Hurry Up and Wait

All things come round to him who will but wait. Like buses, trains and planes. OK, so maybe Longfellow wasn’t thinking about the empty time that--by some cosmic law--must precede travel. But why is it that being on the go involves so much standing still--especially on holiday weekends like this? And how does one fill that void--besides keeping an eye on the clock? Well, in Los Angeles, clockwise from top left, one man blocks out the world with a handkerchief while waiting for his plane at the International Terminal at LAX; another tired soul puts his luggage to good use at Union Station; Bobby Thompson of Baltimore has music to keep him company as he waits for a bus to Seattle at the downtown bus depot; Jose Lara, left in photo, and Rafael Murillo both think along the same lines at the downtown bus station; Iris Ortega of Bell Gardens, also at the bus station, finds solitude in a book; for Brian Boyce of Rancho Cucamonga work begins long before his train comes in; and at this bus stop at Third and Fairfax all eyes are on traffic.