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Re: New Chinatown Bus Rules Signed Into Law (NY State) |
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Posted by JAzumah on Sun Aug 19 19:28:02 2012, in response to New Chinatown Bus Rules Signed Into Law (NY State), posted by Gold_12TH on Sun Aug 19 14:33:45 2012. Let me say this as clearly as I can say this:This bill is in violation of federal law because it is now regulating interstate commerce. I would recommend that the New York State Legislature begin acquiring Vaseline (not with taxpayer funds!) because they are going to need it. Under federal law, all companies with interstate operating licenses ALREADY have permission to serve New York City. That means that bus companies DO NOT need a permit to stop here. The city needs to accommodate their requested stopping zones (notice the word "zones" - everyone can't use the same corner). As it stands today, Megabus has been sent to a location that puts them at a disadvantage with every single interstate bus competitor. Bolt, Go Buses, Vamoose, Greyhound, Peter Pan, and Amtrak all have better locations than Megabus. You have to walk by all of the competition to get to Megabus. Megabus has a potential lawsuit RIGHT NOW if they wanted to pursue this. I'm not saying that I would never take the opportunity to fight Megabus, but let us be fair here. This situation is a preview of what will happen under a permit system. Curbside buses will be sited AWAY from the people they are designed to serve. The older or politically connected companies will get the best spots and companies like mine would be told that the only midtown pickup available is 60 Street & 11 Avenue. How does that not impact a carrier's business? What happens if you actually grow to be really large? Are you going to be exiled to the Far West Side? What if Vamoose grows to the size of Bolt's DC operation? Is Vamoose going to be sent away too? |
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