My views are based upon my years of experience and may go contrary to my union’s view, based upon many operators with much experience. Union members are elected by the group of operators, and my chapter essays are only taking my personal view into account. My star-cast and life reading from the Cayce society point …
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This is a fun game to play, as is Charades, in a large group at a party. But if that party is a waiting queue on Market Street on Fourth or Fifth, the game becomes no fun real fast as the lights go red again, and the buses back up behind the red lane in …
It is understandable in this busy bustling city why we forget to do certain things we need to get done for our own well being. Some years I miss getting my free flu shot at The Permanente Medical Group because I never slow down enough to review my day or prioritize deadlines. The good news …
Passengers using the rear door button to board in the rear must remember all coaches are not equal. Some buses require that you hold the button until the doors are opened at least half way. On other buses, the doors will slam shut and the chance to board may end right there. The three-tap rule, …
If you want to hire a business major, you can get one for $50,000 a year easy because there are thousands of them. If you want a skilled truck driver or city bus driver, you better start asking at $150,000 per annum. Why? Because no one wants to do it! Many ask this question, and …
I picked up my papers for my second part and the superintendent, who was by the second desk, commented on my holding a cup of coffee in my right hand and, paddle in the left. He suggested that I not bring personal items into the dispatcher’s office while doing business. I smiled, as I remembered …
The Romanized version of Tao can be spelled Dao. I did this to be alliterative to my name as Driver Doug. Below is a link to my artist writer YouTube channel now updated from the Dao of Doug and rail transit blog to Walks on Waikiki –videos about walking, transit, and bikes.
This is a fun game to play, as is Charades, in a large group at a party. But if that party is a waiting queue on Market Street on Fourth or Fifth, the game becomes no fun real fast as the lights go red again, and the buses back up behind the red lane in …
If you look up at the poles on the ETI Skoda coaches, you’ll see a black duct taped ball near the collector on the left pole. This is where the turn signal transmits to the doughnut on the wires before a switch to toggle the poles to a left, right, or center direction upon a …
Having left the raucous Receiver’s office at Potrero Division for the quieter Presidio Division, I thought material for my next book would suffer a drought not unlike the one Northern California had been experiencing for the last several years. As I write this chapter, snowpack is 160 per cent of normal, and the folks up …
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