Around 8:30 p.m., a fat gray bus bound for Atlantic City pulls up on Division Street in Chinatown. Its doors wheeze open, and a line of riders shuffle into formation, clutching pink tickets and plastic shopping bags, and sucking a few final drags from their cigarettes before flicking them away.

The ritual takes no more than 15 minutes, but it happens dozens of times a day as buses headed to Trump Plaza, Foxwoods or other casinos load and unload passengers in the V formed by the Bowery and Division Street.

Now, citing pollution and noise, neighbors say they want the buses to find a new home.

“You can feel a toxic film in our yard,” said Justin Yu, vice president of the co-op board at Confucius Plaza, a 44-story complex that overlooks the site. “It’s very unhealthy.”

The 18th National Conference on Rural Public and Intercity Bus Transportation will be held October 19-22, 2008 in Omaha, Nebraska.

10. Xincheng Bus Company

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Chinanews

10/23/2007 

                ATTORNEY GENERAL COAKLEY WINS LAWSUIT AGAINST FUNG WAH BUS COMPANY FOR REFUSING TO SELL TICKETS TO BLIND COUPLE

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) has ruled in favor of the Commonwealth in Attorney General Martha Coakley’s lawsuit against a bus company accused of denying access to a blind couple traveling from Boston to New York with a service dog. Earlier this week, MCAD ordered Fung Wah to implement comprehensive anti-discrimination and service animal policies, to designate a new Disability Access Coordinator and Complaint Officer (whom the MCAD must approve), and train its workforce about the anti-discrimination laws within 60 days. It also awarded $35,000 to Mr. Albert Sten-Clanton and $25,000 to Ms. Mary Sten-Clanton in emotional distress damages and a $10,000 civil penalty to the Commonwealth.  

“Service animals provide invaluable assistance to many blind men and women and afford them the opportunity to function independently in society,” said Attorney General Martha Coakley.  “Equal access for all individuals is not just good business, it is the law, and we will not tolerate discrimination based on disability.”