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What to Bring on a Long Bus Ride: 12 Essentials

When you're traveling long-distances by bus there are a few essentials you should never forget. Find out what to bring on a long bus ride!

What Cities Stand to Gain From Volkswagen’s Multibillion-Dollar Settlement

Op-Ed: From public transit to EV car-sharing, the company’s funds would be best spent on shared mobility solutions.

What to Take on a Bus Trip

The term "road trip" often generates images of traveling by car; however, a road trip can also take place on a bus. Whether the trip takes place on a chartered coach or on a ...

Your Lyft or Uber ride may harbor more bacteria than you think

Study finds that ride share vehicles can have more then 6 million colony forming units per square inch

Can We Please Stop Pretending Cars Are Greener Than Transit?

Handy Bus system deserves more attention

Manatee County’s special para-transit system is woefully underfunded and does not have enough bus drivers. This is a lifesaver for those who need to get to doctor visits, grocery shop and other essential trips.

Looking for your bus or train? "Show my bus" now in NexTrip!

Customers can track approaching buses or trains in real time using a feature called Show My Bus. The feature can be accessed through Metro Transit's app or...

Does it Make Sense to Collect Bus Fares?

Eliminating fares on Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and Regional Transit Authority (RTA) buses makes sense for practical economic reasons as well as for equity and environmental sustainability. The resources spent collecting bus fares don’t serve any transportation function. Selling bus passes and tickets, verifying and collecting them, and enforcing fare payments do not help … Does it Make Sense to Collect Bus Fares? Read More »

More Children Than Adults Can Figure Out Which Way This Bus Is Going. Can You?

It feels like every day a new brain teaser is emerging that purports to test our intelligence in a different way. However, this one has an interesting wrinkle: 80 percent of children get this immediately while most adults are stumped. Will you be one of the adults that get it wrong or right?

Furnish A Converted School Bus And We'll Tell You Which State You Belong In

Did you choose the bus life, or did the bus life, in fact, choose you?

Stuff the Bus campaign stuffed THREE buses! Can you help sort the supplies?

With your help, we didn't just stuff one bus, we were able to stuff three buses this Summer with school supplies!

Can a kindergartner walk to the bus stop solo? Mother knows best.

Q: My daughter is starting kindergarten in the fall. My question is about the bus stop. It's down the street from my house, and I am able to see it from my kitchen window. The mama bear in me wants to walk her there every day and hold her hand the whole way, but I also want to teach her independence and confidence. Is it safe for me to let her walk to the bus stop by herself? I'd obviously walk her there…

Bus Roots: Green Roofed Bus is a Garden That Goes

Bus Roots is a green roof system designed for buses by Marco Castro Cosio.

20 Clever Bus-Shelter Ads to Brighten Your Travels

Bus shelters are such dreary places, even advertising can sometimes spruce them up. Below, check out 20 examples of clever bus-stop ads that provide a welcome diversion while you wait for that bus that will never come.

Have you ever been "thrown under the bus?"

We know that expression – being thrown under the bus – and perhaps have had the experience of being sacrificed as a friend or ally for a selfish reason.

Tips to teach your kids to help keep them safe at the bus stop

School bus drivers are tasked with getting your kids to and from school safely, but did you know the time your child is most at-risk is when they are approaching or leaving the bus?