One of the benefits of being a bus driver is that you really learn how to use the system to get from one place to another quickly. Today I could have easily spent an hour getting to North Campus and back, but instead was able to make the round trip in about 30 minutes. Here's how:
Going North: Walk out my front door and see the Commuter North is already at the IM stop. So I missed the bus that goes up to North Campus. I make a bet to myself that I can get up there before it does and I start walking up State Street. The commuter north driver sees me and offers to let me on his bus outside of my house, but instead I have better plans. As I cross Packard the AATA Route 36 is pulling up to the stop right there, and I casually walk on the bus. I go up to CC Little and exit just as a Bursley Baits is pulling into CC Little. 6 Minutes later I am at Pierpont watching the Commuter North bus drive up to North Campus.
Going South: I walk out of the Cooley building just in time to see the Commuter South (Bus # 3024) pull away from the stop. I could try to run it down but I refuse to be "That Guy". Right behind that bus is a AATA Route 22 Connector. I get on this and take it down to Pierpont. Now, I could run up to the Commuter that is in front of it and get on, but I have better plans, plans that don't include me running. I walk over to the other stop right as a Northwood Express bus is pulling up and I get on. We get to CC Little in like 4 minutes. I get off that bus and cross the street in time to get on the Southbound Commuter that is pulling into CC Little. Now here is why I am awesome, the commuter I got in wasn't 3024 it was 3038. I was able to catch the bus that was ahead of the bus I missed. If I had just waited for the next commuter at the Cooley building I would have gotten home 20 minutes after I did. And this is why I'm hot.
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