Wolf: I don’t agree that the location is inferior. And I don’t believe the law does either.
If someone wants to sit in the front, then they obviously consider it inferior. Like with the restaurant, you may not consider your “black menu” inferior, but what you want is not what is relevant.
And, in any event, even if they truly are equal, separate but equal is illegal.
And there are other private buses that operate segregated lines as well without any legal problems.
Possible answers:
1. They are not public accommodations (i.e. ridership is limited to a certain group, like a bus that picks up people to take them to a minyan, for example).
2. They are, in fact, illegal and no one has complained about them yet.
The Wolf