Comments on: Bus-Riding Scum, I Am

By: The Redhead

The Redhead — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:50:44 +0000

@Todd Thanks for stopping by!

@hubbit It amazes me that sometimes city planners don’t think when they plan transit routes. Ask @paukku – they changed a route by his house and its faster for him to walk now than ride! Crazy. :-/

By: Todd

Todd — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:10:40 +0000

“I’d have fucked me.” <– Loved that line.

Busses are great. I loved having them when I lived in Minneapolis. I wish I lived in a city that had decent public transportation.

Thanks for the fun read.

By: hubbit

hubbit — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:41:11 +0000

@TheRedhead: Honestly, the only reason my wife and I drive to work now (we work in the same office) is because they moved us to a nearby suburb where it takes four times as long by public transportation.

When we worked in downtown Chicago, it was CTA buses and Metra trains every day, and we loved it. Those of us who were regulars built a rapport and sought each other out on the platforms and in the train cars. It can be a very sociable time, and you can get to know a kaleidoscopic spectrum of people.

By: Cupcake Mafia

Cupcake Mafia — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:36:07 +0000

I find some of the nicest and most accepting people on the light rail and bus system in Denver. Regardless of whether they are there for environmental, financial, or other reasons everyone treats each other with courtesy. If people modeled there behavior after bus riding folk it would be a much mellower world.

By: The Redhead

The Redhead — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:43:49 +0000

I lived in Japan for awhile between 1998 and 2000. I took public transportation or my bike everywhere. It was the CARS that were frowned upon and (ironically) they did NOT have the right of way. My mom rides the bus to and from work every day via a park-n-ride in Houston and has a wicked cool book exchange going on with a few other people on the bus. Seriously – kickass! Talk about building a community. I loved taking the train or bus in Japan. Really loved it. I read, people watched and spent time on ME. Occasionally, I got a schoolgirl who wanted to touch my hair since the texture and color is so radically different than Asian hair. But what a gift, y’know? I love my little toaster (car), but I do enjoy just being the passenger every now and then. You get to see all that passes you by when you drive.

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By: rtadlock

rtadlock — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:33:37 +0000

Last year my truck broke down, and I started riding the bus because the shop was backed up for two weeks. Six months later, I still hadn’t fixed my truck because getting up early enough to ride my bike to the bus and then read blogs the whole way to work was turned out to be pure bliss. I eventually fixed my truck, but I take the bus when I can, and like you said, the people I met on the bus where awesome. They still say hi to me whenever I ride, even if a few months goes by before we see each other again.

By: hubbit

hubbit — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:28:12 +0000

You know, there is absolutely nothing wrong with riding a bus. I have no idea why some people feel it necessary to condemn bus passengers as being beneath respect and dignity.

My wife, oldest daughter, and cousin have all traveled by bus, usually between Chicago and New York.

Go you for saving money, sitting in air-conditioned comfort, getting things done, and being generally awesome. Well, you didn’t need a bus for that last one. But still, WTF is with people and their judgments? Whatever mode of transportation you or anyone else takes is no one else’s fucking business.

By: Matches Malone

Matches Malone — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:22:08 +0000

I can’t say what I want to say without sounding crass… However, I do agree with your sentiment, as I take the bus most of the time to get places, and I live in LA