,"date":"2010-10-25T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=16874"},"modified":"2019-06-25T07:35:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T11:35:00","slug":"bus-from-brooklyn-to-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/16874\/bus-from-brooklyn-to-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"New Bus Service Connects Hipster Outposts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So often have I been on a bus, traveling to another city, and dared to dream the tiniest of dreams that the driver might play &#8220;The Gift&#8221; by <em>Velvet Underground<\/em> on loud speakers as I talked to a person with a neck tattoo about our tweets.<\/p>\n<p>Such is the buzz behind a new <strong>Brooklyn to D.C. travel bus service <\/strong>officially named The Know it Express, but colloquially known as &#8220;The Hipster Express.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The new shuttle service runs once a day, Friday through Monday, between U Street Metro in D.C. and Atlantic terminal on Flatbush and 4th avenues in Brooklyn. Fares are $25 one-way with a $5 roundtrip student discount. Included is free wi-fi, bike storage, and a laptop borrowing service that lets riders share a laptop during the four-hour trip.<\/p>\n<p>Know It Express makes a big deal about clientele. The aim is to attract young riders with disposable income who populate the neighborhoods near U Street and Brooklyn. Traveling the Hipster Express means no stops in midtown Manhattan or K Street. You know, where the suits hang?<\/p>\n<p>It might also mean letting riders make DVD choices for the overhead televisions. So if you happen to have, oh I don&#8217;t know, the 2-hour documentary <em>Gates of Heaven<\/em> about a pet cemetery business in California, and ridership approves, then the bus driver will play it!<\/p>\n<p>The point being, you ride with eclectic people who like to share similar interests. It&#8217;s encouraging community on a bus trip, and if that sounds more like a nightmare, you&#8217;ve never seen <em>Gates of Heaven<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Know It Express offers low cost and convenience without sacrificing good service. No need being a hipster to appreciate that value. <em>Visit knowitexpress.com for schedules and more information.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So often have I been on a bus, traveling to another city, and dared to dream the tiniest of dreams that the driver might play &#8220;The Gift&#8221; by Velvet Underground on loud speakers as I talked to a person with a neck tattoo about our tweets. Such is the buzz behind a new Brooklyn to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":20613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[320,271,330,316],"tags":[143,377,428,20,438],"class_list":{"0":"post-16874","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn-outer-boroughs-destination","8":"category-news","9":"category-washington-dc-destination","10":"category-weekend-getaways","11":"tag-bus","12":"tag-free-wifi","13":"tag-green-travel","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-off-the-beaten-path"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":20613,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/5547162667_cc94dab0df-300x225.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}