About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
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Chinatown Buses Archive
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Going to LA 1/13 – 1/16
Posted on December 27, 2005 | No CommentsIs anyone else going to LA for MLK weekend? I could have bought a Southwest ticket last night for $120, but stupidly waited until this morning and now they cost almost $200. I’ve put up an ad on craigslist. My other options are to suck... -
Waiters, Cooks to Go
Posted on October 5, 2005 | No CommentsEd: These are the unofficial bus companies that I discovered while researching my thesis — outside of the seven official ones that I counted. NYT: For many restaurant workers, the number of hours by bus is a critical measure of how far they are from... -
Chinatown Bus Thesis Restored
Posted on August 31, 2005 | No CommentsSeeing this NY Post article on the Chinatown buses linked on Wonkette recently made me remember that I should put back up my Master’s thesis. Here it is, now licensed under Creative Commons. A few times every weekend, a large dark blue airport shuttle-sized van... -
Murder and Vice on the Lower East Side
Posted on July 28, 2005 | No CommentsEd: So after not having much luck with pitching my thesis as a freelance piece, I’m making my Master’s thesis on the Chinatown bus scene in New York publicly available. If any magazine/newspaper editor reads this and wants to publish it, talk to me. Until... -
More news from the world of Chinese Buses
Posted on March 23, 2005 | No CommentsBoston Globe, March 19 2005 : A New York-to-Boston bus burst into flames on the Massachusetts Turnpike early yesterday, sending spectacular flames into the sky and capping what two passengers said was a harrowing trip after the driver ignored problems with the vehicle and continued...
