The Dao of Doug: A Bus Driver's Perspective
Rail Transit Commuters
What are your feelings about eating meat? There are incredible things in the animal fats that help our bodies improve in immunity. We Americans just go overboard on everything. Cardiologists would do well to test me for insulin levels–and include the test that shows recent insulin levels–when I go in for an MRI scan on …
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For those riders who are ready, a free ride is an opportunity to imagine what Muni would be like with no fare box at all. A smile and thank you is all it takes as a regular breezes by the yellow line to find a seat. The Zen zone is strong and the crunch zone …
When buses are missing, the time between buses doubles so waiting time increases. It can become very unclear to those standing at or near multiple line bus stops why the bus passes by. The bus is full because double headway means double passenger load. One phrase used frequently by bus drivers are the phrases, “my …
I come from a background where money may not be the root of all evil, and it was acknowledged that it did indeed grow on trees, but that there were two types of money: Good money and bad money. You never wanted to throw good money after bad. And there was a nuance between money …
Part of testing a new operator in being qualified by a state inspector is coach securement. As this book is written by a trolley operator, the added requirement of coach securement is in cradling the poles by the hooks near the harp at the back of the coach. Many a day goes by where a …
What are you most proud of in your life? I thought I should do a lot of psychedelics and do drugs, to be like Timothy Leary or drink and be like Ernest Hemingway. Perhaps I could be freed from the burden of the rules of society and be an edgy artist or writer who has …
A good neighbor starts with me at the lobby door when I see the UPS man with packages. I can buzz him in or carry my neighbors’ package up to their door. I’m aware if they’re at work if their parking spot is empty. I can text them that they have a package, or, depending …
It took me several years to learn this term. I found out about it after overhearing Central Control responding to a street operations inspector on the corner inquiring about a run number. “That run is a not-out,” was the response to a blank space in the headway between buses. The rules are as clear as …
Transit Operator and also Driver Guide and Tour Bus Endorsements, CA to present. Commended by several Mayors as driver guide during Conference of Mayors Twice Line Trainer Qualified, Over 14 years safe driving, Expert Operator Achieved at Potrero Division. 1989-1996 Experienced in Materiel Management, Kaiser Permanente HMO : Commended for reducing chronic stock outs by …
My book series on Amazon Make no mistake, I do sing on the bus. And although I am a bass clef brass baritone player, I consider my younger brother as the musician in the family. I’ll claim the writer title as I have an English degree from the University of Missouri – Columbia. Completing my …
The Dao of Doug: A Bus Driver's Perspective