A Day At The Bus Stop
What happens at a bus stop throughout the day? In this special edition of What’s the Flux: Commuter dispatches, lead Producer, Mona Yeh and Producer, Yuko Kodama sent reporters out to visit some of our region’s busiest bus stops over a 24 hour period. You’ll listen to the rhythm at popular transit centers in our region, and what riders say about their commutes.
What’s the Flux: Commuter Dispatches and KBCS partnered with the Seattle Globalist to examine the ridership at bus stops in our region with an interactive map.
Reporters: Karl Benitez, Mimansa Dogra, Kendra Hanna, David Joseph, Varisha Kahn, Yuko Kodama, Casey Martin, Hassan Noor, Jenny Phan, Trevor Pogue, Brie Ripley, Chetanya Robinson, and Randy Salgado.
This story was edited by Yuko Kodama
The project was sponsored by the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR) as part of its national initiative, Localore: Finding America. #Finding America
Party on Wheels Bus Stories
We invited the community to a Party on Wheels. Parents, kids, senior citizens and the like all enjoyed talking about their bus experiences. Correspondent Nathan Miller has the dispatch.
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Bus Rides, Laughing Yoga and Senior Citizens
Taking the bus is no laughing matter for senior citizen couple, Sashi and Ravi. They live in Bellevue and rely heavily on public transportation to connect with their community through the Indian Association of Western Washington. It’s how they get to laughing chair yoga and share precious laughs with other senior citizens. (more…)
Gia’s Bike & Bus Commute
Housing affordability is an ongoing issue in Seattle. For bike and bus commuter, Gia Mugford, housing prices are one part of the equation. For Gia congestion, parking availability and constant crowds on Capitol Hill were other factors that led her to make a move. Gia left Seattle and moved to Tacoma where she’s happy with her new home and her bike and bus commute. Reporter Whitney Henry-Lester has Gia’s dispatch.
Life lessons learned on the bus
Our WTFlux team learned at our April event that when you “unmute the commute”, you can learn a lot. From having conversations to strangers to people watching that inspires art, there are many life lessons that can be learned.
Dorian Wants Transit Policy Towards Disabled Persons to Change, Part 2
We introduced you to Dorian Taylor, a wheelchair user and regular bus-rider who’s experienced challenges with nearly every single ride. Dorian wants to change transit policy to better address the needs of the wheelchair user community.
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Seattle Central District Mini-Tran Project
In 1966, the U.S. Congress passed legislation to initiate the Model Cities Program. The program was developed to address social and economic disadvantages among other things. In 1971, Seattle became a Model City. One of the programs funded was the Mini-Tran Project, a neighborhood bus system that served Seattle’s Central District residential neighborhoods. (more…)
School Desegregation and Busing in Seattle
Seattle implemented a desegregation busing plan in 1978. The program lasted over two decades. Opinions on the success of busing varies. WTFlux spoke with Dr. Norwood Brooks, one of Washington state’s first elected black officials. (more…)
Holly Eckert’s dispatch: Riding with a Disability
We unmute the commute with Holly Eckert. Holly gives her dispatch to Mona Yeh. She also writes about it for the Seattle Times Opinion page.
Eckert’s life was dramatically and forever changed at 34 years of age when she learned she had epilepsy. Her first seizure caused a car accident. It was after this, she decided to stop driving and take the bus.
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Tacoma artist, Lynn DiNino creates bus-themed art
People-watching and gazing out the window are common ways to pass time on the bus. Tacoma artist Lynn Di Nino took this to the next level by creating an art exhibit inspired by her 35 mile long Tacoma-Seattle commute consisting of 3-dimensional portraits of bus riders sitting next to photographs, which are real window scenes taken on the bus. Correspondent Whitney Henry-Lester visited Lynn, here’s her dispatch.
Images of Lynn Di Nino’s show “Riding the Express Bus 594”.
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