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( March 2018 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) Daddy 's Home 2 Theatrical release poster Directed by Sean Anders Produced by Will Ferrell Adam McKay Chris Henchy John Morris Screenplay by Sean Anders John Morris Based on Characters by Brian Burns Starring Will Ferrell Mark Wahlberg Linda Cardellini John Cena John Lithgow Mel Gibson Music by Michael Andrews Cinematography Julio Macat Edited by Brad Wilhite Production companies Gary Sanchez Productions Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date November 5 , 2017 ( 2017 - 11 - 05 ) ( Regency Village Theater ) November 10 , 2017 ( 2017 - 11 - 10 ) ( United States ) Running time 100 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $69 million Box office $180.6 million Daddy 's Home 2 is a 2017 American Christmas comedy film directed by Sean Anders and written by Anders and John Morris . A sequel to Daddy 's Home ( 2015 ) , it stars Will Ferrell , Mark Wahlberg , Linda Cardellini , John Cena , John Lithgow and Mel Gibson . The plot follows now reformed - fathers Brad and Dusty ( Ferrell and Wahlberg ) , now co-parenting Dusty 's kids , who have to deal with their own fathers ( Lithgow and Gibson ) visiting for the holidays . Principal photography on the film began in Massachusetts in March 2017 and it was released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on November 10 , 2017 . Although the film received unfavorable reviews , it has grossed over $180 million worldwide on a $69 million budget . Contents ( hide ) 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Filming 4 Release 4.1 Home media 5 Reception 5.1 Box office 5.2 Critical response 5.3 Accolades 6 References 7 External links Plot ( edit ) After finally becoming friends at the end of the first film , Brad Whittaker and Dusty Mayron have a co-dad system where their two children , Megan and Dylan , take turns at each father 's house . Dusty has also remarried , this time to Karen , a writer , and is stepdad to Adrianna , Karen 's daughter . Brad and his wife , Sara , along with Dusty and Karen , attend a school play for Megan , where she announces to the whole audience that she does n't like the fact that she has to go back and forth to different houses all the time . Back at the house , after the play , Brad and Dusty decide to do away with having two separate Christmases and instead do one `` together Christmas '' . Dusty , however , finds out his tough fighter pilot / astronaut father Kurt ( Mel Gibson ) is coming for Christmas . At the airport the next day , Dusty tells Brad that his father is going to make fun of them since he wo n't understand their co-dad arrangement . When Kurt arrives , he mistakes Brad for a chauffeur . When Dusty explains that Brad is the stepdad to his children , Kurt does n't like it . Brad 's overbearing and over-cheerful dad , Don , arrives next , unnerving Kurt . Don tells Brad that his mother did n't come along , because she is taking care of Brad 's Uncle who is n't feeling well . Back at the house , Megan and Dylan warmly embrace Don , since he is very present in their lives , while Kurt has n't seen the children since they were toddlers . Kurt rents a large cabin through Airbnb , to house all of them through the holiday week . As Brad and Dusty pack the bags into the car , Dusty tells Brad that Kurt thinks the two men are harboring bad feelings for each other , but are just hiding it from everyone by pretending to be friends . When Kurt comes up , they change the subject . Throughout the week , Brad and Dusty 's co-dad relationship is put to the test by Kurt 's meddling . Meanwhile , Dusty tries to get close to his stepdaughter , Adrianna , but she does n't like him and repeatedly tells him that he is n't her father . Sara also tries to bond with Karen but is taken aback by some of Karen 's actions , like shoplifting clothes from a store . Dylan develops a crush on a little girl staying in the cabin next door . He gets made fun of it by Megan and Adrianna . The next day , the family goes out to take the kids to see Santa . While there , Kurt convinces Dylan to ask Santa for a shotgun , which he does ask for . Brad and Sara tell Dylan that a shotgun for hunting means that a poor innocent animal will lose its life . This convinces Dylan to change his mind , but Megan instead decides she wants to go hunting . While out hunting the next day , Megan accidentally shoots Kurt in the shoulder , sending him to the hospital . At the hospital , Dusty and Kurt begin to bond after they almost begin fighting when Kurt tries to leave the hospital . That night , Brad , Dusty , Don & Kurt go to an improv comedy club where the four men are relaxing and having a good time watching the show . Kurt gets up to go get another drink at the bar . Dusty sees Kurt picking up a woman at the bar and leaves with her . Brad enters Don into the improv show , and Dusty chooses a topic of a husband confronting his cheating wife as the subject of an improv skit . As the skit progresses , it is revealed that Don has separated from his wife in real life . The audience believes that this is all part of the show , even when Brad tries to tell the audience that it is not . The next day , Brad confronts Dusty . After Dusty reveals that he chose the infidelity subject for the improv game because he wanted to get back at Brad , because of how Brad has a good relationship with Don . Brad says he knows that is why Dusty chose that particular topic and to get back at Dusty ; Brad has invited Adrianna 's real dad , Roger , to the cabin for Christmas . That evening , the entire family takes part in a Christmas manger representation . Brad gets into a fight with Dusty after Brad wants to play Joseph , which Dusty is currently playing . This breaks out in front of a crowd that is watching . Instead of Dusty fighting Brad , he almost comes to blows with Roger . The next morning , Christmas Day , the families all pack up to leave . On their way out of town , the families are forced back to town on account of a blizzard . They are forced to take shelter at a movie theater . With every other movie being sold out , due to the huge influx of business from other families seeking shelter at the theater , both families go to see the last movie available : Missile Tow , a fictitious Liam Neeson holiday action film . When the power cuts off during the movie , the families go to the lobby where each man confronts their father about the secrets , lies , and attitudes . Don confronts Brad about not telling him the truth about his divorce , while Dusty tries to talk to Kurt . When Dylan sees the girl he has a crush on , is also there at the theater , he is teased again by Megan and Adrianna . After remembering some advice given to him by Kurt , Dylan walks toward her to kiss her . All of a sudden , he does n't kiss her , but instead kisses Adrianna , his stepsister . Roger gets freaked out and attempts to leave with Adrianna , but is confronted by Dusty . He deduces that the reason why Adrianna has n't warmed up to him is that he has never told her that he loves her , which he does . He also tells Roger that loving Adrianna means loving her real father as well since he is also part of the family . Roger almost leaves without Adrianna , but has a change of heart after everyone breaks out into a song of Do They Know It 's Christmas ? and decides to stay . Don and Brad also reconcile . Sometime later , at the airport , Don and Kurt are preparing to leave to head back to their respective homes . Kurt heads with Don up the terminal escalators , where he reveals to Don that he switched out the tickets and they 're going to spend New Years in Las Vegas . As Brad 's mom 's flight arrives , Dusty and Brad discover that Brad 's new stepdad is Chesley `` Sully '' Sullenberger , the pilot of the `` Miracle on the Hudson '' flight . Brad and Dusty remember that they watched the film `` Sully '' together not too long ago and Brad appears to be welcoming towards him . Brad runs down the terminal and says that Sully will never replace his father , because Sully has only one great personal story , whereas his father has thousands of stories . Cast ( edit ) Will Ferrell as Brad Whitaker Mark Wahlberg as Dusty Mayron Mel Gibson as Kurt Mayron John Lithgow as Don Whitaker Linda Cardellini as Sara Whitaker John Cena as Roger Scarlett Estevez as Megan Mayron Owen Vaccaro as Dylan Mayron Alessandra Ambrosio as Karen Mayron Didi Costine as Adrianna Chesley Sullenberger as himself Liam Neeson as himself Bill Burr as Jerry Production ( edit ) In April 2016 , the sequel was announced , with Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg reprising their roles , Sean Anders and John Morris