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	Chinatown Bus cheap bus tickets New York, Washintgon DC Boston Philadelphia NYC Philly
		In the late 1990s a few entrepreneurs in New York's Chinatown started running buses from Chinatown in NY to Chinatown in Boston for less than half of what traditional bus companies were charging and a fraction of what it cost to take the train or fly.
		At this point the term "Chinatown bus" is used more loosely to describe this sort of low-cost/low-frills service.
		There are a few fundamental differences between the way Chinatown bus companies and traditional bus companies run their operations.
	www.chinatown-bus.org (767 words)

	EVERYBODY FUNG WAH TONIGHT! FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHINATOWN BUS.
		The mythical Chinatown bus is really cheap, really convenient and an excellent option for adults who have the ability to sit still for four hours, without needing food, constant entertainment or tons of legroom.
		A: There are lots of Chinatown bus companies serving destinations all over the East Coast, but Fung Wah Bus company seems to be the leader in the space, with an online reservations system and more than eight years of experience running buses and vans between Boston and New York.
		But fear not, the Chinatown bus is nothing like one of those Tijuana buses with chicken wire on the windows, children packed 15 to a seat and livestock running up and down the aisles.
	www.blacktable.com /gillin031105.htm (1906 words)

	Gothamist: Chinatown Bus Too Fast, Say Police
		Chinatown bus is not smelly, it is just as clean if not cleaner.
		Man, the Chinatown bus might not be the cleanest or safest ride in town, but at least they show up.
		The Chian town bus is the only way to travel and from nyc you don't have to deal with the zoo also known as the port authority.
	www.gothamist.com /2006/09/06/chinatown_bus_t.php (1495 words)

	Chinatown's bus war turning fatal - The Washington Times: Culture, etc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		NEW YORK - New York's Chinatown, once the scene of brutal feuds between gangs such as the Flying Dragons and Ghost Shadows, is witnessing a new turf war that police are blaming for up to three unsolved killings.
		Although the raid ostensibly was to check for safety violations, many in the close-knit Chinatown community took it as a clear warning that official patience with the feuding was wearing extremely thin.
		Leaders of Chinatown's Fujianese community, such as Steven Wong, have tried to negotiate among the bus owners, who often are reluctant to work together.
	washingtontimes.com /culture/20040307-114416-4062r.htm (629 words)

	New York (city)/Chinatown - Wikitravel
		Chinatown is a much larger neighborhood in population and area than it used to be a few decades ago, and for all practical purposes encompasses most of "Little Italy" and a large portion of the Lower East Side, north of Canal Street or/and on the "other side" of the Manhattan Bridge overpass.
		Chinatown has also been growing more diverse, becoming a bit less of a Chinatown and more of a China and Southeast Asia town, with a growing presence of immigrants from Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc.
		Chinatown is the home of several super-cheap long distance bus companies, with Fung Wah Bus [1] being the granddaddy of them all.
	wikitravel.org /en/New_York_(city)/Chinatown (1981 words)

	NY Chinatown bus manager defends company after crash hurts 34 - Boston.com
		A popular Chinatown bus company defended its practices the day after one of its drivers was cited for speeding in a Massachusetts accident that injured 34 passengers and his replacement was taken off the streets because he couldn't speak English.
		NEW YORK --A popular Chinatown bus company defended its practices the day after one of its drivers was cited for speeding in a Massachusetts accident that injured 34 passengers and his replacement was taken off the streets because he couldn't speak English.
		Fung Wah Bus Transportation general manager Pei Lin Liang said Wednesday that his drivers undergo training before hitting the road and are instructed to drive carefully.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/09/06/ny_chinatown_bus_manager_defends_company_after_crash_hurts_34?mode=PF (627 words)

	33 Injured in Rollover of Chinatown Bus Near Boston \| Asian American Daily \| GoldSea
		The bus, operated by Fung Wah Bus Transportation Inc., which offers low-fare Chinatown-to-Chinatown routes, was carrying 57 passengers when it turned onto its left side while negotiating a curve about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southwest of Boston.
		``It appears the bus was probably traveling too fast for the off-ramp, which caused the bus to roll over on its side,'' Auburn Police Chief Andrew Sluckis said.
		The bus offers one-way tickets between Boston and New York for $15 (euro11.71) and have become a popular alternative to trains and more expensive bus lines.
	goldsea.com /Asiagate/609/06bus.html (337 words)

	'Chinatown Buses': What You Need to Know - washingtonpost.com
		Public officials in the past year have joined established bus companies in questioning whether drivers are competent and speak enough English to read signs or help in an emergency, whether buses are adequately maintained and whether there is enough oversight to ensure that they comply with even basic state and federal laws.
		Ian Grossman, spokesman for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), which oversees interstate bus companies, said that "the safety records of curbside buses are no better and no worse than for buses that operate out of terminals," and that there have been no fatal crashes of curbside operators along the East Coast corridor.
		The buses, which began by transporting residents of Washington's and New York's Chinatowns between the two cities, have become popular by offering dirt-cheap fares and curbside pickups in convenient locations.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/15/AR2006091500557.html (764 words)

