Spirit airlines is dead and a bus travel boom looks likely – but will Greyhounds ever be cool again?

For most Americans, riding a bus means abandoning expectations of basic dignity - but with an increase in ridership, that could change

It's a grueling experience," Greyhound bus enthusiast Miles Taylor explains. You're not treated very well. Everyone is yelling at you the entire time. When the bus is late, they blame you for it, like somehow you've done something wrong. You just get screamed at for wanting to know what's going on, because no one says anything."

Taylor is obsessed with public transit. I never really grew out of my little boy train phase," the 26-year-old said. He works as a scheduler for Boston's MBTA and runs a popular YouTube account documenting the bus trips he takes for fun in his spare time. Taylor traveled across the country by Greyhound twice; a Boston to Seattle route took 104 hours. But even he admits that America's bus system is far from luxurious - or even comfortable.