writing the script , and Anders directing . In January 2017 , it was reported that Mel Gibson and John Lithgow were being sought to play the main characters ' fathers in the film . The two were later confirmed to star , along with Linda Cardellini , John Cena , Owen Vaccaro and Scarlett Estevez , reprising their roles . Filming ( edit ) Principal photography began on March 20 , 2017 . Scenes were filmed in Concord , Massachusetts , Framingham , Massachusetts , and Great Barrington , Massachusetts . Release ( edit ) The film was released in the United States on November 10 , 2017 . Home media ( edit ) Daddy 's Home 2 was released on Digital HD on February 6 , 2018 , and was released on Blu - ray and DVD on February 20 , 2018 . Reception ( edit ) Box office ( edit ) Daddy 's Home 2 grossed $103.8 million in the United States and Canada , and $76.6 million in other territories , for a worldwide total of $180.4 million , against a production budget of $69 million . In the United States and Canada , Daddy 's Home 2 opened alongside Murder on the Orient Express , and was projected to gross around $20 million from 3,575 theaters in its opening weekend . The film made $10.7 million on its first day , including $1.5 million from Thursday night previews at 2,500 theaters , up from the $1.2 million made by the first film . It went on to debut to $29.7 million , finishing second at the box office , behind holdover Thor : Ragnarok ( $57 million ) . In its second weekend the film made $14.4 million ( a drop of 51.3 % ) , finishing 4th behind Justice League , Wonder and Thor : Ragnarok . Critical response ( edit ) On Rotten Tomatoes , the film holds an approval rating of 19 % based on 111 reviews , and an average rating of 3.8 / 10 . The site 's critical consensus reads , `` A formulaic comedy that 's unlikely to spread much yuletide merriment , Daddy 's Home 2 can only muster a few stray yuks from its talented cast . '' On Metacritic , the film has a weighted average score of 30 out of 100 based on 26 critics , indicating `` generally unfavorable reviews '' . Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of `` A − '' on an A+ to F scale . Alonso Duralde of TheWrap was critical of what he described as the film 's sloppiness and laziness , saying , `` Director Sean Anders and his co-writer John Morris execute what are supposed to be the laughs with blunt force . The jokes announce themselves with heavy footsteps , and almost none of them land , stranding a talented cast with terrible material that they 're straining to sell . '' Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun - Times gave the film 1 out of 4 stars , saying : `` After enduring last week 's lousy and lazy A Bad Moms Christmas , I would have bet it would be many a year before we 'd see another holiday comedy more sour and cynical and profoundly unfunny . I sit corrected . '' Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com gave the film 2.5 out of 4 stars , writing , `` I found the sequel better than the original -- the writing sharper , the jokes fresher and smarter , the comic interaction between the lead characters consistently engaging . I mentioned this to my incredulous wife , who said , ' So you 're saying it 's the Godfather , Part 2 of the Daddy 's Home series ' . '' Accolades ( edit ) Year Award Subject Result 2018 Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Actor Mark Wahlberg Nominated Worst Supporting Actor Mel Gibson Won References ( edit ) Jump up ^ `` Daddy 's Home 2 '' . AMC Theatres . Retrieved October 22 , 2017 . ^ Jump up to : `` Daddy 's Home 2 ( 2017 ) '' . Box Office Mojo . Retrieved February 18 , 2018 . Jump up ^ Fleming , Mike , Jr. ( April 22 , 2016 ) . `` Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg Set ' Daddy 's Home ' Sequel At Paramount '' . Deadline . Retrieved March 20 , 2017 . Jump up ^ Fleming , Mike , Jr . ( January 30 , 2017 ) . `` Mel Gibson , John Lithgow Circling ' Daddy 's Home ' Sequel '' . Deadline . Retrieved January 30 , 2017 . Jump up ^ Kroll , Justin ( February 15 , 2017 ) . `` Mel Gibson and John Lithgow Join ' Daddy 's Home ' Sequel '' . Variety . Retrieved March 20 , 2017 . 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Jump up ^ D'Alessandro , Anthony ( November 19 , 2017 ) . `` ' Justice League ' Encounters Kryptonite At The B.O. With $96 M Opening : Why The DC Movie Weakened -- Sunday AM Update '' . Deadline.com . Retrieved November 19 , 2017 . Jump up ^ `` Daddy 's Home 2 ( 2017 ) '' . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 21 February 2018 . Jump up ^ `` Daddy 's Home 2 Reviews '' . Metacritic . Retrieved 21 February 2018 . Jump up ^ Alonso Duralde ( November 9 , 2017 ) . `` ' Daddy 's Home 2 ' Film Review : Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell Listlessly Pack This Stocking With Coal '' . TheWrap . Retrieved November 9 , 2017 . Jump up ^ Roeper , Richard ( November 9 , 2017 ) . `` In ' Daddy 's Home 2 ' universe , no one acts human and no one is funny '' . Chicago Sun Times . Retrieved November 10 , 2017 . Jump up ^ Glenn Kenny ( November 10 , 2017 ) . `` ' Daddy 's Home 2 ' '' . RogerEbert.com . Retrieved November 11 , 2017 . 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Tablets of stone - wikipedia Tablets of stone Jump to : navigation , search For funeral or commemorative tablets carved in stone , see Stele . Part of a series on The Ten Commandments I am the LORD thy God No other gods before me No graven images or likenesses Not take the LORD 's name in vain Remember the sabbath day Honour thy father and thy mother Thou shalt not kill Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not steal Thou shalt not bear false witness Thou shalt not covet Related articles Tablets of Stone Ritual Decalogue Catholic theology The Tables of the Law as they are widely known in English , or Tablets of Stone , Stone Tablets , or Tablets of Testimony ( in Hebrew : לוחות הברית Luchot HaBrit - `` the tablets ( of ) the covenant '' ) in the Hebrew Bible , were the two pieces of stone inscribed with the Ten Commandments when Moses ascended Mount Sinai as written in the Book of Exodus . Exodus 31 : 18 refers to the tablets as the `` Tablets of ( the ) Testimony '' . According to the Bible , there were two sets . The first , inscribed by God , ( Exodus 31 : 18 ) were smashed by Moses when he was enraged by the sight of the Children of Israel worshipping a golden calf ( Exodus 32 : 19 ) and the second were later cut by Moses and rewritten by God . ( Exodus 34 : 1 ) According to traditional teachings of Judaism in the Talmud , they were made of blue sapphire stone as a symbolic reminder of the sky , the heavens , and ultimately of God 's throne . Many Torah scholars , however , have opined that the Biblical `` sapir '' was , in fact , the lapis lazuli ( see Exodus 24 : 10 , lapis lazuli is a possible alternate rendering of `` sapphire '' the stone pavement under God 's feet when the intention to craft the tablets of the covenant is disclosed Exodus 24 : 12 ) . According to the bible , both the first shattered set and the second unbroken set were stored in the Ark of the Covenant ( the Aron Habrit in Hebrew ) . Contents ( hide ) 1 Appearance of the tablets 2 Content 3 Christian replicas 4 In the Qur'an 5 Gallery 6 See also 7 References Appearance of the tablets ( edit ) A popular image of the Tablets as rounded - off rectangles bears little relationship with religious traditions about their appearance . In this case , the Ten Commandments are represented by the first ten letters of the Hebrew alphabet , which in Hebrew usage may be used interchangeably with the numbers 1 - 10 . Rectangular tablets passed down by the Hand of God in the 10th century Byzantine Leo Bible . In recent centuries the tablets have been popularly described and depicted as round - topped rectangles but this has little basis in religious tradition . According to Rabbinic tradition , they were rectangles , with sharp corners , and indeed they are so depicted in the 3rd century paintings at the Dura - Europos Synagogue and in Christian art throughout the 1st millennium , drawing on Jewish traditions of iconography . The rounded tablets appear in the Middle Ages , following in size and shape contemporary hinged writing tablets for taking notes ( with a stylus on a layer of wax on the insides ) . For Michelangelo and Andrea Mantegna they still have sharp corners ( see gallery ) , and are about the size found in Rabbinic tradition . Later artists such as Rembrandt tended to combine the rounded shape with the larger size . While , as mentioned above , Rabbinic tradition teaches that the tablets were squared , according to some authorities , the Rabbis themselves approved of rounded depictions of the tablets