Just wanted to say THANKS! for all your replies in this thread. Even though it turned out that me and my brother didn't need public transportation anyway, I hope that someone else found your info useful.
Also we had a great trip (and managed to pick up a couple of TL guys on the way), so mad props and huge shoutout to this community for being so AWESOME as it is.
Party was absolutely great, and worth every penny and every single second of transit time. Having got a hug from both Day[9] and Day[9]'s mom, I can now die happily.
Once again: Thank you so much guys, for being so very helpful.