From Provo, Utah: "Reptile," by BUSNINJA

As I was walking from the TRAX platform at Milcreek onto the bus platform, I heard a woman behind me start speaking in a projecting voice.

I don't know if you know this,

(she said)

but I used to be a reptile.

(Read the whole story here.)

From San Francisco: "22-Fillmore en español." (Muni Diaries)

Muni rider Erin overheard a charming exchange of cultures and languages on the 22-Fillmore the other night.

On the 22 to the Richmond late Saturday night, sitting next to thirty-something Hispanic woman. Twenty-something Chinese couple and white male friend get on the bus.

(Read more here.)

From Seattle: "Small Things," by Richard Isherman

He looks as out of place as a water buffalo cooking on the line at the French Laundry. A colossus, he must bend to stand on the bus, and the breadth of him fills the space between the rows of seats. (Read more here.)

From Philadelphia: "Philadelphian Jumps On Tracks To Help Fallen Man," by Joann Loviglio and Kathy Matheson for the Associated Press

A recovering drug addict with a long rap sheet who was hailed as a hero for jumping onto subway tracks to rescue a man who walked off a platform deflected the praise Friday by saying he was just doing the "right thing." (Read more here.)