in replicas so that the replicas would not exactly match the historical tablets . According to the Talmud , the length and width of each of the Tablets was six Tefachim , and each was three Tefachim thick - respectively roughly 20 and ten inches , though they tend to be shown larger in art . Also according to tradition , the words were not engraved on the surface , but rather were bored fully through the stone . Content ( edit ) In Jewish religious tradition , the arrangement of the commandments on the two tablets is interpreted in different ways . Rabbi Hanina ben Gamaliel said that each tablet contained five commandments , `` but the Sages say ten on one tablet and ten on the other '' . Because the commandments establish a covenant , it is likely that they were duplicated on both tablets . This can be compared to diplomatic treaties of Ancient Egypt , in which a copy was made for each party . But the tablets may have contained not only the Ten Commandments but also additional precepts and words as can be inferred from the verses Exodus 31 : 18 , Exodus 34 : 1 , Exodus 34 : 27 - 28 . Christian replicas ( edit ) Replicas of the tablets , known as tabots or sellats , are a vital part of the practice of Ethiopian Orthodox Church , which claims that the original Ark of the Covenant is kept in the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Axum . In the qur'an ( edit ) Musa Mūsa ٰمُوسَى Moses Ten Commandments Tawrat Ṣuḥuf Mūsā ( Biblical and Quranic narratives Prophets and messengers in Islam Golden calf Asiya Balaam Samiri Ulu'l azm prophets Islam portal See also : Moses in Islam and Islamic ethics § Moral commandments The Quran states that tablets were given to Moses , without quoting their contents explicitly : `` And We ordained laws for him in the tablets in all matters , both commanding and explaining all things , ( and said ) : ' Take and hold these with firmness , and enjoin thy people to hold fast by the best in the precepts : soon shall I show you the homes of the wicked , - ( How they lie desolate ) . ' '' ( Quran 7 : 145 ) These tablets are not broken in the Quran , but picked up later : `` When Moses came back to his people , angry and grieved , he said : ' Evil it is that ye have done in my place in my absence : did ye make haste to bring on the judgment of your Lord ? ' He put down the tablets , seized his brother by ( the hair of ) his head , and dragged him to him ... '' ( Quran 7 : 150 ) . `` When the anger of Moses was appeased , he took up the tablets : in the writing thereon was guidance and Mercy for such as fear their Lord . '' ( Quran 7 : 154 ) . Gallery ( edit ) Round corners , 13th century , France Round corners , c. 1390 Sharp corners by Michelangelo Andrea Mantegna , c. 1461 Moses receiving the tablets of stone , written by God 's finger See also ( edit ) Tablet ( religious ) Tabot , a replica of the Tablets of Stone used in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church World 's largest book , a stone book the pages of which are inscribed stone tablets References ( edit ) Jump up ^ See : Staples , W.E. , `` Lapis Lazuli '' , in The Interpreter 's Dictionary of the Bible , vol. 3 , p. 72 Jump up ^ Bava Batra 14a . Jump up ^ Except for a variant tradition where a scroll is shown , only known from Christian examples . ( 1 ) Jump up ^ See HaQoton , Reb Chaim `` Squared vs. Rounded Tablets '' ( also available on academia.edu ) Jump up ^ Bava Batra 14a . Jump up ^ Rabbi Ishmael . Horowitz - Rabin ( ed . ) , ed . Mekhilta . pp. 233 , Tractate de -- ba -- Hodesh , 5 . CS1 maint : Extra text : editors list ( link ) Jump up ^ Margaliot , Dr. Meshulam ( July 2004 ) . `` What was Written on the Two Tablets ? '' . Bar - Ilan University . Retrieved 2006 - 09 - 20 . Jump up ^ `` Adam Clarke Commentary '' . Jump up ^ Paul Raffaele , `` Keepers of the Lost Ark ? '' Smithsonian Magazine , December 2007 ( accessed 9 April 2011 ) Ten Commandments Commandments I am the Lord thy God Thou shalt have no other gods before me Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain Remember the sabbath day , to keep it holy Honour thy father and thy mother Thou shalt not kill Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not steal Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour Thou shalt not covet Modern media The Ten Commandments : The Musical K10C : Kids ' Ten Commandments Les Dix Commandements ( musical ) 2007 film 2010 film The Ten Commandments ( 2007 film ) The Ten Commandments ( 1956 film ) The Ten Commandments ( 1923 film ) Related articles 613 Mitzvot Alternatives Catholic theology Finger of God Ritual Decalogue Seven Laws of Noah Tablets of Stone Ark of the Covenant topics People Moses Kohanim High Priest of Israel Israelites Levites Bezalel Tribe of Judah Oholiab Kehath Tribe of Levi Jeremiah Joshua Samuel Solomon Menelik I Contents Tablets of Stone Ten Commandments Manna Aaron 's rod Cherub Locations Mount Sinai Jericho Jordan River Holy of Holies Tabernacle Ai Shiloh Gibeah Gilgal Eben - Ezer Philistia Beth Shemesh Kiriath - Jearim Temple Mount Dome of the Rock Well of Souls Cathedral of Chartres Tana Qirqos Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion Related The Sign and the Seal ( 1992 book ) People and things in the Quran ( hide ) Characters Non-humans Allâh ( `` The God '' ) Names of Allah found in the Quran Beings in Jannah ( Paradise , literally ' Garden ' ) Ghilman & Wildan Houri Zaqqum Animals Related The baqarah ( cow ) of Israelites The dhi'b ( wolf ) that Jacob feared could attack Joseph The hud - hud ( hoopoe ) of Solomon The kalb ( dog ) of the sleepers of the cave The nūn ( fish or whale ) of Jonah The nāqaṫ ( she - camel ) of Saleh The fīl ( elephant ) of the Abyssinians ) Non-related Ḥimār ( domesticated donkey or wild ass ) Qaswarah ( ' Lion ' , ' Beast of prey ' or ' Hunter ' ) Jinns Iblīs the Devil Ifrit Marid Qareen Prophets Mentioned Ādam ( Adam ) Al - Yasa ' ( Elisha ) Ayyūb ( Job ) Dāwūd ( David ) Dhūl - Kifl ( Ezekiel ? ) Hārūn ( Aaron ) Hūd ( Eber ? ) Idrīs ( Enoch ? ) Ilyās ( Elijah ) ' Imrān ( Joachim the father of Maryam ) Is - ḥāq ( Isaac ) Ismā'īl ( Ishmael ) Dhabih Ullah Isma'il Ṣādiq al - Wa 'd ( Fulfiller of the Promise ) Lūṭ ( Lot ) Ṣāliḥ Shu'ayb ( Jethro , Reuel or Hobab ? ) Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd ( Solomon son of David ) ' Uzair ( Ezra ? ) Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā ( John the Baptist the son of Zechariah ) Ya'qūb ( Jacob ) Isrâ'îl ( Israel ) Yūnus ( Jonah ) Dhūn - Nūn ( `` He of the Fish ( or Whale ) '' or `` Owner of the Fish ( or Whale ) '' ) Ṣāḥib al - Ḥūṫ ( `` Companion of the Whale '' ) Yūsuf ibn Ya'qūb ( Joseph son of Jacob ) Zakariyyā ( Zechariah ) Ulu - l - ' Azm Muḥammad Aḥmad Other names and titles of Muhammad ʿĪsā ( Jesus ) Al - Masīḥ ( The Messiah ) Ibn Maryam ( Son of Mary ) Mūsā Kalīmullāh ( Moses He who spoke to God ) Ibrāhīm Khalīlullāh ( Abraham Friend of God ) Nūḥ ( Noah ) Debatable ones Dhūl - Qarnain ( Cyrus the Great ? ) Luqmân Maryam ( Mary ) Ṭâlûṫ ( Saul or Gideon ? ) Implied Ermia / Jeremiah Ṣamû'îl ( Samuel ) Yusha ' ibn Nūn / Joshua ( companion and successor of Musa ) People of Prophets Mentioned evil ones Āzar ( possibly Terah ) Fir'aun ( Pharaoh of Moses ) Hāmān Jâlûṫ ( Goliath ) Qarun / Korah ( cousin of Musa / Moses ) As - Sāmirī Abu Lahab Specified good ones Zechariah 's wife Adam 's immediate relatives Martyred son Wife Women of Moses Moses ' mother Sister Wife Sister - in - law Isaac 's mother Zayd Non-specified good ones Abiona / Amtelai daughter of Karnebo ( mother of Ibrahim ) Bathsheba ( wife of Dawud , mother of Sulayman ) Hājar / Hagar ( wife of Ibrahim , mother of Isma'il ) Hannah / Anne daughter of Faquz ( mother of Maryam , wife of Imran ) Imran / Amram ( father of Musa ) Lamech ( father of Nuh ) Rāhil / Rachel ( wife of Ya'qub , mother of Yūsuf ) Rahma / Dinah ( wife of Ayyub ) Shamkha bint Anush / Betenos ( mother of Nuh ) Son of Luqman Implied Asiyah bint Muzahim / Bithiah ( wife of Fir'aun ) Asif ibn Barkhiya ( vizier and successor of Sulayman ) Bilquis ( Queen of Saba / Sheba ) Believer of Fir'aun Family ( Hizbil / Hizqil ibn Sabura ) Benyamin / Benjamin Habib the Carpenter ( believer of Ya - Sin ) Kaleb / Caleb ( companion of Yusha ' ) Khidr Magicians of Fir'aun Simon Cephas / Simon Peter Abrahah Bal'am / Balaam Barsisa Nebuchadnezzar II Nimrod Potiphar ( Al - Aziz ) Shaddad Simeon ( son of Ya'qub ) Slayers of Saleh 's she - camel ( Qaddar ibn Salif and Musda ' ibn Dahr ) Valid ibn Rayyan ( king of Egypt in the account of Yūsuf ) Zuleikha ( wife of al - Aziz ) Groups Mentioned Aş - ḥāb al - Jannah People of Paradise People of the Burnt Garden Aş - ḥāb as - Sabṫ ( Companions of the Sabbath ) Christian apostles Disciples of Jesus Companions of Noah 