Art Villarreal’s Living Green

One thing that really ticks me off is inconsiderate bus drivers. You know the kind. The ones that see you trying to cross the street to catch the bus, but simply turn their heads as they drive off.
Safety should be a concern as riders run to the bus thinking that they have been seen by [...]

I’ve spent a while learning the transit system and I seem to have gotten the hang of getting around town. I understand the nature of timing my moves depending on either the time I have to be there or the time the bus is arriving.
Today I thought I would be a little adventurous and took [...]

I have seen some pretty off the wall things riding the bus. I’ve seen guys drink and smoke pot on the bus, little children ready to pounce an older lady because she looked at her wrong, and little old ladies with really bad attitudes. But I have to say, yesterday took the cake.

Here is a little update to my quest to ride mass transit. If you don’t remember, I was planning to ride the bus for a year, mainly because my car is not running up to par. Things are going good so far, but I remember why I hate San Antonio. It gets so freaking hot during the summer. Today it was nearly 100 degrees and the rest of the week promises to be hotter. On my weather app on my iPhone, Thursday was suppose to get to 103. I can’t wait.

When I’m in the mood to toss back a few beers during a Spurs game, I usually head to my favorite watering hole. Not anymore.

Breath in and out…in and out. Relax. Stay calm. Now, let’s talk. I noticed recently when I went to the store, I was a wreck. I was driving 10 minutes from my house at most. Literally walking distance, you know about a mile and a half, when this car did a California roll at a stop sign.

I have been riding the bus for over a month now and have come across stone strange activity. Simply put, Jim Morrison was right; People are strange.

People of all walks of life ride the bus and there’s not much mass transit can do to keep the riffraff off. It isn’t called public transportation for nothing.

I have spent just about a month riding the bus only because my car started to overheat on trips longer then 8 miles. I can drive my car to the park and ride with no problems, so riding the bus to work became a necessity.
I had contemplated mass transit prior to my car breaking down, [...]

I’ve been riding the bus for over a week now. In fact, today is the second day of the second week. I guess this is a milestone for me. I haven’t been on mass transit in years. Sometimes I wonder if I can really make it a whole year and if it’s worth it, but [...]

Nicolas Cage in Bangkok Dangerous.

I decided to try an experiment in entertainment. Well not really. What happens is I wake up at 5:15 am to get ready for work. I hop on the bus at 6:11 and usually sleep for an hour until I meet my connection across town. This is something that I still [...]