ABSTRACT
In the first quarter-century of its existence the long-distance bus industry in the USA developed from a struggling, disconnected set of lines, a pioneering experiment, into a reasonably well-organized network of routes which had become an integral part of the nation's transportation system. In the emergency years of the Second World War it increased its share of intercity passenger travel and could anticipate buoyant business prospects in peacetime. But many problems needed to be resolved if the industry was to retain its Depression, let alone its wartime, share of the transport market.
