The Bus, A Modern Panacea

To begin with, the bus from in Into the Wild is a very important part of the book. It is where Chris stayed a long time and also died. After Chris McCandless died Jon Krakauer and a group of explorers visited where he had stayed. They found several things in the bus such as: pants, books, a sleeping bag, boots, his journal and tools to help keep him alive for a while.

The Northern Illinois Bus system currently runs multiple busses with 12 different bus routes that students from NIU have free access to. These routes lead to multiple routes around campus that transport students, which are either commuters or campus residents, around campus. There are several things to use to track the bus like the NIU app on android and apple devices which is said to be really inaccurate and there’s also part from that there are scheduled bus routes on their website that “accurately” tell you what time the bus will be around campus. None of these options have helped students track the bus even during the busiest hours. A survey was conducted (2015, Survey) that was open to all NIU students through Facebook and mass emails. A number of 42 students responded to the survey to express their opinion on how they feel about the current bus system and their policies. According to the survey, the majorities of students do not use the NIU app to track the bus and rated the app either a 0

Transportation in the region has a long and successful past. However, public transportation has consistently taken a back seat to the personal automobile. There has been a strong core of persons who rely on public transportation to achieve mobility, and governmental

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The church bus -- which had been named La Ranfla del Barrio, by the assortment of Mexican and Central American high school kids on board -- pulled up around 6:30 a.m. Most of the kids on board, had arrived around 5:30 a.m. Most of the high school seniors had never left their barrios, much less taken a bus to a protest.

I am writing in response to the light rail article. I agree with dropping the light rails because students complain daily about getting left behind bus stops and bad service, but there are other ways to get around the city without a bus, such as getting a car, taking the taxi, and carpooling with other people.

There are buses everywhere around people, but how many of them actually know how to use transit? In the survey report “SJSU Transportation Solutions Fall 2012 Student Commute Survey Report,” the author Eyedin Zonobi points out statistics that 5.2% of students are either doesn’t know about the transit options or how to use transit. It has difficult time for students to transit when they don’t know how. For students, they need to go online and do the research, but is it wasting their time? They no longer need to waste the time to Google map, if they have a car.

Lucas County doesn’t have an efficient form of public transportation and is in desperate need of one. In modern America the automobile is a necessary part of life; there is almost no way to get from point A to B without a car. Unfortunately, many people don’t have access to a personal automobile and are left to depend on unreliable, inefficient, public transportation. The most common form of public transportation in Lucas County today is the bus, although on paper busses are viable, in reality they ultimately fall short of what is required of public transportation. Today there are more cars on the road than ever before, subsequently there is more traffic than ever before meaning these busses are subject

As is being reported by the media these days, more than 1,000 children have been left waiting at school bus stops in different areas of the Great Toronto Area (GTA) since the beginning of school. According to Ombudsman Ontario website, “an independent officer of the Legislature who investigates complaints from the public about Ontario government services” (Ombudsman Ontario, 2016), more than 800 complaints has been received about this issue to date.

I think that I should become a bus buddy because i’m a kind person and if someone was getting bullied I’d stand up for them. I show leadership because if someone was fooling around I’d tell them to stop. I’m almost always at school unless I’m sick. I want to help others because I don’t want people to get hurt or get in trouble. I will never abuse my power, I will only report when necessary. This is because, I am very responsible. If I am a bus buddy, I will feel very good about myself because I am helping our buses be a safe and friendly environment. I am never late to school. I don’t ever miss the bus. I do this by making sure I am outside, waiting for the bus at exactly 7:45 a.m each morning. I am a very reliable person. I always tell

The people on the huge transportation bus watched on as the beautiful young woman with the cane made her way up the many steps of the bus. She paid the bus driver her five-dollar fee, and used her hands to find the seats, walked down the aisle and found an empty place to sit. Once she settled in, she placed her bag on her lap placed her cane next to her. It had been two years since Gertrude, twenty-four, became blind. One day she just couldn’t see anymore and she fell into a dark pit of despair and self-hatred. She never understood why this had to happen to her; she was so young; it just isn’t fair.

The demand for student bus transportation has far exceeded the supply. Also, vandalism and automotive theft has nearly doubled since 1997. DUI convictions have quadrupled in the city of Kent since last year. The need for public transportation is quite clear.

I had to take the bus for two hours per day to go my high school and I saw the bus as a way to make a break between the school and my homework.

Time may be the deciding factor when choosing whether to ride a bus or drive a car to a chosen destination. Most buses make multiple stops along the way prior to getting to where a rider wants