Social Skills
It was a nice weekday morning in Northeast. Three middle-aged men boarded the 75 bus together — all around 40 years old. One using a cane, old before his time, sat across the aisle from me. His friend...
View ArticleBus Bangers
“Hellloooo, people. We’re stopped indefinitely. There are signal problems at Gateway and trains are backed up all the way to Orenco.” Great. We’re stuck at the Sunset Transit Center with seven miles of...
View ArticleROLL TITLES
It seems like everyone now is fixed on their electronics. On any given bus or train, however, someone is reading a book. I have documented proof. The following are titles of books recently being read...
View ArticleSAFETY AND COMFORT
I was riding the 75 northbound, north of Sandy Boulevard around 8:30 on a weekday evening. Three or four other riders were scattered around the bus. A group of high school kids got on. Some of them sat...
View ArticleHe Lived
After tens of thousands of hours riding public transportation, the worst physical violence I had experienced personally were a couple of punches to the head that did no damage. And I’d never seen...
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