From Buffalo: "Bus driver saves 10 from blazing home, finishes route" (Associated Press)

A transit bus driver is being credited for saving 10 people asleep inside a burning home by pounding on the door. After his heroics, Richard Lucas got back behind the wheel and finished his route. (Read more here.)

From Chideock in Dorset, England: "Frail pensioner forced to take 14-mile bus ride when she wants to cross the road... because village has no pedestrian crossing" (The Daily Mail)

A frail pensioner who lives in a village with no pedestrian crossing has to take a 14-mile bus journey just to cross the road.

Partially blind Nancy Underwood, 89, walks with a Zimmer frame and is unable to cross the busy road outside her home because of the constant traffic. (Read more here.)

From NYC: "8 Million Stories: The Felons on the Bus Go Blah Blah Blah," By Sarah Khan (New York Press)

I knew he was sketchy as soon I saw him clambering up the steps of the bus.



Slightly hunched over, the man slithered his way down the aisle, shifty eyes darting from seat to seat, pausing momentarily at my row to stare at the open spot across the way. Then, without even glancing in my direction, he slid in next to me instead.

(Read more here.)

From Midvale, Utah: "Buying Friendship: A Bus Story," by Emily

Yesterday I met a really interesting guy at the bus stop. He came up to me while I was waiting for the bus that takes people from the Sandy TRAX stop to Provo. And he wanted to know if I had 50 cents, for his bus fare. "Probably not." I told him. "I don't usually carry much change. I'll check though."

As it turned out, I did have fifty cents, which I gave him. He sat next to me to wait for the bus. (Read more here.)