The end of Fung Wah?

Fung Wah is a bus line that pioneered low fares between Boston and New York. It seems as though their ability to offer low fares is due to some fundamental problems it has had.  To wit:

Last month, one of its buses hit two pedestrians in Manhattan, according to news reports. In 2007, a Fung Wah bus crashed into a guardrail at the Allston-Brighton tolls, and a driver trying to change lanes wedged a bus atop a concrete barrier at the Weston toll booths. 
In 2006, a Boston-bound coach rolled over while rounding an interstate ramp, slightly injuring 34 passengers, and in 2005, one of its buses caught fire on a highway in Connecticut.
Fung Wah buses have been cited for 159 maintenance violations in the past two years, including 23 instances of cracked, loose, or broken frames, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Its drivers are ranked in the bottom 3 percent of drivers nationwide, based on experience and training.
Drivers have racked up a dozen speeding violations in the past two years and been cited six times for failure to speak English or operating without a commercial driver’s license, according to federal regulators.

 Not exactly a sterling record.

Fung Wah does it again

This is the latest accident involving a Fung Wah bus. Last month another Fung Wah bus was involved in an accident. Last year they had a couple more.

It's a cheap way to get from Boston to New York City. How safe is it?

The bus company that couldn't shoot straight

Fung Wah, a discount bus line that travels between Boston and New York, seems to make the news every couple of months. Usually, the news is that one of their buses has had an accident. Today's news is that they violated the state's anti-discrimination laws by refusing to sell tickets to a blind couple, one of whom needed to be accompanied by his seeing-eye dog. The dog was a violation of the company's animal policy. But was that the real reason?

When the other half of the couple, who did not need a dog, tried to buy a ticket, she was refused even after the police told the ticket seller that she was entitled to buy a ticket. This all happened on a typical New England winter day and the couple was left on the street in 15-degree weather before the police drove them to the train station. Yesterday, Fung Wah had to listen to the law and pony up $70,000, $60,000 for the couple and a $10,000 fine.

Don't Take The Bus To Chinatown

Another bus heading for NYC's Chinatown was involved in a fatal accident. This time four people were killed. The bus was owned by Sky Express, which has been cited for safety violations 46 times in the past two years. In March a bus from Connecticut headed to NYC's Chinatown crashed; 14 were killed. Two days later a bus leaving Chinatown crashed, 2 more killed. And, then, my favorite from Boston - Fung Wah, which has also been cited for safety violations innumerable times.

And the wheels of the bus go round and round.

The problem is that the wheels were not on the bus. This is not the first time Fung Wah has had the same problem