PLATFORM : Why Take a Bus?

I always travel by bus. It is a convenient and economical--not to mention an environmentally sound--habit to get into. Of course Los Angeles seems to believe that mass transportation is for an impoverished, unfortunate few and provides the minimum service that a city this size would require.

In the four years that I have been riding buses in Los Angeles, the only dangers that I come into contact with are not from the passengers but from the drivers themselves, stomping of the accelerator and brakes with exuberance while 30 riders are thrown from side to side, often to the floor.

Many bus passengers are quite bizarre; sometimes you must ig nore them. Other times you may meet a wonderful new friend . . . I have met several.

The bus gives me time to rest, relax, catch up on my reading and ignore the serious traffic problems that the car people are experiencing. If only I didn’t have to wait so long for the damn bus to arrive.