Tag Archives: bus

VIDEO: Bus driver texts and crashes

Posted on May 2, 2009 by brian

The driver of a bus carrying disabled passengers in Texas whipped out his cellphone in traffic while doing what looks like 40+ MPH and prompty smashed into several vehicles. Luckily it was all captured on tape.

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Media reports on New York City’s old buses

Posted on April 1, 2009 by brian

Today’s amNewYork newspaper contains an article about the state of New York City Transit’s bus fleet. The MTA bus fleet isn’t aging gracefully. Because demand is forcing more additional buses onto the street, more than one out of four in … Continue reading →

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VIDEO: Stuck in the snow – such is a bus’s life

Posted on March 18, 2009 by brian

I recently found a long lost movie, deep on my hard drive, that I made back in December 2003. It was filmed while I was living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. In the middle of a snow storm … Continue reading →

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EasyPay Xpress MetroCard

Posted on March 16, 2009 by brian

I found this MetroCard, advertising the EasyPay Xpress MetroCard, on the floor of the 231 St (1) station house.

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double-decker buses to return to new york city

Posted on May 23, 2008 by brian

A NYC Transit official confirmed that double-decker buses will be running in New York City this summer (or by the end of the year) as a test for possible future permanent service. Double-decker buses used to run along Fifth Avenue … Continue reading →

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the (second to) last bus standing

Posted on January 17, 2008 by brian

I caught a photo this morning of one of the only two RTS buses left in the Bronx (AFAIK), #8258 on the Bx20. The rest of this type of bus have recently been transfered to other bus depots that don’t … Continue reading →

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