Bus Chick is thankful for Metro
This year, we bus folks are hosting Thanksgiving at our place, so we won't have the pleasure of riding anywhere on this rainy, November day. Still, in honor of the holiday, I'm posting some food-transporting photos from last year's bus trip to my brother's place. (As usual, the pics aren't very good, but this time, we have an excuse: We were transporting a baby and food.)

Bus fouls: an update
One I forgot to mention--twice--back in '06 (an egregious oversight for a Seattle-based bus chick):

Positioning for bus luh (or, How to increases your chances of finding romance on the ride)
Earlier in the week, Bus Nerd hipped me to this Slate piece about Subway psychology. It didn't turn out to be as interesting as it sounds, but it did contain one useful (and fascinating) tidbit: Apparently, parking yourself in the seat closest to the door* "offer[s] the best opportunities for falling in love with the proper stranger."

Saving service, part II
Assuming its final budget passes next week, the King County Council will not--I repeat not--cut bus service in 2010. From yesterday's PI:

Speaking of kids...
1) Another car-free parent, Jeremy Adam Smith in San Francisco, shares his reasons for riding (and walking) with his son (via: Carfree with Kids):