Comments on: American Long Distance Bus Transportation: Now Made in China

By: Hung-nguong

Hung-nguong — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:10:04 +0000

One thing you may not know: many of these bus lines are run by ethnic Fuzhou. In the past few years, long distance bus transportation has provided new jobs for the Foochowese Americans. The traditional jobs for them are restaurants, which you may have already known.

By: Meg

Meg — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:53:28 +0000

I used to take the Fung wah buses between Boston and NYC when I was in college, didn’t realize I was part of a trend of college students doing that! There’s also gotobus.com for cheap bus routes between major cities (they even do the overnight buses like in China) to help out your next overland travels.

By: Nik

Nik — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:24:04 +0000

A site with all th info of all Chinatown bus stops would be a very nice tool for someone in the know to build.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:26:58 +0000

Interestingly, the mainstream bus companies meet the same prices but offer more perks (e.g., WiFi). And I believe they’re profitable. Yet they wouldn’t have existed were it not for the Chinatown buses having discovered the market.

There really should be some running between San Francisco or San Jose and Los Angeles. That’s a market ripe for filling.

By: Andy Goldstein

Andy Goldstein — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:04:35 +0000

By the way, not sure why it shows a German flag. Must be my Great Firewall slaying proxy .

Andy

By: Andy Goldstein

Andy Goldstein — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:02:41 +0000

I took my girlfriend, Li Bei, to DC and we had no idea about this until we showed up to Chinatown (we were a bit homesick for some dumplings). To our surprise and delight, it felt just like “home” and we took this bus to NYC. Cheaper and more convenient than driving.

Andy
Nanjing, China