Showing posts with label transportation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transportation. Show all posts

Thursday, November 10, 2011

It's 5 o'clock somewhere

Had I been Victoria Hong, I would have been unable to report this story without laughing. Call the police! Our bus driver is hammered!"The wheels on the bus go round and round"...

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Friday, December 24, 2010

The Angola horror

No, we're not talking about the women wearing bathing suits at Wendt Beach in the summer. Rich Kellman at channel 2 did an interesting story on a train crash 143 years ago in Angola. The trains were wooden and heated by coal burning stones. More than 40 people died after the trains fell into a gorge...

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Hop on the Bus Gus


The NFTA paid a consultant a great deal of money to tell them they need to have more routes in the city (where people can't afford cars) and less routes in the suburbs(where everybody drives a minivan). Wow. I would have told them that for free. They're also talking about extending the metro rail system, but say it will take at least another decade to get moving on that. I'm sure the 5 or 6 people left in Western NY in 10 years will appreciate the easier commute to work. So... just slip out the back, Jack. Make a new plan, Stan. You don't need to be coy, Roy. You just listen to me. Hop on the bus Gus. You don't need to discuss much. Just drop off the key, Lee. And get yourself free...
NFTA weighs simplifying fares to lure passengers : Home: The Buffalo News