#I have a driving phobia that I've never quite gotten over

[technecat]

I have seen more acts of kindness done on a bus than I have ever seen anywhere else. People pay each other's fare, share food, share stories, give up seats for tired folks. There is a shared experience in riding a bus that driving separate cars will never provide. And it's not always about everyone on the bus being too poor to own a car; sometimes it's about being disabled, or too old or young to drive, or just wanting to be more eco-conscious.

People who have never taken public transit before seem to be under the impression that everyone on a bus is ready to stab you meanwhile I have never had that problem and I get to read while I’m stuck in traffic and they don’t.

Also I don’t get stuck in traffic much anyways because the drivers keep going on the freeway even though it gets clogged up with traffic and it’s literally faster to drive on the surface streets where the busses go but whatever I don’t need to pay for a gym membership because I walk to the bus and meanwhile what are you spending your money on? Oil changes so you can keep getting stuck in traffic?