The Lightspeed Traveler
My wife, daughter and I were waiting at the 77 bus stop westbound, stop #7510 to be exact, near the Trader Joe’s a block from the Hollywood Transit Center. My daughter was wearing a sorceress costume...
View ArticleSCAM ARTIST RIPS OFF INNOCENT CITIZEN
Somebody tell me if you’ve been played like this. It happened to me on the MAX riding eastbound during the evening commute. Coming through downtown, the car was getting full. I was reading a book...
View ArticleMoney for Nothing
Waiting at Pioneer Square in the morning for the MAX to the boonies, a guy is approaching each of us waiting there, holding up a book or booklet. A Bible? Asking for directions to a landmark in his...
View ArticleSocial 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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