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A Better Idea for Branding Public Transit

Carol Pierson Holding | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: North by Northwest, Bus, Environmentalists, Angelina Joli, The Tourist, Subway, Brief Encounter, Stampede, Bound, Cars, Broadway Subway, New York, Dash, Hop, Bolt, Sex, Trains, San Francisco, Grand Central, Making Transit Fun, Boulder, Johnny Depp, Atlantic Cities, Jump, Zipcar, Skip, Business News
Carol Pierson Holding

So if a car's experience is so fundamentally different than riding transit, what parallel experience can we plumb for joyous attributes? I would propose we look for a model to long-distance trains and their sense of possibility and romance, not the raw sex of cars.

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What's It Like to Be a City Bus Driver?

Clara Tsao | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Los Angeles, Bus, City Bus Driver, Buses, Busing, Bus Driver, Recession-Proof, Big Blue Bus, Recession-Proof Jobs, Impact News
Clara Tsao

"I am the CEO of this bus. I am the authority. And I love driving and being able to help people get to places. And this city uniform I wear, I wear it with pride."

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More People Used Public Transportation In 2011

The New York Times | MICHAEL COOPER | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Public Transit, Bus, Train, American Public Transportation Association, Michael Melaniphy, Subway, Public Transportation, Business News

Americans took 10.4 billion rides on public transportation in 2011 — a billion more than they took in 2000, and the second most since 1957, accordin...

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Riding The Night Bus To Cusco

Leora Novick | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: South America, Bus, Altitude Sickness, Peru, Cusco, Travel, Ica, Transportation, Altitude, Travel News
Leora Novick

I must have fallen asleep because I woke up, what seemed like a few hours later to the sound of numerous people throwing up.

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Another Bus Driver Attacked

Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Video, Bus, Broward Sheriff's Office, Public Transit, Bus Driver Attacked, Broward County, Man Throws Trash Can at Bus Driver, Lauderdale Lakes, Miami News

It's a bad time to be a Broward County bus driver. On November 18, a 19-year-old, santa-hat-wearing passenger hurled a rock at a Lauderdale Lakes bus ...

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Greyhound Passengers Abandoned At Missouri Truck Stop

Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Bus, St. Louis, Greyhound, Greyhound Bus, Tennessee, Memphis, Missouri, Greyhound Bus Driver Abandons Passengers, Buses, Travel News

Greyhound passengers on a St. Louis-bound bus from Memphis spent a night sitting at a truck stop in Charleston, Missouri on Saturday after their drive...

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D.C. Circulator's New Route To Anacostia, Skyland Starting Service

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Video, Bus, Capitol Hill, Ddot, District of Columbia, D.C. Circulator, Skyland, Public Transit, Transit, District Department of Transportation, Anacostia, DC News

WASHINGTON -- There have been some big changes to the District of Columbia's Circulator bus system, a network of limited-stop routes meant to suppleme...

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WATCH: CTA-Riding Air Guitar Star's Epic Solo

Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Cta Bus, Youtube, Cta, Video, Bus, Air Guitar, Chicago Around Town, Street Performance, Chicago Transit, Chicago News

A video uploaded to YouTube Saturday caught a Chicago rider jamming to his own beat on a CTA bus. The impromptu performance, which features invisib...

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Cities Where Workers Most Use Public Transit

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Ferry, Jobs Crisis, Bus, Employees, Unemployment, Third Industrial Revolution, Subway, Public Transportation, Slidepollajax, Rail, Ithaca, U.S. Census, Public Transit, Train, Brookings, Business News

In such an urbanized country as the United States, it surprises how few of the nation's workers depend on public transport to make their daily commute...

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Kindergartener Delivered To Wrong Bus Stop Found 'Crying And Wandering'

Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Bus, Bus Stop, Brian Ali, Richton Park, Illinois School, Kadir Randle, School Buses, District 162, Bus Routes, School Bus, Chiqueta Harris, Kindergarten, Chicago News

Flaws in the oversight of a south suburban school district's bus route caused a Richton Park 5-year-old to have a traumatic first day of kindergarten....

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7 Quick Questions About Obama's Magical Misery Tour

John Hawkins | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Magic, Listening, Vacation, Bus, Obama, Misery, Politics News
John Hawkins

Our President has just finished his three day bus tour of the Midwest and after that Herculean achievement, he's preparing for yet another vacation. Yet, there are still a few lingering questions people probably have.

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WATCH: Bus Doesn't Let ANYTHING Get In Its Way

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Video, Flooded Street, Flood Bus, Bus, Unstoppable Bus, Bus Doesn't Stop, Bus in Flood, Bus Wades Flood, Comedy News

We're guessing this was an express route. While a street flood like this would stop most normal busses, it's little more than an annoyance for the ...

