Yesterday was a New York City first for me: I rode the subway.

Until recently, I had never felt a need to use the subway. I thought, Why take a train with limited accessibile stations when every bus has a ramp or a lift? I will tell you why: traveling anywhere by bus from this far uptown takes forever -- 50 minutes to two hours easy. So after ( Read more... )

Girl #1: Dammit, they're putting one of the wheelchair people on the bus!

Girl #2: Fuck, man ... You know, they should just put a handle on the back of the bus.

Girl #1: Yeah, that could be fun for them!

--M12 bus

Reposted from Overheard in New York: The Voice of the City

Man: You know, there was this electric wheelchair woman, she saw the bus coming and like, zipped right in front of us so we couldn't get on.

Bus driver: Yeah man, they're fast, those electric ones.

Man: Yeah.

Bus driver: And vicious.

--M15 bus downtown

Reposted from Overheard in New York: The Voice of the CityThis has become my new favorite ( Read more... )