From San Francisco: "24 Hours on Muni Part 2," by JDH

7:03pm T Platform 3rd/Paul  13 lines ridden, 14 rides.  “Whoa, no brakes!”... (Read more here.)

From San Francisco: "24 Hours on Muni Part 1," by JDH

On Friday, June 8th, I left my house with the goal of riding Muni for 24 hours straight.  I wanted to get lost at home, to find hidden pockets of the City, and to take my mind off the daily drudge. Before leaving, I laid out some goals and guidelines: (Read more here.)

From Brassall, Queensland, Australia: "Tom's on board for catching bus" by Kieran Banks for the Queensland Times

Every day Brassall resident Tom Spowart walks to the bus stop and waits for the 502 service to arrive and take him into town.

This may seem like a mundane everyday task for most people, but for the 103-year-old Mr Spowart it is the only way he can keep up his active lifestyle. (Read more here.)

From Edinburgh, Scotland: "Fools rush in" [a Top Ten Bus Stories nominee]. (Not Reading On the Bus)

On one of the miracle days of summer this week (there have only been two), I found myself in a bus shelter next to a woman who smelled distinctly of bog myrtle.  At first I could not understand where the scent was coming from, as bog myrtle isn’t exactly what you expect to smell in the middle of a city.  I looked around, but there were no plants or trees anywhere nearby the scent could have come from.  Yet there it was, utterly distinctive and unmistakably coming from the only other person in the bus shelter. (Read more here.)