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Civics and Culture

Angels on Second Avenue

  In that doorway, over there on Second South, is where a woman goes at night. She injects and imbibes various assortments of drugs as...

Today is Bus Driver Appreciation Day!

  Yes it is! The title says it all. Have you thanked your driver lately? Officially speaking, today's the day to do so, although you're welcome...

A Disease You Wanted to Catch

  Northbound Aurora at 100th. Leaning into the front door: "Hey, did you see a, I left a wallet a couple hours ago…?" "Uhh," I said. I look...

Sunday Video: Creating Functional Streets for Livable Cities

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX8zZdLw7cs Bicycle Culture by Design from TEDx Talks on YouTube. Mikael Colville-Andersen of Copenhagenize Design Co. gives us a brief history of our streets and suggests how we can...

Where There Was Nothing Before

  At 3rd and Virginia, on my 358: a large African-American man in his fifties gets on. I ask him how he's doing. He's doing...

It’s Not Easy Being Green

bike polo. Attributed to: Sean Munson - license - original According to a recent study published in the Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, moving...

Picker’s Remorse

Read more stories from the bus at nathanvass.com. "Whuhjjoo pick?" What'd you pick? It's the question we operators all ask each other, right after "Pick-" that thrice-yearly...

Amad, iPads, and Customer Service

Read more stories form the road at www.nathanvass.com. It's that kid again, the one with the observant eyes. I've had a chance or two to...