From Seattle: A "Quick" Ride on Community Transit Route 413 (punkrawker4783 via YouTube)

From somewhere in central Mexico: "Opera On The Bus," by Gary Donaldson

There is a certain serenity one feels from time to time when the universe opens itself up to you and shows you all of its possibilities. There are minute cracks in the seemingly perfect order of things. God and the universe are perpetual and harmonious bodies in motion, and occasionally they pause ever so briefly and allow us a glimpse into the stillness and vast, endless realms of opportunities to accomplish and construct nothing. These brief interludes serve to remind us that we should, and must allow peace and humor into our lives. It is not necessary to analyze it, nor find anything other than the willingness to accept the imperfections of all things and persons as perfection. (Read more here.)

From Long Beach, California: " 'That Boy Can Drive': Behind the Wheel at the 2012 International Bus Roadeo," by Nate Berg for The Atlantic

Excitement is in the air, like the heat rising up from the asphalt of this hotel parking lot where a couple hundred men and women have gathered, traveling from all over North America, to compete in what is likely the most vaunted event in all of public transportation: the 2012 International Bus Roadeo – or more colloquially, the bus olympics. (Read more here.)

From Victoria, British Columbia: "Thoughtful Driver," by Bill Cox via the Transit Hero series by BC Transport

I was on the 3 Beacon Hill at the front of the bus on one of the disabled seats. An older gentlemen seated beside me got up early before his stop. With cane in hand he held onto the pole to steady himself. (Read more here.)