	TheCapitol.Net > Visiting Washington, DC > Getting Into, Around, and Out of Washington, DC
		For inexpensive fares on a Chinatown bus from Chinatown in NYC to Chinatown in WDC.
		Bus stops: WDC, 1015 15th St NW, and 441 New Jersey Ave NW (at E Street NW near Union Station), and then make several stops in Brooklyn and NYC, ending up at 303 West 34th Street (at 8th Avenue near Penn Station).
		WDC bus stop at 715 H St NW and in Rockville at 430 Hungerford Dr. NYC bus stops at 5 Times Square, 450 7th Ave (at 34th St.) and 88 East Broadway (map).
	www.thecapitol.net /VisitingDC/transportation.htm (811 words)

	Day of confusion for Chinatown bus riders
		Passengers were left completely befuddled as officers removed them from one bus and stopped the boarding of another.
		The driver of a fifth bus ran away before police could inspect it, leaving his bus behind.
		The buses were seized from a variety of locations throughout Chinatown between 10 a.m.
	www.downtownexpress.com /de_142/dayofconfusion.html (751 words)

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	wcbstv.com - Chinatown Bus Rolls Over In Mass., 34 Hurt
		A New York-to-Boston bus driver has been cited for driving too fast after a bus rolled over on an Interstate 290 off-ramp Tuesday, causing minor injuries to 34 people, authorities said.
		The bus was operated by Fung Wah Bus Transportation Inc. The low-fare Chinatown-to-Chinatown buses, which offer one-way tickets for $15 between Boston and New York, have become a popular alternative to trains and more expensive bus lines.
		Last August, a Fung Wah bus bound for New York caught fire in Meriden, Conn. Forty-five passengers were evacuated moments before flames engulfed the bus.
	wcbstv.com /topstories/local_story_248174649.html (422 words)

	USATODAY.com - Riders flee fire on Chinatown bus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		BOSTON (AP) — A bus that is part of a low-fare fleet connecting Chinatowns in New York and Boston caught fire on a highway and riders fled just moments before it was engulfed in flames.
		The Fung Wah bus was headed down Interstate 91 to New York on Tuesday when the driver noticed smoke from a rear wheel near Meriden, Conn. When the driver pulled over to inspect the problem, passengers scrambled off.
		The bus had passed an inspection last October, according to the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy, which inspects commercial fleets.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-08-17-bus-fire_x.htm?csp=34 (328 words)

	Andrew Cusack: Chinatown Bus Terminal
		Chinatown's Fung Wah bus is famously one of the cheapest ways to get to Boston, costing only only $15 to get to New York's most northerly suburb.
		It would be far better to tear down the uninspiring Confucius Plaza tower, and replace it with a new, lower tower (or towers), with a bus terminal and retail space at the base.
		Were I to redevelop the vicinity, I think I might adapt it a bit to suit Chinatown by sticking a statue of Confucius atop the arch, perhaps flanked by Sun Yat-Sen (a Christian, after all) and Matteo Ricci.
	www.andrewcusack.com /blog/2006/04/chinatown_bus_t.php (410 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Police probe violence linked to rival Chinatown bus operators
		PHILADELPHIA – Police fear a turf war between operators of bargain bus trips between Philadelphia and New York City may be to blame for two killings, an assault and two bus fires.
		Bus routes launched to take Asian restaurant workers from New York to Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Va., have been fixtures since the late 1990s.
		Edward Ho, who has operated the Dragon Coach bus company for about 20 years, said his fears of organized crime and feuding companies led him to move his company from lower Manhattan to midtown.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20031129-1334-chinatownbuswars.html (399 words)

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		If you don't live on the East Coast, you probably aren't aware of the Chinatown bus phenomenon (while there are Chinatown buses in other parts of the country, they haven't attained the prominence of those on the East Coast).
		The Chinatown bus can be an excellent deal for the "budget-conscious" (read: broke-ass) traveler, but a little know-how goes a long way.
		In Boston, travelers used to have to go to a table in a bakery to buy a ticket, but the Chinatown bus there has somehow gone legitimate and now, tickets may be purchased in the main bus station, which is where the bus even departs from (fancy!).
	www.theyellowzine.com /editorial/bus.html (662 words)

