“It was the first time I’d ever traveled on the 11 Bus, and I stupidly misread the timetable and thought a full circuit took about an hour, so thought my Flip’s memory of 60 minutes would pretty much cover it.”
11 Bus on 11th Nov 2009 from Nicky Getgood on Vimeo.
Not quite, Nicky — but a [...]
Birmingham Friends of the Earth (probably promoting public transport) took an evening circuit:
“Given that we had taken up most of the back half of the top deck, it seems we also confused quite a few seasoned back seat dwellers by occupying their preferred spot, and hence forcing them to sit in unfamiliar territory further towards [...]
Omnibuses 2.0 is a site that “aim[s] to reflect in bite-sized pieces, the many facets of the UK bus industry.” They came to Birmingham to take part in 11-11-11, and very interesting to read an account from people without emotional or historical attachment to the area. They blogged hard:
An Outer Odyssey:
“It’s 30 years to the [...]
Pete Ashton took 69 photos — one every other stop on a circuit of the route. He had to do it by bike, there simply aren’t enough elevens to get you round in a day if you’re going to get off every other stop. As you can see it took all day, Brum gets eerie [...]
Mike did a circuit of the 11C from King’s Heath to King’s Heath — in the dark.
Tom took a trip on “the peasant wagon”, from Witton, to erm, Witton. And concludes.
“If you ever find yourself with nothing to do, get on a bus, a train, in your car, and head somewhere you’ve never been before – even if somewhere is nowhere in particular.”
An 11 bus based short story…
Three don’t come along all at once, we’re never late, we’re never early. We never stop, we pause but we don’t stop. It’s cheaper that way, most repairs can be completed without stopping – dangerous but better than the alternative.
You could automate this, but what’s the point? A job’s a [...]
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