China Town Bus - The Cheap Way to Travel the East Coast

As we followed the designer clad Asian women's prompts of "DC, DC" from one bus to another and back to the terminal, the mid-twenties east-coast-classic attired woman next to me asked, "This is the only way to DC for $28, isn't it?" A driver adjusted the door trying to get it to close securely, of the last bus they lead us to. "I guess we're not paying for safety."

Two busses drove off, empty, including the one with the broken door, and a few minutes later another bus pulled up. They quickly ushered us aboard and we set off to DC. China town busses deliver people non-stop between Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC for minimal cost.

A quick Internet search for "china town bus" or "bus from Philly to NYC" turns up at least twelve companies of varying website competence with names like Lucky Star Bus, Fung Wah Transport Vans, Inc., Dragon Coach and P2P Circulator. A few clicks and you've purchased your ticket and are ready to hit the road. That is after you've printed your ticket and found the bus location. While busses in Philly and Boston drop passengers within a four-block radius of the Philadelphia Convention Center and Reading Market East Station or Boston's South Station. NYC busses pick up and drop off all over the city. Some companies operate out of Penn Station on 31st and 8th Ave. Other's stop on the side of the road near the Manhattan Bridge, and still others line up on a little known street called E. Broadway, hidden under the Manhattan Bridge.