Federal regulators have shut down more than two dozen bus companies providing interstate service between Chinatown and major cities along the East Coast. The crackdown, announced this morning, was the result of an ongoing investigation that began after last...
Will Albany finally pass legislation to regulate those "Chinatown buses," which have caused so many safety and "quality of life" issues in Lower Manhattan in recent years? State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and State Senator Daniel Squadron have been...
For the past couple of years, local elected officials have been pushing to regulate those so-called "Chinatown buses," which have been such a big problem throughout Lower Manhattan. But legislation in Albany setting up a permit system in New...
Discount bus company Double Happyness is still selling tickets from its depot at 133 E. Broadway, despite being ordered by authorities to shut down. (DNAInfo)
City funding for East Village after-school programs in the 10009 ZIP code is endangered by...
The City Council yesterday approved a resolution urging the U.S. Congress to pass legislation - stalled for many months - to regulate discount interstate bus companies. Following a series of deadly accidents involving to so-called Chinatown buses, there was...
A TLD tipster drew our attention last night to the intersection of East Broadway and Rutgers street. He told us a commuter tour bus had been "pulled over and taken out of commission." As passengers unloaded, he said, the...
This week's deadly bus crash in Virginia has finally prompted New York State Republicans to approve legislation beefing up safety standards on discount interstate bus lines. Yesterday, the GOP-controlled Senate voted in favor of a bill that would require...
Details are beginning to emerge about the safety record of Sky Express bus company and the four women killed in its tragic crash early Tuesday morning on Interstate 95 in Virginia en route from North Carolina to Chinatown.
Most notably, federal...
In the wake of yesterday's fatal bus crash in Virginia, in which driver fatigue is blamed, federal regulators announced late Tuesday that Sky Express Bus company would be forced to cease operations. The accident early yesterday morning on Interstate...
In Albany yesterday, the State Assembly approved proposed legislation that would allow New York City to set up a permit system for intercity buses. The bill was introduced a few weeks ago -- before two tragic accidents involving discount...
