Comments about busses

There are 30 comments about "busses"

Mike: I remember the streetcars on St Catherine. The stopped running in September 1956 and were replaced by busses. Before then I used them as my form of transportation ( I was 15 at......

in response to: Goodbye, Streetcar Rails by EvilGentleman

Peter: nice shots! whats the story with the heavy riot-cop presence? those busses and crazy yellow armored-car look sort of foreboding... was there some sort of event happening?...

in response to: 07-12-01 by chiamattt

Peter: heh. thats pretty cool! i love those old style busses, too....

in response to: Bus on the Sidewalk by Tyfoid Kid

Grant: You could come and you would, generally, be safe. But interviewing people is different than "walking through". If you actually wanted useful interviews it is sometimes helpful to have a contact or a......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Halfa: I live in a rural area of tasmania (southern most island of australia, we are a state of oz for those who don't know) and we don't have public transport in my area except for......

in response to: Things I Love About Public Transit by Micah

aer suzuki: "Public Transportation is a good thing for Toronto. Lots of slate sky, concrete, asphalt, brick and steel...they took paradise and made a concrete jungle for sure." Ok. Maybe Toronto's different but here in Seattle they used......

in response to: Urban Decay by Chris Fuerth

aer suzuki: Wasn't sure what that silver thing was when I posted, but just did a quick search and found these links: http://www.vancouverplus.ca/alcan_omnimax_theatre/398855 http://www.vancouverinfocenter.com/merchant2.php/list2/250/Alcan+Omnimax+Theatre As for the wires, my guess is they're for electric busses. They had trolleys up there......

in response to: Vancouver Through a Car Window by aer suzuki

Peter: whats that silver sphere? i love all the overhead catenary wires, too... are those for electric busses or trolleys (im guessing {trolley}s)?...

in response to: Vancouver Through a Car Window by aer suzuki

Chris Erb: This is the oldest style of busses in the cities fleet. Some new funding is being thrown at transit in Canada (this may change with our new Conservative government) so I imagine these busses......

in response to: L\'autobus Partie Deux by CE

joey: it's an antique. we had busses like that here, back in the 80's. did you know some municipalities buy their transit busses used from ebay listings?...

in response to: L\'autobus Partie Deux by CE

Chris Erb: We have four different types of busses in Fredericton, these are the oldest ones which I imagine will be retired soon as I heard transit is getting some federal funding and there are plans to......

in response to: L\'autobus by CE

Peter: ooh, i love those oldskool gmc busses with the double-headlights! growing up, we called those "CARTAs", cause that was the name of my town's pubtrans system. when i saw that photo, i almost hastily......

in response to: L\'autobus by CE

anon (131.202.58.26): The reason this is so sexy is because this is the equivalent of public transit pornography in my city. We do indeed have those terrible buses with the ads on them, they just don't......

in response to: L\'autobus by CE

aer suzuki: far, far sexier than a seattle metro bus, look at those way cool headlights, and you can't go wrong with blue and white. seattle busses are painted up whores. really, they're putting huge garish advertisments......

in response to: L\'autobus by CE

Chris Erb: I imagine the day when busses all over the world will revolt against the private automobile. They will, all at once, turn against their companions on the road, slowly destroying every car, truck and......

in response to: Bus Vs Suv by barry

Turfdraagster: cemtral america, specifically panama have the awesome custom busses. you try to ride the one thats the most outta control. the untagged ones are for some reason scary and unsafe. they must be missing the......

in response to: Graf Trux 9: Return of the Original Graf Trux.... by moebius rex

Peter: ggp: next time youre down there, look at the crazy drawing the token-booth clerk did on the whiteboard in the booth... its a little city scene with busses and a subway and buildings, in several......

in response to: Bergen Street Station by Peter

Peter: the overhead wires that power the busses are called [[wiki:catenary wire]]. the part of the {bus}/{trolley} that makes contact with those wires is called a [[wiki:pantograph (rail)]]. i dont know why i know this, but......

in response to: Old Bank by danielle

Chucky: the guy is a turd for throwing garbage on the street, BUT he didn't throw the garbage at her, so why the hell did she go out of her way to pick up the garbage......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Spanky: nice lights, looks brand spanking new, we dont have busses like that in the UK!!...

in response to: On the Bus by sine

Peter: sweet! thats a veritable cornucopia of busses!...

in response to: school buses by vz

elaine: gallows humour from suicide city... imagine working for LU or the busses just now, especially if you tend to be a bit ##anxious## anyway!...

in response to: Service Information? by CW

fuzzytank: ok those busses could be the ultimate in graffiti rides! two tiers of taggin delight ...

in response to: London in the 70s by Yellow

elaine: we just stopped having those busses. you can buy them for £2000. they are called 'routemasters'...

in response to: London in the 70s by Yellow

Peter: jamie, [[97:remember this]]? there is an entry here somewhere of the jamazon/citynoise stickers that got plastered all over nyc busses anad payphones, but i cant find the entry at the moment... also: i used to......

in response to: handprints on a post box by Jamie

moerex: A perfect distillation of the secret language of urban driving. Reminds me of the year I spent living in Manilla as a kid, where my father learned what he later came to call (once we......

in response to: Hack the City by Marc

Peter: yeah, i think i just miss the old neighborhood now that i live out here in brooklyn. i spent almost 10 years there- my first taste of nyc. bway is 4 lanes up there, with a......

in response to: Lunch Hour by vz

hammertime: yea, this is a great piccie. i betcha those wires are for busses or something, maybe trolleys. or i bet they dont bury the wiring for electricals and phones in moscow like they do in......

in response to: Moscow by fake151

Peter: Almost two years later now. I dont ride that bus anymore. I really never ride any busses, save for one a month back, too tipsy to walk through the hard part of Bklyn. No more......

in response to: Every Day... by Peter

thuc: I love this one- the color of the Manhattan Portage bag, the Chucks against the white specs have you noticed the vandalism accomplished by the APE crew on NYC busses- at the doors?...

in response to: Feet on the Crosstown Bus by Peter