Progressive Kansas City Newsflash: Riding The Bus Can Be A Drag

The journalism brain trust at public radio offer another installment in their groundbreaking journalistic series . . . Still . . .

Hipsters seem to contend that they deserve street cred for taking the bus.

Today's stunning conclusion . . . The bus can be a drag because you have to smell strangers. 

These are compromises so many of us have had to make during our lives . . . On the bright side, paying for parking is an insult to human dignity and dodging homeless people with mental health issues provides effective & free cardio. 

Take a peek . . .

"Kansas City's need for more robust, user-friendly transit has been a major talking point for years. But the city was built for cars, and getting around using anything other than a personal automobile requires a special kind of effort."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Riding the bus in Kansas City

Despite being designed for cars, Kansas City is home to people who rely on the bus every day. KCUR's Gina Kaufmann spent a day riding along with Richard Heimer, a person who relies on the city's buses for his commute, to learn what's working and what's not in our public transit system.

Related listening . . .

Developing . . .