Open Megabus Route(s) to Iowa

To Whom It May Concern:

Though the company runs an admirable service throughout most of the northern Midwest, Megabus has a conspicuous and inconvenient gap in its lack of service to any cities in Iowa. It stops in many collegiate cities (Ann Arbor, MI; Chicago, IL; Milwaukee, WI; Cleveland, OH; etc), but Iowas colleges and universities remain unacknowledged.

As of 2008, the University of Iowa, located in Iowa City, enrolls approximately 29,000 students, 21\% of whom are from adjoining states, including Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin, four states in which Megabus already runs (information from http://www.uiowa.edu/). This means that a potential of up to 5,800 students travel from these states to Iowa City on a regular basis. And thats just for the University of Illinois alone. Additionally, within a half hour drive of Iowa City are Coe College and Mount Mercy College, which both draw students from across state lines.
These numbers alone justify running a service to and from Iowa City, IA.


The proposal runs thus:
Megabus should open a route (or multiple routes) from aforesaid cities to Iowa City, IA.