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WATCH: Saggy Pants Banned From City's Buses

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Texas, Baggy, Bus, Ban, Baggy Pants, Saggy, Weird Fashion, Pants, Fashion, Buses, Fort Worth, Sagging, Weird Texas, Saggy Pants, Video, Weird News News

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Bus Carrying Wedding Party Plunges Into Pond, At Least 26 People Killed

AP | WASBIR HUSSAIN | Posted 07.30.2011

Read More: Wedding, India, Bus, Bus Accident, Death & Dying, Assam, Hajo, Gauhati, World News

GAUHATI, India — A bus carrying a wedding party plunged into a large pond in India's remote northeast, killing at least 26 people, an official s...

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4 Things I Didn't Know About South American Bus Travel (But Wish I Had)

Erin Griffith | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Traveling Alone, South America, Bus, Travel Tips, Overland Travel, Backpacking, International Destinations, Busses, South America Travel, Travel, Budget Travel, Destinations, Travel News
Erin Griffith

After logging more than 200 bus hours across eight countries, I've learned a few valuable lessons. Here's what you need to know before bus-ting your ass in South America.

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25th Anniversary of Westway

Gene Russianoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wasteful Government Spending, Westway, Bus, Interstate, Highway, Subway, Landfill, Mta, Trade-In, New York City, New York News
Gene Russianoff

In New York City's long tradition of fighting City Hall, one of the most spectacular examples happened a quarter century ago this week.

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PHOTOS: The Craziest Things To Happen in Public Transportation

Huffington Post | Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fastest Train, Bus, Car, Germany, Star Wars, Busycle, Subway, Improv Everywhere, Performers, White Stripes, Train, Transportation, Tgv, Slidepollajax, Green News

Sometimes riding the same commute every day can be tedious. Luckily we have performers, innovators, and one direction-challenged German to shake thing...

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WATCH: Passenger Records Portland Bus Driver Reading Kindle While Driving On Highway

kgw.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ereaders, Ebook, Bus, Portland, Kindle, Bus Driver, Trimet, I-5, Books News

A TriMet bus driver was caught on video by a passenger, reading a Kindle while driving down I-5. As the driver reached into his bag, pulled out the ...

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Farm to Family: Beginning

Mark Lilly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Veggie Bus, Bus, Zane Kesey, Ken Kesey, Craigslist, Facebook, Cross-Country Trip, Green News
Mark Lilly

The "Veggie Bus," as folks have nicknamed it, is a means of transporting food for the people, but in itself, is a vehicle that creates awareness and a way of life.

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The United States of Transportation Inequity

Laura Barrett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Bus, Social Justice, Subway, Public Transportation, Inequity, Transit, Civil Rights, Politics News
Laura Barrett

The overwhelming majority of Americans want more public transportation, not less. But if cuts are an inconvenience for Americans who have transportation options, they can be a disaster for Americans who don't.

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Bus Accident On Garden State Parkway Injures Six

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bus Accident, Garden State Parkway, New Jersey, Bus, Middletown, New York News

MIDDLETOWN, N.J. — State police say a chartered bus carrying about 35 people ran off a New Jersey parkway and flipped on its side. Sgt. Stephen...

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Senate Fight for Transportation Equity

Laura Barrett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Schumer, Social Justice, Bus, Durbin, Equity, Subway, Public Transportation, Dodd, Lautenberg, Menendez, Transit, Train, Senate, Reed, Politics News
Laura Barrett

Eight powerful senators struck a blow for the millions of Americans who depend on public transportation, introducing the Public Transportation Preservation Act.

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Reading In Public: Not Everybody's Reading The Top Of The Bestseller List (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz and Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Bestsellers, Godin, Tribes, Let the Great World Spin, Literary Prizes, Bus, New Moon, Ereader, Subway, Airplane, Wally Lamb, Kindle, Stephenie Meyer, City of Thieves, Flight, Toibin, Twighlight, Ebooks, Books News

Reading books in public makes a statement, we think, about how someone feels about a particular work. It usually means someone is engaged enough that ...

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Damascus Bus Bomb: 'Up To 12' Killed In Syria Explosion

AP | ALBERT AJI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Syria, Bus, Terrorism, Shia Islam, Syria Bomb, Shia, Damascus Bomb, Bus Bomb, Syria Bombing, World News

DAMASCUS, Syria — A blast at a gas station in a Damascus suburb killed three people Thursday, gutting the back of an empty bus and blowing out n...

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Tales From a Bus in Los Angeles

Emily Henry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Transit, Bus, Mta, Los Angeles-California, Los Angeles, Public Transportation, Los Angeles News
Emily Henry

Although there have been times that I've pined for the comfortable isolation of a locked car, I've come to believe that experiencing an LA bus ride is like peeking into the guts of the city.

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