Thanks to political stagnation in Washington, and science, city-to-city teleportation still isn't practical, so try the next best thing, Megabus: a fleet of relatively high-tech, impossibly-cheap-to-ride double-deckers that have traversed North America since 2006, but are just now arriving in the Lone Star to connect the ATX to San Antonio, Houston, and, unfortunately, Dallas.

Just kidding, Dallas and its 827 surrounding communities are sweet, and to help make the trip there even sweeter, Megabus offers amenities like always-clean on-board bathrooms, power outlets, WiFi, and reclining seat-backs. All trips are nonstop, and take about as long as they'd take by car, with your dad driving. The kicker: fares escalate as rides fill up, but for early reservation-makers they start as low as $1 -- now that's change we can believe in!