Montgomery Bus Boycott

One day I was on the bus sitting next to my friend Trevor. I told him that I wouldn’t be riding the bus in the afternoon today. “Why?” Trevor asked. I said “Because I’m heading to Columbia to take my driver test to get my permit.” Trevor nodded his head and went back to listening to his music. The bus picked up the other high school kids and we went to school. Well, I went to second block after I got done with health class. I told another one of my friends about me leaving and the…

Yourself “CREAK”, the bus door opened and I waited as I watched all of the children struggling to get out. There is only one way I feel… I don’t want them to go. Every day I see them get off the “special needs” bus and get laughed at and see the fingers pointed straight at them, it’s ridiculous. You would have thought that tenth graders would have learned by now that bullying and harassment is childish, but apparently not. It’s amazing how much potential the kids on my bus have, especially…

on the bus. How my bus system works is that I first get picked up at a bus stop near my house, then the bus goes to Hempfield High School to drop the students there. I wait at the side of the school for my other bus to pick me and a few other LMS students up, then the bus takes us all to school. On my first bus, there are these two kids, a brother and a sister, who also ride the bus but go to a different school. Though I don’t really know them, I’ve sometimes seen them board their second bus…

sooner, one can easily observe the accompanying concerns among our adult population- and our lawmakers. One example of this is a recent proposition suggesting that students should be banned from driving to and from school if their area provides bus services. The reason for this idea is that doing this would simultaneously relieve traffic congestion and fix morning tardiness issues. However, I submit that such an action would be undesirable for both the students and the school. My…

and his brothers are not home when they should be. Dominic said "hey shouldn’t we get Tristan's brothers from school." Me and Tristan "nah." so we just got in his truck (really its his dads truck but he drives it up and down his dirt road for the bus). We hop in the truck Tristan driving, cause he is the oldest and we drive to my house because I have guns and defenses. As were driving we see waves of people, young, old and babies in the street being pushed. we take a hard left into my…

school was in Purcellville, with by car is only 30 minutes away, but on the bus there were other children in other neighborhoods that had to be dropped off first. I was always the last one off the bus because I lived the farthest away, which meant I was always the first one on the bus in the morning. A lot of the time my bus ride would be about an hour. That means there were two hours of my day was spent on the bus, add that with a full day of school, you can imagine I was pretty tired…

org/problems/school_traffic/2. It is important to know who your audience is when talking about your proposal. Parents, students, and school staff have the greatest impact on traffic problems. They are the starting point of the solution. The school bus companies are an important partner in helping the problem. School building architects and landscapers are necessary to list the possible solutions. Asking the right questions helps you gather accurate information about the problem and to help your…

The Kilgour Family Streetcar thrived in Oakley until 1951, when it no longer served the public’s needs. Accompanied by high fares and inefficient routes, Oakley’s residents did not contest the termination of streetcar operations. Although the Kilgour Family Streetcar was key in the characterization and urbanization of Oakley, it was not the only failed transit-stop on the journey to finding the light at the end of the tunnel for Oakley; the light signifying an efficient, reliable transportation…

Eventually the scale of the planned rail system was reduced, first to 147 miles and eventually down to 93 miles before the 1988 bond measure vote. , Supporters of the plan believed the expansion of the bus service would alleviate congestion on highways leading to and from the city, and they argued the levying of a sales tax was a necessary consequence of providing rapid and affordable transit to Dallas-area residents and out-of-town visitors alike. Opponents…

This article relates to the topic because it discusses fare evasion and smart cards on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). BRT is an enhanced bus service that offers reliable and quality service that improves travel times, service reliability, and ridership. The overall objective of BRT is to maximize transit through faster travel times than traditional fixed-route bus service. With high travel demands, there will always be fare evaders. Fare evasion usually happens during peak hours, but it can also…