buses
Pour One Out for Fung Wah Bus, Which May Never Return to the Road
Andy Cush · 07/16/15 03:20PMFor the Fung Wah Bus and its fans, the past two years have been a long and uncomfortable trip with seemingly arbitrary rest stops at a Burger King in New Jersey and maybe someone farting next to you or listening to music in really loud headphones. In December, the cheapo bus line said it was all set to resume NYC-to-Boston trips in early 2015, but now, it looks like it might never come back at all.
Metrocard Base Fare to Rise in Price by 25 Cents (Again)
Dayna Evans · 01/22/15 12:25PMBus Passenger Stabs Man on Christmas Eve for Sitting Too Close to Him
Hudson Hongo · 12/27/14 11:15AMBay Area Bus Crashes Into Home, Injuring 11 People
Dayna Evans · 09/06/14 09:00AMYou Can Buy Willie Nelson's Swanky Old Tour Bus on Craigslist
Adam Weinstein · 05/02/14 11:00AMMegabus Is No Longer the Best Way to Smuggle Drugs
Cord Jefferson · 10/30/13 04:07PMHave you ever ridden Megabus, Peter Pan, or any old grungy Chinatown bus around the Eastern Seaboard and thought to yourself, Man, this would be a great way for someone to run drugs? Well, the good news is you're not alone; many people have had that idea. Don't try to turn that fantasy into a reality, however, because the cops are now wise to the game.
Thatz Not Okay: A Doorman at the Gates of Hell; A Bus Full of Lies
Caity Weaver · 07/25/13 06:01PMCar Brand Loved By Liberals Mocks Subway Smells, Bums and Safety
Ken Layne · 05/10/13 11:44AMMan Beaten and Dragged Off Bus By Driver
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 04/13/13 12:50PMA man in Lincoln, Nebraska was brutally beaten by a bus driver after asking the driver a question about the route of the bus. The video of the attack, which was released by the City of Lincoln, shows a 40-year-old man asking the driver a question. After a brief pause, the bus driver screams at the man about asking the question, and then proceeds to stop the bus and pummel the passenger, before savagely dragging him out of the bus and into the road.
Roach-Infested Nightmare Bus Forced to Evacuate on New Jersey Highway
Max Read · 03/15/13 02:14PMHamilton Nolan · 02/27/13 11:28AM
Fung Wah No More: Notorious Beacon of Terrible Transportation Has Been Shut Down
Maggie Lange · 02/26/13 02:42PMIn the most inevitable news story today, the Fung Wah bus company has been told to pack their bags. After inspectors discovered cracks in the frames of several of the buses during a surprise inspection, the Boston to New York Chinatown bus service was asked to remove all vehicles manufactured before 2005.
Public Buses Will Now Record Your Horrible Public Transit Conversations
Adrian Chen · 12/11/12 02:28PMIt often seems as if people save all their most obnoxious and excruciating conversations for public transit, just to make sure the pain is spread to more of their fellow humans. So imagine if every conversation that occurred on public transit was recorded: What twisted portrait of humanity would be produced? We may now learn, as an increasing number of cities are installing audio surveillance systems on their bus systems.
Buses Transporting Olympic Athletes From the London Airport to the Olympic Village Get Lost for Four Hours
Taylor Berman · 07/16/12 09:12PMCouple Faces Charges After Having Sex on Public Bus
Brian Moylan · 10/25/11 12:59PMCharming Brooklyn Retro Trend: Women to the Back of the Bus
Hamilton Nolan · 10/19/11 08:14AMVideo Shows D.C. Metrobus Driver Literally Throwing Off Passenger
Matt Cherette · 09/07/11 04:35AMWashington, DC transit officials launched an investigation on Tuesday after learning of a video that appears to show a Metrobus driver forcibly throwing a passenger off a bus and straight to the ground. A Metro spokesman called the driver's actions "completely unacceptable" and noted that "appropriate action" would be taken against him just as soon as they figure out who the hell he is. Because they don't know.
Obama's New Bus Looks Like Darth Vader's Helmet
Jim Newell · 08/16/11 12:56PMSarah Palin's Grifter Bus Tour: The Trailer
Jim Newell · 05/27/11 01:50PMSarah Palin's big Tour de Grift doesn't kick off until Sunday, but you can watch a mediocre 52-second YouTube about it right now! Watch as her slaves prep the bus, decorating it with stock photos of the Constitution and flags and mountains. Palin narrates some gibberish about the Constitution. An artist's rendering of George Washington is shown. Then some more stuff about the Constitution, etc.