There's some progress to report today on proposed state legislation that would authorize NYC to more strenuously regulate the intercity bus industry. We hear from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's office that the bill has been passed by the transportation...
This afternoon in Washington, D.C., a Senate subcommittee examines the topic of intercity bus regulation. The issue has become a national priority in the aftermath of the deadly bus accident in the Bronx earlier this month (many of the...
This afternoon the City Council voted in favor of a "home rule message" calling on the State Legislature to pass legislation setting up a permitting system for intercity buses. This morning, a Council committee held a hearing on the...
A City Council committee this morning gave a boost to proposed state legislation that would allow New York City to set up a permitting system for intercity buses. This afternoon, the full Council will vote on the so-called "home...
New York City police and federal transportation agents spent most of the day on Canal Street, pulling over interstate bus drivers for spot inspections. They stopped dozens of buses at various locations throughout the city last week, in the...
Today's New York Times has an unsettling but not very surprising piece on the unsafe conditions and lack of regulation plaguing the interstate bus industry. In the aftermath of the deadly accident in the Bronx, the issue has become...
In the aftermath of last weekend's terrible bus crash in the Bronx, elected officials are calling on the federal government to examine whether enough is being done to ensure passenger safety. The driver, Ophadill Williams, has a checkered past....
Last week, a bill was introduced in Albany that, if enacted, would create a permit system for intercity buses operating in New York City. The legislation, sponsored by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senator Daniel Squadron, seeks to reign...
Residents on the Lower East Side have been waiting a long time for something to be done about the ever-growing number of so-called "Chinatown buses" clogging the neighborhood's streets. In December of 2009, Department of Transportation official Luis Sanchez...
Later today, the neighborhood's elected officials will announce proposed legislation setting up a permit system for those inter-city Chinatown buses. We got word of the long awaited move in a late night email message from Senator Daniel Squadron.
The Chinatown...
