Tag: Fung Wah Bus
Fung Wah and Lucky Star, OGs of the Chinatown bus game, may be returning to the playing field this fall after a months-long absence. The U.S. Department of Transportation ordered the Fung Wah off the road in February of this year after myriad safety violations, and Lucky Star lost its wheels for similar reasons in […]
Bad/good news for all you Fung Wah Bus lovers/haters out there: the federal Department of Transportation released a report revealing exactly what compelled it to take the motor coach line off the road last month, and the prognosis is worse than you might have imagined. From the DOT: The company failed to inspect, repair and […]
Following the (possibly temporary) demise of the much-loved/hated Fung Wah bus line, regular New York-Boston commuters have been left with a void in their transportation options. Entrepreneur Joel Azumah hopes to change that with his Interstate Bus company, on which he hopes to send four coaches a day to Beantown at $20 each way, but with […]
Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation ordered Fung Wah Bus, the beloved/hated most notorious of the Boston-to-NYC Chinatown lines, to take each its 28 coaches off the road and out of commissioned until they can pass “thorough and detailed safety inspections by qualified inspectors.” Fung Wah’s temporary demise comes after a string of shutdowns of similar shady […]
