Been awhile but I'm still here
Hey.
I hear (on CBC morning radio) that the 1 million + new buses may be back on the streets next week if all goes well. Well I for one can hardly wait for another chance to swim through the spacious confines of our new sardine cans on wheels. Who decides that it is better to have few seats on a bus? The drivers, the passengers, or some translink guy who gets a leased car to drive because his job requires travel and the transit system can't guarantee he will get there in a timely manner?
Other interesting sights:
- A driver refusing to pick up a wheelchair bound woman and explaining over the PA system that she did so because the woman was "abusive". I don't know what the history here is but I've got to hope there is better solution than leaving someone in a wheelchair by the side of the road.
- The age old practise of standing in the rear door way blocking the exit so that you won't miss your stop (20 blocks away) is still alive and well.
- One good thing about the new buses without seats is that seniors, disabled persons, parents with small children will no longer need feel aggrieved by the young, the able bodied and the unencumbered to move out of seats marked for the use of seniors, disabled persons, parents with small children since there are no seats for anyone.