's Ark Aş - ḥāb al - Kahf war - Raqīm ( Companions of the Cave and Al - Raqaim ? Companions of the Elephant People of al - Ukhdūd People of the City ( People of Ya - Sin ) People of Yathrib or Medina Folk of Dawud Folk of Lut Folk of Musa and Harun Nation of Nuh Tribes , ethnicities or families A'rāb ( Arabs or Bedouins ) ' Ād ( people of Hud ) Companions of the Rass Qawm Tubba ' ( People of Tubba ) People of Saba ' / Sheba Quraysh Thamûd ( people of Saleh ) Aṣ - ḥâb al - Ḥijr ( `` Companions of the Stoneland '' ) Ajam Ar - Rûm ( literally `` The Romans '' ) Banî Isrâ'îl ( Children of Israel ) Mu'ṫafikāṫ ( The overthrown cities of Sodom and Gomorrah ) People of Ibrahim People of Ilyas People of Nuh People of Shuaib Ahl Madyan People of Madyan ) Aṣ - ḥāb al - Aykah ( `` Companions of the Wood '' ) Qawm Yûnus ( People of Jonah ) Ya'juj and Ma'juj / Gog and Magog Ahl al - Bayṫ ( `` People of the Household '' ) Household of Abraham Brothers of Yūsuf Daughters of Abraham 's nephew Lot ( Ritha , Za'ura , et al . ) Progeny of Imran Household of Moses Household of Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abdul - Muttalib ibn Hashim Daughters of Muhammad Wives of Muhammad Household of Salih People of Fir'aun Current Ummah of Islam ( Ummah of Muhammad ) Aṣ - ḥāb Muḥammad ( Companions of Muhammad ) Muhajirun ( Emigrants ) Anṣār Muslims of Medina who helped Muhammad and his Meccan followers , literally ' Helpers ' ) People of Mecca Umm Jamil ( wife of Abu Lahab ) Children of Ayyub Dead son of Sulaiman Qabil / Cain ( son of Adam ) Wali'ah or Wa'ilah / Waala ( wife of Nuh ) Walihah or Wahilah ( wife of Lut ) Yam or Kan'an ( son of Nuh ) Implicitly mentioned Amalek Ahl al - Suffa ( People of the Verandah ) Banu Nadir Banu Qaynuqa Banu Qurayza Iranian people Umayyad Dynasty Aus & Khazraj People of Quba Religious groups Ahl al - dhimmah ( Dhimmi ) Kâfirûn ( Infidels ) Zoroastrians Munafiqun ( Hypocrites ) Muslims People of the Book ( Ahl al - Kiṫāb ) Naṣārā ( Christian ( s ) or People of the Injil ) Ruhban ( Christian monks ) Qissis ( Christian priest ) Yahūd ( Jews ) Ahbār ( Jewish scholars ) Rabbani / Rabbi Sabians Polytheists Meccan polytheists at the time of Muhammad Mesopotamian polytheists at the time of Abraham and Lot Locations Mentioned Al - Arḍ Al - Mubārakah ( `` The Land The Blessed '' ) Al - Arḍ Al - Muqaddasah ( `` The Land The Holy '' ) In the Arabian Peninsula ( excluding Madyan ) Al - Aḥqāf ( `` The Sandy Plains , '' or `` the Wind - curved Sand - hills '' ) Iram dhāṫ al - ' Imād ( Iram of the Pillars ) Al - Madīnah ( formerly Yathrib ) ' Arafāṫ Al - Ḥijr ( Hegra ) Badr Ḥunayn Makkah ( Mecca ) Bakkah Ka'bah ( Kaaba ) Maqām Ibrāhīm ( Station of Abraham ) Safa and Marwah Saba ' ( Sheba ) ' Arim Saba ' ( Dam of Sheba ) Rass In Mesopotamia : Al - Jūdiyy Munzalanm - Mubārakan ( `` Place - of - Landing Blessed '' ) Bābil ( Babylon ) Qaryaṫ Yūnus ( `` Township of Jonah , '' that is Nineveh ) Door of Hittah Madyan ( Midian ) Majma ' al - Bahrain Miṣr ( Mainland Egypt ) Sinai Region or Tīh Desert Al - Wād Al - Muqaddas Ṭuwan ( The Holy Valley of Tuwa ) Al - Wādil - Ayman ( The valley on the ' righthand ' side of the Valley of Tuwa and Mount Sinai ) Mount Sinai or Mount Tabor Mu'tafikat ( Sodom ) Implied Antioch Antakya Arabia Ayla Barrier of Dhul - Qarnayn Bayt al - Muqaddas & ' Ariha Bilād ar - Rāfidayn ( Mesopotamia ) Canaan Cave of Seven Sleepers Dār al - Nadwa Al - Ḥijāz ( literally `` The Barrier '' ) Black Stone ( Al - Ḥajar al - Aswad ) & Al - Hijr of Isma'il Cave of Hira & Ghar al - Thawr ( Cave of the Bull ) Ta'if Hudaybiyyah Jordan River Nile River Palestine River Paradise of Shaddad Religious locations Bay'a ( Church ) Mihrab Monastery Masjid ( Mosque , literally `` Place of Prostration '' ) Al - Mash'ar Al - Ḥarām ( `` The Monument the Sacred '' ) Al - Masjid Al - Aqṣā ( Al - Aqsa Mosque , literally `` The Place - of - Prostration The Farthest '' ) Al - Masjid Al - Ḥarām ( The Sacred Mosque of Mecca ) Masjid al - Dirar A Mosque in the area of Medina , possibly : Masjid Qubâ ' ( Quba Mosque ) The Prophet 's Mosque Salat ( Synagogue ) Non-human physical entities Religious texts Al - Injîl ( The Gospel of Jesus ) Al - Qur'ân ( The book of Muhammad ) Ṣuḥuf - i Ibrâhîm ( Scroll ( s ) of Abraham ) Aṫ - Ṫawrâṫ ( The Torah ) Ṣuḥuf - 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Chinatown bus lines - wikipedia Chinatown bus lines Jump to : navigation , search This article is about intercity bus travel . For Chinese - owned intracity public transit , see Dollar vans in the New York metropolitan area § Chinatown vans . Passengers waiting at the Fung Wah Lines ticket window on Canal Street and the Bowery in Manhattan 's Chinatown . Chinatown bus lines are discount intercity bus services , often run by Chinese Americans and Chinese Canadians , that have been established primarily in the Chinatown communities of the East Coast of the United States and Central Canada since 1998 , although similar services have cropped up on the West Coast . They operate in 24 U.S. states and 3 Canadian provinces . The vast majority of Chinatown bus lines are based out of the Northeast U.S. . The buses have been subject to controversy because of safety issues , with several fatal incidents having happened over the years . Some companies have been shut down either temporarily or permanently by regulatory authorities , while others continue to operate subject to increased safety checks . The low - overhead , low - fare services have been popular , helping to drive down the prices of competing services such as Megabus and BoltBus . Contents ( hide ) 1 History 1.1 Early history 1.2 Increasing scope 1.3 Organized crime ties 2 Vehicles 3 Service 4 Destinations and routes 5 Safety 5.1 Notable accidents 5.2 Shutdowns 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading History ( edit ) Early History ( edit ) Fung Wah Bus Van Hool C2045 coach on a stopover By the late 20th century , intercity bus service in the United States had fallen from 140 million annual passengers in 1960 to 40 million in 1990 . The decline was such that by 1997 , the year Chinatown buses started operating , intercity bus transportation accounted for only 3.6 % of travel in the United States . Chinese - operated intercity bus service originated that year when the Chinese working class found a necessity to travel from New York City , Boston , and Atlantic City . The first companies to offer such intercity bus services offered minimal features , including unmarked curbside bus stops as well as no advertisements and no customer service , which drastically reduced overhead for Chinatown bus lines . In 1998 , two intercity bus companies commenced routes : the Fung Wah Bus , between New York City and Boston , and the Eastern Shuttle and New Century Travel and Tours ( now Focus Travel ) , between New York City and Philadelphia . The bus services originally transported workers in Chinese restaurants to and from jobs in Boston , Atlantic City , Cherry Hill Mall , Philadelphia , and Washington , D.C. , among other cities . Very few non-Chinese rode on the lines at first . As word of these services spread , they became more popular with non-Chinese travelers . By 2003 , the demographics of Chinatown bus riders and of larger - corporation bus riders were about the same . Reasons cited for the increase in ridership included lower fares and more authentic Chinatown experiences . Between 1997 and 2007 , Chinatown buses took 60 % of Greyhound Lines ' market share in the Northeast United States ; Riders of Chinatown buses made up over half of the riders of Northeast intercity buses during that time , bringing total ridership of intercity buses in the area to more than 7 million annual riders . Competition from newly enriched companies , as well as the commencement of online ticket sales , caused a severe reduction in fares by 2002 . In these `` fare wars '' , fares were reduced fourfold in some cases , and many bus operators advertised their $10 bus fares . This led to gang violence in which rival bus operators would kill or injure each other . In addition , because of the low bus fares , Chinatown bus lines often made very small profits , and some , like YO ! Bus , went bankrupt and ceased all operations . Still , the Chinatown bus sector made up an increasing number of trips within the Northeast United States . Since the late 2000s , competition has come from larger corporations , such as Megabus , BoltBus , Washington Deluxe , and Vamoose Bus . Two of the operations -- Eastern Shuttle and Today 's Bus -- were brought under Megabus operation . Another one , BoltBus , was formed by Greyhound in order to compete with the less expensive Chinatown buses . Increasing scope ( edit ) Eastern Shuttle MCI 