Return of Chincatown Buses?

[yardbird]

Are any Chinatown buses that travel from Center City Philadelphia to NY up and running again?

[BarryG]

Why not use Bolt Bus or Megabus?

[yardbird]

Thanks for your speedy reply to my question. I have used both Bolt and Mega and found them superior to the "Chinatown experience," But the advantage of the Chinatown bus is that you do not need a reservation. They run every half hour and you just show up. In the past I have taken a bolt or mega to NY and then since I am usually in the Lower East Side, the Chinatown bus home.

[BarryG]

Bolt and Mega have walk ups too. I's true that that they are often fully booked, but also often there is a no-show or two and you can pay on the spot. I used to do this and use SEPTA+NJT as a plan B (which was actually a lot more comfortable).

Anyway I wouldn't expect the Chinatown buses back anytime soon, at least above ground.

[yardbird]

Agreed. Thanks!

[carloss]

FYI: your rendition of "Chinatown" in the thread title is kind of borderline offensive. Not playing PC police, but please, be careful.

Seriously, are there no idiots on this forum who know how to proofread their posts?

[BarryG]

FYI: your rendition of "Chinatown" in the thread title is kind of borderline offensive. Not playing PC police, but please, be careful.

Seriously, are there no idiots on this forum who know how to proofread their posts?

Despite popular belief, you can edit your post headline if you do it soon enough after posting.. you need to "Go Advanced" and edit the title.

[mixiboi]

For a second here I thought the dead returned:



But its not..its the people who wanted the Chinatownbus gone:

Yo Bus Campaign - c bonner

How diverse and targeted:

[Jayfar]

They must have acquired the yobus.com domain from a domain speculator, or else they've been planning this for a long time. It's been registered for over 5 years:

Domain Name: YOBUS.COM
Registrar: MONIKER ONLINE SERVICES, INC.
Whois Server: whois.moniker.com
Referral URL: http://www.moniker.com
Name Server: NS1351.WEBSITEWELCOME.COM
Name Server: NS1352.WEBSITEWELCOME.COM
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 21-aug-2012
Creation Date: 26-jul-2007
Expiration Date: 26-jul-2013

[Jayfar]

Danger Will Robinson! Don't submit your email address in the form at yobus.com, unless you want it to be exposed to harvesting by spammers:

http://yobus.com/forms/yobus/<REDACTED>.txt

[REDACTED THE 20 EMAIL ADDRESSES PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED, EXCEPT THE FAKE ONE I JUST SUBMITTED]
"jayfar@example.com"


They also have the info.php page publicly viewable. The website is very poorly configured from a security standpoint.

Images directory lists also. http://yobus.com/images/

[mixiboi]

Yeah, I'll remove it until Greyhound says something officlal...

[phillyboy]

Are any Chinatown buses that travel from Center City Philadelphia to NY up and running again?

Hey yardbird,

You're a f***ing bigoted a**h*l*.

[Beutelratte]

I can't read Chinese, but I can read "PHL <-> NYC" on some of the Chinese-language signs in Chinatown, so I have a feeling that the Chinatown to Chinatown buses are inching back into the market, but trying to keep a low profile. Anyone able to read Chinese who could provide a translation will find these along 10th Street in various places. (Google Googles still doesn't do Chinese, so I'm lost.)

B.

[Jayfar]

philebrity.com » Blog Archive » Rumblings: Get On The Bus

CB3 Votes Against Greyhound's "Yo! Bus" on Essex; Suggesting Alternate Location | Bowery Boogie

[szekely]

I can't read Chinese, but I can read "PHL <-> NYC" on some of the Chinese-language signs in Chinatown, so I have a feeling that the Chinatown to Chinatown buses are inching back into the market, but trying to keep a low profile. Anyone able to read Chinese who could provide a translation will find these along 10th Street in various places. (Google Googles still doesn't do Chinese, so I'm lost.)
B.

I can probably help with that, although I won't be down there for a while. Have any photos?

Jayfar's second link above
30st station McD's is closed? I didn't even notice. I only eat there once a year but I kind of liked it. It doesn't have the panhandlers that the Walnut St location always has.

[mixiboi]

I can probably help with that, although I won't be down there for a while. Have any photos?

Jayfar's second link above
30st station McD's is closed? I didn't even notice. I only eat there once a year but I kind of liked it. It doesn't have the panhandlers that the Walnut St location always has.

Yeah it going to be Wendys now....


And Damn I wish I knew that Phiebrity was looking for info on Yo Bus..I would have been internet famous...

[Jayfar]

And that submit your email address button on the YoBus website is apparently still dumping submitted email addresses to a publicly viewable plain text file.

Regarding 30th St McDonalds, that closed several months ago.

Danger Will Robinson! Don't submit your email address in the form at yobus.com, unless you want it to be exposed to harvesting by spammers:

http://yobus.com/forms/yobus/<REDACTED>.txt

[REDACTED THE 20 EMAIL ADDRESSES PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED, EXCEPT THE FAKE ONE I JUST SUBMITTED]
"jayfar@example.com"


They also have the info.php page publicly viewable. The website is very poorly configured from a security standpoint.

Images directory lists also. Index of /images

[Beutelratte]

I can probably help with that, although I won't be down there for a while. Have any photos?

Sorry, I checked on my way up 10th Street today, and I don't see the small signs with PHL<->NYC any more. Maybe they translated PHL and NYC into Chinese, to make it less obvious. Then again, with Yo! busses advertising in Chinese, maybe it was just them after all. But next time you're in the area, scan the behind-glass message boards on 10th between Arch and Race (near Arch on the east side of the street, about halfway between, across from the firehouse, on the west side of the street) and let us know if you can read anything about busses on those. Heck, I've always wondered what all of those messages are anyway!

[Brian616]

Hey yardbird,

You're a f***ing bigoted a**h*l*.

Or his finger slipped, but whatever.

[szekely]

Sorry, I checked on my way up 10th Street today, and I don't see the small signs with PHL<->NYC any more. Maybe they translated PHL and NYC into Chinese, to make it less obvious. Then again, with Yo! busses advertising in Chinese, maybe it was just them after all. But next time you're in the area, scan the behind-glass message boards on 10th between Arch and Race (near Arch on the east side of the street, about halfway between, across from the firehouse, on the west side of the street) and let us know if you can read anything about busses on those. Heck, I've always wondered what all of those messages are anyway!

I'll take a look.

Yeah it going to be Wendys now....

Oh, that's even better though.