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My This I Believe essay is included in the book, This I Believe: Life Lessons, which was released on Tuesday, October 4th, 2011.-
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September service changes, round II
Yesterday, KC Metro revised its proposals for the September service restructure.
Metro is inviting public comment on the newly revised September service proposals during a second round of public review this month. Six open houses, 14 information tables, and more than a dozen presentations have been scheduled in neighborhoods that would see the most changes under these proposals. Please check our online calendar for a list of these events.
Open Houses (all 6-8 p.m., except as noted below)
Monday, Feb. 13 – Ballard High School
Wednesday, Feb. 15 – Madison Middle School, West Seattle
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Category: events, seattle stuff Tagged KC Metro, KC Metro cuts, service changes
Category: events, seattle stuff Tagged KC Metro, KC Metro cuts, service changes
My kind of bus luh
Even if I hadn’t met my own husband on a bus, I would still be a believer in transit romance. Yes, I know all about the awkward, irritating, and otherwise unpleasant interactions with folks you’d rather not get acquainted with (believe me, I could write a book). I also know that buses and trains are filled with interesting people–Hello, Octavia Butler, August Wilson, Jacob Lawrence, Toni Morrison, Vincent Kartheiser, MC Geologic!–and offer plenty of opportunities to strike up a conversation. Just don’t ask this guy for tips.
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Category: transit culture Tagged bus luh, New York, Philadelphia, Transit Museum
Category: transit culture Tagged bus luh, New York, Philadelphia, Transit Museum
Babies, on bus schedules
The three of us (Chick, Chicklet, and Busling) are putting on shoes, jackets, and et cetera, preparing to head out and catch the 8. Chicklet, who has no rival in the dawdling department, is (per usual) taking forever. She resists instructions to take a preventative trip to the restroom, puts her shoes on the wrong feet, pauses to play with dinosaur figurines recently strewn around the entry, and manages to misplace one of her mittens.
While I’m zipping Busling’s jacket, she disappears into the bedroom. I call for her to come back and put on her hat.
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Category: busing with babies, overheard Tagged 8, baby busling, chicklet, out of the mouths of bus babes
Category: busing with babies, overheard Tagged 8, baby busling, chicklet, out of the mouths of bus babes
One big reason to love MLKC Metro
No amount of challenging, child-related policies; stop closures; or route restructures can take away the joy of seeing Dr. King’s face every single time I board a bus.
Happy holiday, everyone.
Sightline on strollers (or, “What she said”)
Sightline writing fellow Alyse Nelson recently blogged about the hassles associated with taking strollers on KC Metro buses. A taste:
But King County Metro was the sore spot of my car-free life. Agency rules required me to fold Orion’s stroller. Holding all of the stroller’s contents and Orion, I then had to find a seat before the bus lurched forward. The challenge didn’t end once on board. I had to squish into a seat with all of our stuff and attempt to keep Orion from grabbing the stroller’s dirty wheels for the duration of the ride. Once we …
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Category: busing with babies Tagged hated it!, KC Metro, Sightline, strollers
Category: busing with babies Tagged hated it!, KC Metro, Sightline, strollers
2011: The bus year in review
The bus theme for 2011 was “adjustment.” It was a tough year on several fronts.
1) Busing with babies
I started the year grappling with the awkwardness of traveling with a toddler and a preschooler. The challenges increased as the year progressed (and baby #2 grew heavier, squirmier, and more opinionated). We still got around, of course, but I always felt like I had to choose something to sacrifice: convenience, physical comfort, carrying capacity, or sanity. Usually, it was two of the four.
I’ll admit that problem-solving isn’t my strong suit*, but I’m still convinced that most …
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Category: living the life Tagged 27, 4, congestion reduction charge, hated it!, KC Metro cuts, stops
Category: living the life Tagged 27, 4, congestion reduction charge, hated it!, KC Metro cuts, stops
Why we walk
Fun figurines at small people’s eye level:
My small people have been enjoying these dolls, displayed in a ground-level apartment window on one of our well-beaten walking paths, as long as they’ve been aware enough to look around. Chicklet’s favorite is the dancing couple in the back. Busling likes the guy with the “insrament.”
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Category: multi-modal, spotted! Tagged Central District, chicklet, walking
Category: multi-modal, spotted! Tagged Central District, chicklet, walking
Christmas Eve, Bus Fam style
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Category: busing with babies, living the life Tagged 8, baby busling, chicklet, Nutcracker
Category: busing with babies, living the life Tagged 8, baby busling, chicklet, Nutcracker
On traveling and time, part II
For going on four years now, Chicklet and I have had a standing Friday date with my friend Kelley and her daughter, Evan. (For almost two of those years, sweet Busling has tagged along, too.) When the girls were infants, we met at Green Lake for grown-up walking and talking, but as they grew older and our get-togethers became more about them, we started to branch out. Common meeting places these days: parks (Green Lake included), the Children’s Museum, Central Library, Aquarium, Zoo, and et cetera.
Most of the time, it takes my crew longer to travel to a …
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Category: busing with babies, living the life Tagged Friday dates, Green Lake, Kelley
Category: busing with babies, living the life Tagged Friday dates, Green Lake, Kelley