102DL3 coach boarding customers in Chinatown , Manhattan . Some bus lines are used to transport large groups of mainly Chinese and Vietnamese immigrants to and from casinos such as Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun , which are located in Connecticut . These gambling buses built upon the popularity of older bus routes to Atlantic City that also targeted Asian American customers . Similarly in Canada , several bus lines such as Safeway Tours operate between Toronto and the casinos of Niagara Falls , Ontario . Increasing popularity has also led to increasing regulatory interest . For example , in September 2004 , the city of Boston required all regularly scheduled intercity bus services to operate exclusively to and from the South Station transportation terminal . Steven Bailey of The Boston Globe suggested that the move was motivated by Peter Pan 's and Greyhound 's interest in maintaining their monopoly on the New York - Boston bus route , and Timothy Shevlin , executive director of the state Department of Telecommunications and Energy , said , `` The big dog out there , Peter Pan , is dead set against Chinatown bus lines . They do n't want that kind of competition . '' A complication with this arrangement was that the South Station bus terminal has only 25 gates ( along with two departure gates ) , all of which were used at the time until other companies left . Organized crime ties ( edit ) A 2000 Coach bus in New York City The bus lines have drawn scrutiny from law enforcement authorities for possible connections to Chinese organized crime gangs . In 2003 and 2004 , a number of bus arsons , driver assaults , murders , and other gang violence in New York City were linked to the possible infiltration of Asian organized crime gangs into the industry . Among the crimes believed to have been associated with gang activity was a deadly shooting in May 2003 , on a busy street , which may have been in retaliation for a driver having backed his bus into a rival ; as revenge , two buses were set on fire in 2004 . There was a fatal stabbing in October 2003 , as well as another , unrelated stabbing in 2004 . In January 2004 , the boyfriend of a bus worker was lethally shot in what appeared to be a bus feud , and in March 2004 , a Chinatown bus operator was killed in another fatal shooting . In a June 2004 incident tied to criminal gangs , two people -- a Chinatown bus driver and a bystander -- were murdered in a bar in Flushing , Queens , and another was shot in the leg . The accused shooter was arrested in Toronto in 2011 and extradited to the United States . After the 2004 shootings , the New York City Police Department started enforcing Chinatown bus rules more strictly . In 2008 , the New York Post linked the `` Banya Organization '' gang with Chinatown buses . The gang allegedly inflicted brutal beatings to coerce private bus and van companies , who were not identified . In 2013 , police confiscated 254 guns and arrested 19 people in the largest gun - smuggling ring in New York City 's history ; the suspects were accused of shipping guns from North Carolina and South Carolina to the Northern United States via Chinatown buses . On the most part , however , crime between bus operators and employees has mostly subsided . Vehicles ( edit ) Double Happiness # 222 at Herald Square . The fleet used by various Chinabus companies can vary greatly from new coaches to older , pre-owned coaches , and with a few notable exceptions such as Eastern Shuttle and routes to Boston , not all units are branded with the operator name other than required USDOT markings . With the exception of Eastern Shuttle and services to Boston ( all of which use clearly marked buses ) , many Chinatown bus companies use wet leases to provide overflow capacity during the weekend . Some smaller companies use wet leases to provide their core capacity . Typically , a bus ( and a driver ) would be chartered from a tour bus operator , a practice also used by mainstream companies such as Greyhound Lines during peak service . Service ( edit ) Bus ticket saleswoman at the corner of East Broadway and Forsyth Street in the Little Fuzhou neighborhood within Manhattan 's Chinatown . Chinatown buses typically run nonstop express service between the departure and destination points . This typically results in shorter travel times . For instance , the trip from State College , Pennsylvania , to New York City takes about four hours on the Chinatown bus , compared to more than seven hours on Greyhound . However , although the Chinatown buses are often cheaper than alternative modes of transport like Amtrak and airplanes , they are also slower ; for example , Amtrak and airplanes take about 2.75 to 3.5 hours to travel from New York City to Washington , D.C. , while Chinatown buses take 4 to 5 hours . These intercity buses run at least 2,500 weekly trips . Many competitors offer discount prices that undercut the major bus lines . Typical fares between East Coast cities range from $10 to $20 , compared to major curbside bus lines ( which typically cost between $1 and $25 ) , terminal - operated bus lines ( which cost between $14 and $35 ) , and Amtrak ( which costs about $100 . ) The industry has become highly competitive with companies offering hourly service between major cities . The Appalachian extensions of these lines tend to offer less of a price advantage ; for example , in August 2006 , one - way fares from New York to Pittsburgh on the Chinese - owned All State were $35 compared with $45 advance through Greyhound Lines , while tickets from State College , Pennsylvania , to New York were $35 , compared to $46 for Greyhound . Chinatown buses also charge flat fees , while other intercity buses may vary pricing based on demand . Low prices led to high demand for many Chinatown bus routes , and although a single round trip can incur hundreds of dollars in expenses , a fully booked bus can net at least $340 in profits per round trip after these expenses are paid . Often , ticket booths are walk - up windows on the street , or are located inside restaurants and bakeries throughout a given Chinatown community , although it is not uncommon for tickets to be sold on the street directly . Some lines even simply collect cash payment after passengers have boarded the bus . However , tickets are often sold online , either by the bus companies themselves or by portals and print - outs of confirmation emails are used as tickets . Except in Boston , the lines rarely use stations of their own . Passengers are usually directed to wait along a given curbside for the arrival of the bus , although many companies offer waiting areas at or near the pickup points . Several bus stops are also near major hotels and in the parking areas of major Chinese supermarkets . In New York , several bus lines pick up passengers on a stretch of Forsyth Street at the foot of the Manhattan Bridge in the Little Fuzhou neighborhood within Manhattan 's Chinatown . Since 1998 , when the New York City Department of Transportation marked the strip a bus layover area , the sidewalk between Division Street and East Broadway has served as a de facto terminal for the Chinatown buses . Most operators of Chinatown bus lines have traditionally been Fujianese . Often , buses do not follow their scheduled timetables , and many buses are often unreliable , sometimes skipping scheduled stops altogether . In addition , since there are no advertisements and often no websites for these bus lines , knowledge of such bus lines is often spread verbally . Destinations and routes ( edit ) Schematic of the main Eastern US Chinatown Bus Lines as of 2010 , centralized in New York City as the hub In addition to in Boston and in the various Chinatowns in the New York metropolitan area within New York City and Long Island , several bus line companies also link to the Chinatowns of Edison , New Jersey ; Cherry Hill Mall ; Philadelphia ; Washington , D.C. ; Baltimore ; Atlanta ; and to the casinos of Atlantic City . Buses also go to Ohio , Michigan , Rhode Island , Virginia , and Florida . However , Chinatown buses also stop at smaller , predominately non-Chinese areas such as in North Carolina and South Carolina . On the West Coast , buses link the Chinatowns of the San Francisco Bay Area ; Los Angeles Chinatown and the San Gabriel Valley ; and Las Vegas ' Chinatown and casinos . In the I - 5 corridor in California , similar services are found in the Hispanic community and provide transportation to / from Baja California in Mexico . Often , the Chinatown bus lines enable Chinese immigrants , mainly restaurant workers , to be transported cheaply along the coasts . In total , the buses travel within 24 U.S. states and Canada . Many Chinatown buses