On March 4 the mythic bus line Fung Wah was shut down by the Feds, who cited the Boston-based company’s reluctance to open their safety records to inspectors, who discovered cracks in the drive axle and engine cradle in eight of the nine buses tested in late January. The $15 bus ride between Boston and New York was popular with college students, the poor, and travelers seeking to avoid the high prices of Greyhound and fucking Amtrak.
Fung Wah was a risky boon to its customers. The cheap cost was balanced by the legends of crashes, crazed drivers, and speeding buses.
Since its conception in 1996 millions rode the route established by Pei Lin Liang, an immigrant from Zhuhai, China. Most of us made it to our destination without a problem, although the discount bus line was ranked as dangerous by the Department of Transportation.
I was never scared on Fung Wah and neither was Courtney, my niece.
We shall miss our dear Fung Wah.
Zai Jian.
For future travel between Boston and New York try Luck Star.
It gets you there.
No questions asked.
A young singer parodized of Bob Dylan’s “Farewell Angelina” in tribute to the Fung Wah bus company.
Lyrics and performance by Marc Philippe Eskenazi and directed by Myles Kane.
To hear FAREWELL FUNG WAH, please go to the following URL