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The View From Nathan's Bus

The Swagger I Love: Thoughts on My Fellow Operators

Yes, they vary wildly in temperament, outlook, attitude...but isn't that what you want in a group of people? Look at them. There are so...

“Highly Connectible and Really Gangster”

“Merry Christmas, happy holidays, all that good stuff," I call out to my ragtag crew. We are the nighttime 7 and we’ve just boarded...

The Principled Gesture

There's a lot of time to think when you're driving a bus. There shouldn't be, what with the incredible amount of mental multitasking involved;...

A Story About Zen Monks—Whoops I Mean Bus Drivers and Social Services Specialists

  I want to share a story with you. It sounds like it’s about a monk. It isn’t. It’s about you, and me, and anyone else...

Taking Care

"Man, she, she was always worried something like this might happen. That's why I been the way I am. For them, just in case she...

Nathan on the Radio: II

Did you miss my interview on KUOW 94.9? No worries! Here is the full seventeen-minute interview! Hope you enjoy! A note for Community Transit and First...

Decent Street: Kendrick, Gender, Lingo, & the Good Man Problem

  Kendrick. Was that him? Even twenty miles an hour can seem too fast, what with all the glass and foliage in between, not to...

Not Just Funkin’ Around: the Micro and Macro of How Metro Cares

This was going to be a footnote in an earlier post, but this is just too fascinating for a mere afterthought. It’s time for...