have their base of operation in New York City , and it has been proposed to build a Chinatown bus hub there . New York - to - Boston Chinatown buses generally use the Massachusetts Turnpike from Boston to I - 84 , and then follow I - 84 to I - 91 to I - 95 . As I - 95 approaches New York , several routings are possible depending on the traffic situation . Some drivers use the Throgs Neck Bridge to reach the Long Island Expressway , then to the Brooklyn - Queens Expressway , and then Manhattan Bridge to Canal Street . Other drivers use the Whitestone Bridge . Most drivers use the Triborough Bridge when traffic is not congested , and reach the Brooklyn - Queens Expressway via Astoria Boulevard . In Philadelphia , the Independence Transportation Center was built in part due on a 2007 survey by the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation , which concluded that many tourists arrived by bus and that some Chinatown buses disruptively parked on the street . People living closer to Chinatown bus stops in Philadelphia 's Chinatown were more likely to complain about the buses . Similarly , in Washington , D.C. , interim bus loading regulations were enacted in 2008 due to complaints about disruptive bus layovers . In Boston in 2004 , the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority required Chinatown buses to make stops inside South Station and to have permits . Although Fung Wah Bus Transportation was often ticketed for curbside parking offenses in Boston , they eventually became one of two Chinatown buses headquartered in South Station ( besides Lucky Star Bus ) because the fines for curbside parking were becoming higher than the South Station terminal fees . Besides the routes within the major North Eastern cities , several Chinatown buses have daily routes that run from New York City to Miami . The majority of the trip uses I - 95 , and the buses stop near major destinations in the Southern United States . A couple of routes also go to Ohio . In order to save time , the buses never go into the city , but instead stop at gas stations and rest stops along I - 95 . Chinatown buses often go from major cities to casinos . Some ' Casino Buses ' use I - 395 to make an intermediate stop at Foxwoods Resort Casino between the Massachusetts Turnpike and I - 95 . An example of this can also be found in the Southern United States where tour companies offer bus services from Houston 's Chinatown to Lake Charles area casinos . In Canada , ' Casino Buses ' are offered between Toronto and Niagara Falls , Ontario . Safety ( edit ) Passengers waiting to board the Travel Pack bus in Manhattan , departing for Boston . Chinatown buses have been involved in numerous accidents over the years , and there have been 34 intercity bus accidents across the United States in 2001 -- 2011 . On a 2006 safety scale of 0 to 100 , where 0 was the safest and 100 the most dangerous , Chinatown bus lines were ranked as between 71 and 99 , while Greyhound Lines got a very safe rating of 0 . Often , `` calculations of safety and risk are inverted , '' according to a 2013 City University of New York study . Statistically , the curbside Chinatown buses are often more dangerous than buses that originate from terminals . Still , many travelers were not discouraged . However , intercity bus accidents are quite rare . After the murders in 2003 -- 4 , officials had begun randomly checking buses for operational problems . In March 2011 , two fatal crashes -- the World Wide Tours bus crash on Interstate 95 in New York , and a New Jersey Turnpike crash -- led officials to confiscate six buses for inadequate brake air pressure , steering violations , and lacking driver paperwork . In 2013 , New York City started to give fines to bus operators without permits . This law was tightened in August 2014 . Notable accidents ( edit ) On March 18 , 2005 , a Boston - bound Chinatown bus operated by Lucky Star / Travel Pack stopped and evacuated its passengers on the Massachusetts Turnpike shortly before bursting into flames . No one was injured . On August 16 , 2005 , a New York - bound Fung Wah bus caught fire on Interstate 91 near Meriden , Connecticut . Though the passengers later criticized the driver for being unhelpful and untrained in evacuating the bus , all passengers were eventually evacuated and no injuries were reported . On January 20 , 2006 , a surprise inspection on Forsyth Street in Manhattan 's Chinatown resulted in two Washington - bound buses being pulled temporarily out of service and a driver running away from authorities . On August 15 , 2006 , a Shun Fa bus travelling from New York to Pittsburgh crashed ; 10 passengers were injured , with 5 requiring hospitalization . One person was in critical condition . On September 6 , 2006 , a Fung Wah bus rolled over in Auburn , Massachusetts , and caused minor injuries to 34 passengers . Excessive speed was cited as a factor and the bus company was fined . On January 3 , 2007 , a Fung Wah bus lost its back two wheels in Framingham , Massachusetts , early on a trip to New York . No injuries were reported . On February 14 , 2007 , a Fung Wah bus en route to New York lost control and hit a guardrail on the Massachusetts Turnpike ( I - 90 ) in Allston , Massachusetts . No injuries were reported . State officials had advised Fung Wah to suspend operations because of the winter storms that day . Fung Wah reached an agreement with regulators under which its buses will be subject to scheduled and unscheduled inspections and driver checks for 30 days . The company also agreed to improve safety , including ceasing to use buses that have not been maintained in a safe and sanitary condition . On February 18 , 2007 , a bus , owned by Tremblay Motorcoach and operated by Sunshine Travel , caught fire on the Massachusetts Turnpike near interchange 10A in Millbury , Massachusetts . All 50 passengers were evacuated and no injuries were reported . The cause of the fire is unknown . The bus was returning to the Chinatown in Boston from Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville , Connecticut . On March 23 , 2007 , a New York - bound Fung Wah bus from Boston got stuck on a concrete barrier in front of a tollbooth on the Massachusetts Turnpike at Route 128 in Weston , Massachusetts , when the bus drove up on a cement lane divider . The driver had entered an automobile - only lane and tried to change lanes . No one was injured in the incident , but the bus was taken out of service and passengers boarded another Fung Wah bus that arrived later . On May 20 , 2007 , a New York - bound bus crashed in Pennsylvania , killing 2 riders and injuring 32 more . The Fung Wah Bus crash of June 23 , 2008 On June 23 , 2008 , a bus loading passengers was struck by an out - of - control dump truck at the corner of Bowery and Canal Street in New York 's Chinatown . The force of the impact pushed the bus onto the sidewalk and into a bank . As the result of the accident , a sign attached to a light pole fell , injuring a 57 - year - old woman ; the woman later died as the result of a heart attack . Several people , including two police officers , were treated for minor injuries . State Department of Transportation inspectors found that the dump truck , owned by CPQ Freight Systems , had eight mechanical issues including faulty brakes which led to the accident . On March 12 , 2011 , a bus operated by World Wide Tours crashed on the New England Thruway , killing 15 people . Also in March 2011 , on the New Jersey Turnpike , a crash occurred in which the driver was killed and 40 injured , two critically . On September 21 , 2014 , a bus , operated by Manhattan - based bus company AM USA Express , rolled over in Delaware . Two people died and 48 were hurt . After the August 2005 incident , the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy instituted a policy of holding three surprise inspections per month on all bus companies that leave South Station in Boston . Chuck Schumer , a New York state senator , proposed a four - point federal plan that includes surprise inspections and creating a national safety standard for bus operators . The city of New York may institute a similar policy ; however , inspections would be difficult in New York City because the buses do not all leave the city from the same location . Shutdowns ( edit ) In 2012 , the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration began a crackdown on Chinatown bus lines . In April 2013 , the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration started a `` Operation Quick Strike '' squad that helped pinpoint wayward Chinatown bus drivers . Apex Bus , Inc . On May 31 , 2012 , the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that it had ordered the shutdown of Apex Bus , Inc. , I - 95 Coach Inc. , New Century Travel Inc. , and 23 other related entities due to safety violations . Fung Wah On March 2 , 2013 , US Federal transportation officials shut down Fung Wah bus operations because it had broken a federal law by refusing to divulge safety records to the federal government . In December 2014 , the company was given permission to resume its bus operations under strict observation and limitations with service to restart in early 2015 . However , in July 2015 , owner Peter Liang announced the service would end permanently . Lucky Star On May 25 , 2013 , a bus was taken out of service due to a manhole cover being stuck on the undercarriage of one bus . 