Yo! Bus, the Greyhound/Peter Pan discount service that hasn't exactly been welcomed with open arms, began operating from Pike Street this morning. After residents rejected the company's first proposed bus stop on Essex Street, Yo! settled on a location...
On Friday a jury found driver Ophadell Williams not guilty of most charges he faced in connection with the horrific bus crash in the Bronx last year that left 15 Chinatown residents dead. City Council member Margaret Chin released...
This morning Greyhound announced that its discount Yo! Bus Service, offering service between New York and Chinatown, will begin operating December 18. Last month, Community Board 3 approved an application from the company for a bus stop on the...
it's been a few weeks since the great Essex Street bus stop debacle -- in which the city approved and then rescinded a permit for Greyhound to operate an intercity bus route from a location in front of Seward...
It's been a week since the city's Department of Transportation decided to rescind a "YO! Bus" permit for Essex Street, in front of Seward Park, following strong community opposition. As previously reported, the DOT is working on alternative locations,...
It's back to square one for YO! Bus, the new service from Greyhound/Peter Pan that was to begin service to Philadelphia from a new bus stop on Essex Street on Thursday. The Department of Transportation decided to grant the...
The Department of Transportation has decided to approve an application from Greyhound/Peter Pan for a new bus stop on Essex Street, alongside Seward Park. Last week, Community Board 3's transportation committee voted to oppose the application, following a contentious...
Tonight's meeting of Community Board 3's transportation committee is going to be a doozy. As of a few minutes ago, more than 1100 people have signed an online petition opposing an application from Greyhound/Peter Pan to establish a bus...
You never quite know where those inter-city "Chinatown buses" are going to pop up. From time to time, police officers chase them away from congested street corners, but they just move on to some other street.
A TLD reader sent...
The State Senate has finally passed legislation that will lead to more stringent enforcement of the intercity bus business. The bill, approved yesterday, will allow the city to set up a permit system and to assign parking spaces to...
