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How to catch a bus. Step 1: Stand there and wait.

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2008-01-25 16:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
 
...bus Ever lose patience waiting for a bus and decided to walk instead? Next time, stick around, it's nearly always the best strategy Scott Kominers , a mathematician at Harvard University, and his colleagues derived a formula for the optimal time that you should wait for a tardy bus at each stop en route before giving up and walking on. "Many...
 
Tags: bus, bus stop, stop, wait, tardy bus, bus stops, bus route, walk versus wait, lazy option
 
 
 
 
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File under 'No good deed goes unpunished' Truant schoolgirl stops runaway school bus carrying 40 students, then gets detention

2008-03-16 14:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
 
...bus riders get a brake Amanda Rouse [above] was not supposed to be on the school bus, but might have averted a tragedy Wednesday when she managed to stop the vehicle after the driver fell out of her seat Rouse, a 15-year-old Marina High School student, was sitting behind the driver's seat and pulled the emergency brake when driver Christine...
 
Tags: bus, school, hit, bus hit, bus yard, school bus riders, school bus, attend saturday school, proud rouse
 
 
 
 
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Patience Pays, Queue up for the bus rather than walk say experts

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2008-01-28 08:25:33 by HASH0x8b61a30 in Newlaunches.com
...bus than walking to the destination. According to them, no matter how irritating the wait is, you will reach faster if you stay put for the bus. Justin Chen, from the California Institute of Technology, and Scott Kominers and Robert Wyatt Sinnott, both from Harvard, were motivated to look into the poser after considering whether Mr Chen would...
 
Tags: bus, erratic bus service, bus stop, stop, bus stops, kominers, robert wyatt sinnott, scott kominers, wait
 
 
 
 
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The Firefox Bus

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2008-04-14 10:22:45 by HASH0x8ad16d8 in Newlaunches.com
...bus in rural India. Though not as big as its intergalactic counterpart the Firefox bus is still pretty cool. While coming from Mysore, we suddenly saw a big Firefox logo pasted on a bus. We stopped the car and and stopped the bus which was about to leave and took these photographs. I wonder if the artist knew where the logo came from :) (More...
 
Tags: firefox bus, bus, firefox logo, logo, rural india, pretty cool, deep space, intergalactic counterpart, source
 
 
 
 
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Mega-Monopoly: Updated with New Properties, Skyscrapers, Speed Die & Bus Tickets

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2008-05-30 12:00:53 by Laura Moncur in Gadgets Page
...businesses instead of an homage to my hometown. My breaking point was when I saw the SpongeBob Squarepants version of the game Going in a completely DIFFERENT direction, however, is Mega-Monopoly Phil E. Orbanes, the creator of Mega-Monopoly, describes what he did to enhance the game Winning Moves Games - About Monopoly:The Mega Edition by...
 
Tags: speed die, mega-monopoly, speed, speed die edition, monopoly, speed die includes, mega-monopoly sounds, die, bus
 
 
 
 
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Routemaster Bus Seats

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2008-02-25 13:47:20 by Kerry in Product Reviews NetGadgets & Technology
...busses if so you are going to love this item cause you can have your very own buss seat in your front room yes thats right because Retrouvius which is an architectural salvage and design business in Kensal Green in north west London has undertaking design projects, and they also sell reclaimed and salvaged furniture and amongst their current...
 
Tags: bus, routemaster bus seats, hop-on hop-off bus, routemaster, seats, retro webcam, retro, bus pool table, buss seat
 
 
 
 
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It's a train! It's a bus! It's the DMV!

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2008-05-28 14:00:00 by AdamFrucci in DVICE
...bus? You get the DMV (Dual-Mode Vehicle, not Department of Motor Vehicles) from Toyota. Essentially, it's a bus with train wheels that can be lowered to a set of tracks. Or is it a train car with bus tires that can be lowered to the road? In any case, you get the idea The DMV is a fuel-efficient people mover that allows a bus to hop on train...
 
Tags: train, train tracks, bus, train car, rural train lines, bus tires, tracks, dmv, train wheels
 
 
 
 
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Bus Stop Swing Set: A Public Transportation Playground [Bus Stop Playground]

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2008-08-19 19:00:00 by Sean Fallon in Gizmodo
...bus stops with swings to brighten the day of busy commuters. Never mind the smell, the noise, or that dude rubbing up against youa swing set at the bus stop would melt away all of the stress associated with public transportation. That is until you get a little too carried away with the swinging motion and knock out someone walking behind the...
 
Tags: bus stop, public transportation, artist bruno taylor, london bus stops, adult world, busy commuters, set, public spaces, playground
 
 
 
 
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Bus Stops To Go Green In Miami

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2008-08-22 09:37:33 by Editor in Ubergizmo
...bus stops in Miami look like theyll be getting the green treatment too. About 600 bus stops there will be fitted with solar-powered shelters, which will provide enough power to display the hosted ads at the bus stops. By doing so, the shelters will reduce CO2 emissions by about 2 tons each year Add a comment | From: Bus Stops To Go Green In...
 
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Bus Stops To Go Green In Miami