Discount Bus Companies May Lose Their Sidewalk Spots

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Chinatown-based bus companies that have flourished by providing inexpensive interstate transportation to strapped-for-cash college students and local immigrant populations may be forced to stop using sidewalks as ad hoc terminals.

At City Hall yesterday, members of the New York City Police Department denounced the curbside practices of the hugely popular discount buses, and a City Council member suggested that the city explore constructing a new bus terminal.

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