A June Bus Riding Journal – Week 1

I have entered my first week’s journal of bus riding below.  As you can see for the pickup points for me on the route, I have yet to be picked up on time or close to on time even one time.  On 6/6 in the morning, the discrepancy was 8 minutes with the low being just 2 minutes on 6/2 in the afternoon.

Ridership seems to be steady and neither increasing nor decreasing for the week.  In general the number of riders from my first days to now have increased, but this week did not see an increase.   It is easy to get a seat with out having to share and the buses are generally clean.  The buses on my route are old and I will do some investigation on just how old.  I would wager President Reagan was in office when they were designed and rolled off of the assembly line.

For next week’s entries, I will snap pictures using my camera phone so you can have an idea of the conditions of my ride.  I do not speak or share family stories with the other riders and no one has offered to have me help them clip coupons or quilt.  Occasionally, a rider will smell of having drunk their last meal, but that is the exception to the general population.

Day M/E	Sched Pickup	Actual Pickup	Sched Arrival	Actual Arrival	Bus#	Temp	Conditions
6/2 AM	6:18	6:25	7:01	7:01	9703	about 72	Muggy, High clouds
6/2 PM	3:57	3:59	4:43	4:35	9908	about 74	light rain, dark clouds
6/3 AM	6:18	6:23	7:01	7:00	9726	73	Cloudy, humid
6/3 PM	3:57	4:03	4:43	4:34	9908	High 80s	high humidity, cloudy
6/4 AM	6:18	6:25	7:01	7:00	9704	74	clear, muggy
6/4 PM	3:21	3:33	4:07	4:12	9721	90s	Puffy, thick clouds
6/5 AM	6:18	6:23	7:01	6:59	9729	73-4	clear
6/6	5:42	5:50	unable to verify	6:24	9720	76-8	clear, muggy. Bus had exhaust coming into bus.