Miss Manners: I’m 80 and young people won’t give up priority seats for me

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I live in a large city and take public transportation almost daily. I am 80 years old. The busses and ...

Miss Manners: At 80, I’m tired of seeing fit young people in senior seats

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to an 80-year-old commuter seeking advice on handling ...

Miss Manners: Crowded public transportation leaves senior with nowhere to sit

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I live in a large city and take public transportation almost daily. I am 80 years old. The buses and ...

Miss Manners: If you’re young and able, don’t take seats marked for seniors and people with disabilities

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I live in a large city and take public transportation almost daily. I am 80 years old. The busses and ...
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Miss Manners: When people who look ‘healthy’ and parents are sitting in handicap bus seats

GENTLE READER: It was another Gentle Reader who once came up with the polite way to handle this situation. The idea is to ...

Miss Manners: How can I get bus passengers to not take seats meant for disabled and elderly?

The bus drivers do nothing to enforce the rules, and we seniors are left trudging down the bus aisle while the people in the ...

Miss Manners: What should I say to a woman who has defaced herself with a tattoo?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am still not inured to the rampant trend of women tattooing their hands, feet, arms, backs and even ...

Families outraged after Philadelphia students made to sit on floor of school bus

Family members are outraged and demand answers after Philadelphia students were forced to sit on the floor of a school bus ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Months Before Rosa Parks Made Headlines, Claudette Colvin Refused to Give Up Her Seat for a White Woman on a Segregated Bus

Colvin, a lesser-known figure who took a stand against racial discrimination as a teenager in Montgomery, Alabama, has died ...
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WRTA honors Rosa Parks, Transit Equity Day with reserved seat on every bus

WORCESTER, Mass. - Like most days, you could've sat anywhere you wanted on WRTA buses Tuesday with the exception of one seat on the right-hand side. A seat reserved for the one and only Rosa Parks.
The New York Times

Mamdani Names Transportation Chief With Job of Making Buses Fast and Free

As commissioner of New York City’s Department of Transportation, Michael Flynn will seek to implement one of the new mayor’s central campaign planks. By Stefanos Chen and Dana Rubinstein Zohran ...
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Transportation ETFs Move Into Top Gear With AI in the Driving Seat

From Wall Street to warehouses, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a powerful tool and is being integrated in all major sectors across the global economy. The transportation sector is no ...