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Right to Buy - wikipedia Right to Buy Jump to : navigation , search The Right to Buy scheme is a policy in the United Kingdom ( with the exception of Scotland since August 1 , 2016 ) which gives secure tenants of councils and some housing associations the legal right to buy , at a large discount , the council house they are living in . There is also a Right to Acquire for assured tenants of housing association homes built with public subsidy after 1997 , at a smaller discount . About 1,500,000 homes in the UK have been sold in this manner since the introduction of the scheme in 1980 . Supporters claim that the programme has given millions of households a tangible asset , secured their families ' finances and -- by releasing cash to repay local authority debt -- helped improve the public finances . Critics claim that the policy compounded a housing shortage for people of low income , initiated a national house price bubble , and led ultimately to what is commonly recognised as the displacement and social cleansing of traditional communities . Contents ( hide ) 1 History 1.1 Thatcher policies 2 Right to Buy rules after 2005 3 Recent changes 4 Criticisms 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links History ( edit ) Council - type housing stock in Weaverham , now mostly owner - occupied Individual local authorities have always had the ability to sell council houses to their tenants , but until the early 1970s such sales were extremely rare . The Labour Party initially proposed the idea of the right of tenants to own the house they live in , in their manifesto for the 1959 general election which they subsequently lost . Later , the Conservative - controlled Greater London Council ( GLC ) of the late 1960s was persuaded by Horace Cutler , its Chairman of Housing , to create a general sales scheme . Cutler disagreed with the concept of local authorities as providers of housing , and supported a free - market approach . GLC housing sales were not allowed during the Labour administration of the mid-1970s , but picked up again once Cutler became Leader in 1977 . They proved extremely popular . Cutler was close to Margaret Thatcher ( MP for Finchley ) who made the right to buy council housing a Conservative Party policy nationally . The policy was largely in place for the 1974 Conservative manifesto , but did not prove an asset in the two general elections that year because of high interest and mortgage repayment rates , as well as the growth of negative equity as house prices fell . In the meantime , council house sales to tenants began to increase . Some 7,000 were sold to their tenants during 1970 ; this soared to more than 45,000 in 1972 . Thatcher policies ( edit ) After Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister in May 1979 , the legislation to implement the Right to Buy was passed in the Housing Act 1980 . Michael Heseltine , in his role as Secretary of State for the Environment , was in charge of implementing the legislation . Some 6,000,000 people were affected ; about one in three actually purchased their housing unit . Heseltine noted that `` no single piece of legislation has enabled the transfer of so much capital wealth from the state to the people '' . He said the right to buy had two main objectives : to give people what they wanted , and to reverse the trend of ever - increasing dominance of the state over the life of the individual . He said : `` There is in this country a deeply ingrained desire for home ownership . The Government believe that this spirit should be fostered . It reflects the wishes of the people , ensures the wide spread of wealth through society , encourages a personal desire to improve and modernise one 's own home , enables parents to accrue wealth for their children and stimulates the attitudes of independence and self - reliance that are the bedrock of a free society . '' The sale price of a council house was based on its market valuation but also included a discount of between 33 % and 50 % , to reflect the rents paid by tenants and also to encourage take - up . According to a government survey in 1988 , the average discount that had been offered was 44 % . Mortgages involved no down payments . The legislation gave council tenants the right to buy their council house at a discounted value , depending on how long they had been living in the house , with the proviso that if they sold their house before a minimum period had expired they would have to pay back a proportion of the discount . The sales were an attractive deal for tenants ; hundreds of thousands of homes were sold . The policy became one of the major points of Thatcherism . The policy proved immediately popular . Some local Labour - controlled councils were opposed , but the legislation prevented them from blocking purchases , and gave them half the proceeds . Sales were much higher in the south and east of England than in inner London and northern England . Half the proceeds of the sales were paid to the local authorities , but the government restricted authorities ' use of most of the money to reducing their debt until it was cleared , rather than spending it on building more homes . The effect was to reduce the council housing stock , especially in areas where property prices were high , such as London and the south - east of England . 200,000 council houses were sold to their tenants in 1982 . By 1987 , more than 1,000,000 council houses in the UK had been sold to their tenants , although the number of council houses purchased by tenants declined during the 1990s . The Labour Party was initially against the sales , and pledged to oppose them at the 1983 general election , but then dropped its official opposition to the scheme in 1985 . However , at the 1987 general election , the Conservative government warned voters that a Labour government would still abolish the scheme . When Labour returned to power at the 1997 general election , it reduced the discount available to tenants in local authorities which had severe pressure on their housing stock ; this included almost the whole of London . Right to Buy rules after 2005 ( edit ) The Right to Buy rules were changed in 2005 . Five years ' tenancy was now required for new tenants to qualify , and properties purchased after January 2005 could no longer immediately be placed on the open market should the owner decide to sell . Such owners now had to approach their previous landlord ( council or housing association ) and offer them `` first right of refusal '' . If the previous landlord was no longer in existence , for example in cases where the former landlord was a registered social landlord that has ceased business , then the property had to first be offered to the local housing authority . The time in which a Right to Buy conveyance should take place was reduced from 12 months to 3 months . The Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA ) now governed and regulated most types of mortgage - selling . The FCA 's governance of Right to Buy purchases was partly to solve the widespread problem of Right to Buy mis - selling from brokers and solicitors alike . Each had their own agenda and many were actively charging excessive fees which were then taken out of their client 's discount . Fortunately , the above actions that have been taken coupled with the end of the boom period seem to have brought this problem under control . In 2009 , the Localis think tank suggested , as part of a review of principles for social housing reform , that the right to buy should be extended into equity slivers , which could be part - earned through being a good tenant . The qualifying period changed from 5 years to 3 years ( edited rbcdd3117 in 2018 ) Recent changes ( edit ) At the 2011 Conservative Party Conference , David Cameron proposed to increase Right to Buy discounts in order to revitalise the housing market and generate receipts which could be spent on new housing . Social housing professionals expressed concerns over the proposal . As