Saturday, June 18, 2011

From Edmonton, Canada: "eta unknown – bus tales," by Robyn Wilson


My ride to work was punctuated by the following conversation heard over the bus’ transmission radio…

Dispatch:  Come in, Bus #4821, what is your ETA to random street and corresponding cross avenue?

Bus #4821: Come again?

(Read more here.)

Sunday, June 12, 2011

From Brighton, England: "Toy bus given parking ticket," By Gaby Leslie for Yahoo News


A hairdresser has appealed a £50 parking fine after a traffic warden gave his children-size toy bus a ticket.
 (Read more here.)

Sunday, June 5, 2011

From Ft.Worth, Texas: "Saggy Pants Banned From Fort Worth Buses" (Associated Press via CBS DFW)


Bus riders in Fort Worth who wear sagging pants have the choice of pulling them up before boarding or finding another way to get around the city. (Read more here.)

Sunday, May 29, 2011

From Wales: "Strange list of items left on buses," by Ciaran Jones for WalesOnline


Ladies’ underwear, two Stanley knives, a box of hair and a Christmas tree – it reads like a bizarre shopping list. But these are just some of the thousands of things left on Welsh buses by unwitting travellers. (Read more here.)

Sunday, May 22, 2011

From Hong Kong: "Untitled" by wakingphotolife on Flickr


We are riding the bus back from some shopping day. Could have been Mong Kok. Could have been Shatin. I know they are on opposite sides this island, Hong Kong, but I honestly don’t remember. (Read, and see, more here.)

Sunday, May 8, 2011

From Vicente Lopez, Argentina: "Bus drivers sought, no men need apply" from Agency French-Presse via The Telegraph


A town near Buenos Aires, leery of the screeching stops and careening turns it says typifies male drivers, has hired exclusively women to shuttle its passengers around. (Read more here.)