So in talking to a young man on my bus who lives in a far away suburb, about why he doesn’t show a pass to ride, is because he isn’t concerned about the financial health of our railway budget, but only of his income. He transferred from a restaurant in Antioch, a suburb a good …
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Behind the Yellow Line
“Please move back. I need you to step back behind the yellow line while the coach is in motion.” I state, when the coach is full: Or, if someone does not have their fare ready and they are looking in their pockets or hand bag for change, I say, “I can’t see my mirrors.” The …
Helter Skelter Shelter – Rear Door Boarding
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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Twenty Questions
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 …
Why Be A Driver?
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 …
WOW Lenora Street in Belltown District
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.
Night Park
When we bring our coach to rest in the yard, we are to log off on our radio and secure our coach. It’s interesting how sloppy we can get in doing this after a long day. I pulled-in last night with rain in the forecast and did not see the tale tell parking lights on …
Leading Green
The Hampton Roads area by the Chesapeake Bay has a nice sign under its signals. The sign below an overhead signal is marked Leading Green, or Delayed Green. This signals to motorists who gets to turn first or last at a major intersection of four lanes or more, and with a four or six way …
The Complaint Department
Is closed. Or so I was told every time I entered the tower at Potrero by the lead shop man whenever I had to pull-in. Perhaps this message stemmed from the incident with the dirty filter I had on my bus when I pulled in one night. The clasp holding the grille that protects the …
Tagging the Coach
I came back from the bathroom at City College, and saw a young man running away from the front of my bus. He still had an aerosol paint can in his hand as he ran. I knew I had less than 15 seconds to capture the image. I ran to the front door, pried it …
The Dao of Doug: A Bus Driver's Perspective 