Gothamist: Days of Chinatown Bus "Sidewalk Terminals" May End

dave d.

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:16:29 -0500

I just phoned the 5th police precinct and was told the new pickup is at Pike and Cherry St. This seems to be a better spot. I pray the local government does not force them to the cesspool known as the Port Authority. The place is disgusting and inconvenient.

jtg

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:09:18 -0500

If they move the chinatown busses to the Port Athority it would ruin their business. First of all the reason it's so cheap is that they don't have to pay the fees to use the bus terminal. When Fung Wah was forced into the bus terminal in boston (Which wasn't so bad being that's it's two blocks from chinatown) the price went up 10 bucks for a round trip. My guess is that if they had to move to the PA it would cost the same as Greyhound. Also, it would loose the convience factor that makes is so appealing to people in BK and downtown NYC.

eb

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:46:34 -0500

Dan, yeah, really. Save us the sob story. "NYPD has to break the law." Give me a break. It's both not true, and no excuse.

Schadenfreudian Mensch

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:27:56 -0500

Dan, in addition to what Spike commented last I heard those NYPD officers also get an additional perk of riding mass transit for FREE! LIRR/Metro North/etc. FREE. How much more of an incentive is it do we need to give to these people to leave the fraking SUV at home and take mass transit. So please save the sob story of these poor helpless NYPD officer having no where to park their cars. My heart is just breaking.

sam

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:55:15 -0500

can we please get rid of those vendors outside of whole foods on 14th street?!!!!!!!???!!!!!!!! It's ridiculous. dangerous.

Spike

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:39:15 -0500

Dan, why should municipal workers get guaranteed parking spaces when the rest of the city relies on mass transit, their feet, bikes, or parking garages? Using public space (the street) to store big, heavy private property (a car) is not a right.

kunta

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:12:59 -0500

nypd has some nerve complaining about this, considering how their illegal parking and park row closure has f*cked over the neighborhood

Dan

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:10:20 -0500

As for NYPD and municipal workers parking down there, everywhere. They have to, there's no place else provided for them to park. These people need to get to work and naturally there needs to be a place for them to put there cars. Sadly though, this isn't exactly easy. I see the issue with the buses as well. I don't know where they could put a bus terminal down there. It blows my mind that those buses do more business than the PA Bus Terminal.

Guy

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:01:51 -0500

I think it's pretty funny that the NYPD/city are complaining about how these buses take up too much curb space as the police and municipal workers park their cars EVERYWHERE in chinatown regardless of parking rules. So, what, the fungwa buses take up too much precious illegal parking spots? I know two wrongs don't make a right, but this complaint from the NYPD is what you would characterize as the pot calling the kettle black.

bklynd

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:41:21 -0500

Hey! Does anybody know how you get information on all these lines? I want a cheap bus to Foxwoods! The infamous Fung Wah bus (love the Star Wars-like lettering on the back) seems to just do NY-Boston.

pedestrian

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:25:41 -0500

I imagine a bus terminal in Lower Manhattan could work out pretty well. I hope it has a subway connection.

Mr Moneybags

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:21:22 -0500

I'd rather fly to boston then take a god damn chinatown bus. But I'd rather take a bus then take that waste of life train called the Acela. A Terminal might be a good idea, but will that area be big enough for a Terminal that might handle more people then the PA on 42nd?

anonymass

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:55:08 -0500

Call me cynical, but why do I have the sneaking suspicion that Greyhound might be behind some of these "complaints?" Greyhound used to be affordable, but their rates are beyond insane. The quality certainly hasn't justified the meteoric rise in fares.