	Discount Bus Companies May Lose Their Sidewalk Spots - October 13, 2006 - The New York Sun
		Chinatown-based bus companies that have flourished by providing inexpensive interstate transportation to strapped-for-cash college students and local immigrant populations may be forced to stop using sidewalks as ad hoc terminals.
		The deputy inspector and commanding officer of the 5th Precinct in Chinatown, Michael Lau, testified to the council's Committee on Transportation that the discount buses use curbside space that is meant to accommodate tour buses bringing visitors to Chinatown.
		Curbside bus companies such as the New York-Boston Fung Wah have used Chinatown sidewalks to drop off and pick up passengers since the late 1990s, but the popularity of the bargain buses has engendered a boom in new companies.
	www.nysun.com /article/41500 (598 words)

	New York City Chinatown > Newspaper Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Law enforcement authorities are continuing to investigate whether the torching of a commercial bus is the latest incident in a feud among New York City Chinatown bus companies.
		For restaurant workers and other commuters, the discount bus lines are an economic alternative, and their popularity has turned the hundred or so bus companies into lucrative businesses that net millions of dollars per year each.
		When AsianWeek called New Century Travel, a woman who gave her name as Jennie confirmed it was the bus company, and asked which route we were interested in purchasing tickets for, but when asked about the fires, she said "I think you have the wrong number," and hung up.
	www.nychinatown.org /articles/asianwk031117.html (432 words)

	Chinatown bus lines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On August 16, 2005, a New York-bound Fung Wah bus caught fire on Interstate 91 near Meriden, Connecticut.
		In February 2006, a surprise inspection on Forsyth Street in New York's Chinatown resulted in two Washington-bound buses being pulled temporarily out of service and a driver running away from authorities.
		On September 6, 2006, a Fung Wah bus rolled over and caused minor injuries to 34 passengers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinatown_bus_lines (1258 words)

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		During off-peak hours, Chinatown bus operators sometimes run the half-sized buses that carry about 25 people (with luggage in the aisles).
		The Chinatown Buses are all pretty clean, with plastic bags for garbage on the end of each aisle seat.
		The Chinatown Bus drivers almost always make a rest stop about half-way through the trip for gas.
	www.chinatown-bus.com /today-ny-phil-flyer.htm (171 words)

	'Chinatown bus services' have grown quickly since 1998
		Such reticence is perhaps understandable: The granddaddy of ultra-cheap Chinatown bus services, Fung Wah has had its share of bad publicity in recent years.
		Fung Wah, which means "magnificent wind" in Chinese, was the first of the so-called Chinatown bus services to appear in 1998 to serve the children of Asian immigrants commuting to college in Boston.
		Kin Yeung of McCandless said that when he took a Fung Wah bus from New York's Chinatown to Boston, more than half of the passengers were non-Asian.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06228/713771-37.stm (648 words)

	Gotham Gazette -- The Citizen
		The Chinatown buses -- there are at least three competing companies -- are drawing travelers away from the major bus lines and bringing business to the neighborhood.
		A bus driver, who only agreed to be interviewed on the condition of anonymity, said there is a definite dirty side to the industry.
		A mini bus parked on Canal Street with a Maryland license plate, owned by the Eastern Travel and Tour, Inc., is currently in police custody as investigations on a recent incident is underway.
	www.gothamgazette.com /citizen/aug02/original-chinatownbus.shtml (868 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Chinatown Bus Hikes Tickets to $15
		In response to financial pressures, the Fung Wah Bus Transportation, which once offered hourly shuttles between the Chinatowns of Boston and New York City for as little as $10, has raised its fares to match those of competitors and has moved the buses to a more mainstream route.
		Brianne C. Janacek ’07, who took the Chinatown bus to New York City last intersession, said her experience almost brought her to tears.
		The spokeswoman, who refused to give her name, also said the buses’ low prices could not be sustained in the face of intense competition between Chinatown lines and the larger Greyhound carriers.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=503677 (632 words)

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		Fung Wah Bus is located at the heart of New York Chinatown between Bowery Street and Canal Street.
	www.fungwahbus.com (134 words)

	Chinatown bus - JhuWiki
		Although it is true that they often overpack the van, lately the manager has been using taxis to shuttle the extra passengers at liberty st instead of trying to squeeze them all into the van.
		The reason this is an issue is because the company adverstises that the downtown pickup is first, and as any experienced Chinatown bus traveler knows, if you definately want to get a seat, you should get on the first pickup location.
		When waiting for the bus always call to make sure it hasn't been canceled, otherwise you might be kicking yourself for not getting on the bus from the other company that showed up while you were waiting for your bus.
	wiki.jhu.edu /Chinatown_bus (626 words)

	PennTags /tag/bus
		A dispute between the two bus companies that are vying for riders from New York to Washington, Vamoose and Washington Deluxe, has landed in court.
		Saying that Los Angeles County transit officials have "substantially complied" with their promise to improve bus service for poor and minority riders, a federal judge Wednesday ended a decade of court oversight of the nation's third-largest public transportation system.
		That route, with an average of 61,000 passengers each weekday, is considered by transit officials to be the most heavily used urban bus route in the nation....
	tags.library.upenn.edu /tag/bus (601 words)

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