of 2 April 2012 , the Right to Buy discount was increased to a maximum of £ 75,000 or 60 % of the house value ( 70 % for a flat ) depending on which is lower . In March 2013 , the maximum discount in London was increased to £ 100,000 . The maximum amount of discount changes annually wef April 2017 it changed to £ 78,600.00 ( edited 2018 rbc dd3117 ) The maximum right to buy discount increases each financial year in line with CPI as at the previous September ( see separate document from the Right to Buy Team , Ministry of Housing , Communities and Local Government . As the CPI in September 2017 was 3 % the new maximum discounts for Redditch in respect of the financial year 2018 / 19 will be £ 80,900 and applies to all applications made by the tenant on or after 6 April 2018 . Any applications made before then are processed using the current discounts ( £ 78,600 ) . In summary discount is a maximum of £ 80,900.00 from April 2018 ( rbcdd3117 ) The aim of the scheme is , for every additional home sold , a new home will be built for ' affordable rent ' at up to 80 % of market rent , aimed at maintaining the level of affordable housing while also increasing the number of properties available for those on the waiting list . The five year tenancy criterion will remain , and should the property be sold within the first five years of the original sale , part or all of the discount will be required to be paid back . The Housing and Planning Bill 2016 will if enacted extend right - to - buy to housing association tenants . In July 2013 , the Scottish Government confirmed that Right to Buy would be abolished in Scotland from 2017 . It was in the end abolished as a part of the Housing ( Scotland ) Act 2014 from 1 August 2016 . In the summer of 2017 , the Welsh Government proposed a law to abolish Right to Buy in Wales . This law was passed by the Welsh Assembly in December 2017 . Criticisms ( edit ) The Right to Buy scheme has been criticised for the following reasons : Speculating investors were able to buy up council properties through deferred transaction agreements , hastening the rise in property costs ; Commercially and socially valuable council assets being sold at below their market value or replacement cost ; The remaining stock of council housing was concentrated in undesirable areas with little employment opportunity , further isolating and stigmatising the tenants . A report published in January 2013 by London Assembly member Tom Copley , From Right to Buy to Buy to Let , showed that 36 % of homes sold under Right to Buy in London ( 52,000 homes ) were being rented by councils from private landlords , leading to criticisms that the scheme `` represents incredibly poor value for money to taxpayers '' since it `` helped to fuel the increase in the housing benefit bill , heaped more pressure on local authority waiting lists and led to more Londoners being forced into the under - regulated private rented sector '' . A survey in 2013 showed around one third of Right to Buy houses were now owned by private landlords , while the son of the late Ian Gow ( Thatcher 's sometime housing minister ) owned some 40 houses . As of recent changes in 2015 , Alan Murie concluded that `` the proposed extension of right - to - buy could not easily be reconciled with the independence and charitable status of housing associations '' , and that `` extending the right - to - buy to housing association tenants revived a previous Parliamentary debate and raised questions about the legal position of charities and the risks faced by housing associations and their funders '' . A 2017 BBC survey of council areas where waiting lists were rising showed the councils had bought back houses they had been forced to sell , sometimes at many times the original price . Housing charities criticised the lack of investment in affordable housing . See also ( edit ) Help to Buy References ( edit ) Jump up ^ MKoore , Thatcher p 471 Jump up ^ Housing , 1959 Labour Party manifesto . Retrieved 6 April 2012 . Jump up ^ Murie , Alan ( 11 November 2015 ) . `` The Right to Buy : History and Prospect '' . History & Policy . History & Policy . Retrieved 5 July 2016 . Jump up ^ `` What future for social housing ? '' . BBC News . 4 August 2011 . Jump up ^ `` Housing Bill - Provisions and Enactment '' in Keesing 's Contemporary Archives v. 27 , January , 1981 p. 30644 Jump up ^ Beckett , Andy ( 26 August 2015 ) . `` The right to buy : the housing crisis that Thatcher built '' . The Guardian . Retrieved 27 June 2017 . Jump up ^ Polly Toynbee , `` It 's on the house , '' The Guardian , 11 October 2002 Jump up ^ Charles Moore , Margaret Thatcher : From Grantham to the Falklands ( 2013 ) Jump up ^ Murrie ( 1989 ) p 221 Jump up ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22077190 BBC article : Right - to - buy : Margaret Thatcher 's controversial gift Jump up ^ Slide 4 , Thatcher years in graphics , BBC News , 18 November 2005 . Retrieved 13 January 2012 . Jump up ^ `` 1979 : Council tenants will have ' right to buy ' '' . BBC News . 20 December 1979 . Jump up ^ Newspaper advert for Conservative Party by Saatchi & Saatchi , 1987 . Getty Images . Retrieved 13 January 2012 . Jump up ^ http://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/HRD28.pdf Jump up ^ Principles for Social Housing Reform , Localis , 2009 . Retrieved 13 January 2012 . Jump up ^ `` SALE ! ( while stocks last ) '' . Inside Housing . 13 January 2012 . Retrieved 13 January 2012 . Jump up ^ `` Reforming the Right to Buy in 2012 & 2013 '' . Commons Library Standard Note . UK Parliament . Retrieved 12 June 2013 . Jump up ^ `` Affordable Rent '' . DCLG . Jump up ^ https://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2016/jan/05/expert-views-housing-bill-end-affordable-housing Jump up ^ `` ' Right to buy ' to be scrapped in Scotland '' . BBC News . 3 July 2013 . Retrieved 3 July 2013 . Jump up ^ The Right to Buy Notice Period . The Scottish Government 's guide for tenants of social housing . November 2014 . Retrieved 31 July 2016 . Jump up ^ `` Housing bodies welcome end of Right to Buy in Scotland '' . BBC News . 31 July 2016 . Retrieved 31 July 2016 . Jump up ^ Nick , Sommerlad ( 5 March 2013 ) . `` Great Tory housing shame : Third of ex-council homes now owned by rich landlords '' . The Daily Mirror . Jump up ^ Grant , Carol ( 1992 ) . Built to Last ? : Reflections on British Housing Policy . ROOF Magazine . p. 214 . ISBN 978 - 1870767583 . Jump up ^ From Right to Buy to Buy to Let From Right to Buy to Buy to Let Jump up ^ `` Councils are renting sold Right to Buy homes , says report '' . BBC London News . 13 January 2014 . Jump up ^ Patrick Collinson ( 28 June 2013 ) . `` Meet the new class of landlords profiting from Generation Rent '' . Guardian Newspapers . Retrieved 3 May 2017 . Jump up ^ Murie , Alan ( 11 November 2015 ) . `` The Right to Buy : History and Prospect '' . History & Policy . History & Policy . Retrieved 5 July 2016 . Jump up ^ Alex Homer ( 3 May 2017 ) . `` Town halls buy back Right - to - Buy homes '' . BBC news . Retrieved 3 May 2017 . Further reading ( edit ) Murie , Alan . `` Housing and the Environment , '' in Dennis Kavanagh and Anthony Seldon , eds. , The Thatcher Effect ( 1989 ) pp 213 -- 25 Jones , Colin & Murie , Alan . The Right to Buy : Analysis & Evaluation of a Housing Policy ( Blackwell Publishing Ltd. , 2006 ) . Forrest R and Murie A ( 1990 ) Selling the Welfare State second edition London , Routledge . Wilson W and Bate A ( 2015 ) Extending the Right to Buy ( England ) , Briefing Paper No 07224 , 9 June 2015 House of Commons Library Blow E ( 2015 ) Comparing the Right to Buy in England , Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland Briefing Paper Number 07174 , 12 June 2015 , House of Commons Library External links ( edit ) Right to Buy : buying your council home at the GOV.UK website Right to Buy Co-op : the non-profit helpline for tenants looking to buy their home at the RighttoBuy.coop website Right to Buy at the Wayback Machine ( archived November 21 , 2005 ) ( Office of the Deputy Prime Minister ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Right_to_Buy&oldid=833993994 '' Categories : Public housing in England Rights English property law Scots property law Law in Northern Ireland Public housing in Scotland Housing in Wales Housing in Northern Ireland Hidden categories : All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from February 2015 All articles with failed verification Articles with failed verification from January 2018 Webarchive template wayback links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Recent changes Français Edit links This page was last edited on 3 April 2018 , at 11 : 25 . 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