#double-decker bus

[newyorkthegoldenage]

If you were to travel back in time 89 years, this is what you would see today at Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street. April 20, 1935.

Photo: Associated Press

#vintage New York #1930s #42nd St. #5th Ave. #Fifth Ave. #Fifth Ave. & 42nd St. #April 20 #20 April #street scene #trolley #double-decker bus #vintage Manhattan

[semioticapocalypse]

Bill Brandt. Bus on Battersea Bridge. C. 1955

#BW #Black and White #Preto e Branco #Noir et Blanc #黒と白 #Schwarzweiß #retro #vintage #Bill Brandt #Battersea Bridge #London #bus #double-decker bus #England #UK #Britain #1955 #1950s #50s #Architecture #Arquitetura #Architektur #建築 #アーキテクチャ #cities #cidades #villes #都市 #Stadtbild #paysage urbain

[howloopyisthat]

#bus #double-decker bus

[gigimoldovan1982blog]

#digitalart #art #london #telephone booth #england #europe #aiart #rainy day #ai #double-decker bus

[paulpingminho]

#church spire #double-decker bus #London #England #night #lights

[chilled-ray]

Tourist Season in London

                                                                         17/08/2022

 Ugh. Tourist season. As I say those words, something I’m sure I’ve heard said by some fogey or seen printed somewhere comes to mind: “Why is it called tourist season when you’re not allowed to shoot ‘em?!” Naturally, that is in somewhat poor taste. I don’t wish anyone ill health, let alone death, and I know what it’s like to be a tourist. I’m happy to help them when I can -- truth be told, I’m thrilled when someone asks me for directions and I can provide them with the correct answer. Makes me feel like a true Londoner. (I’m an immigrant, myself.) I’m sure some of my irritation towards tourists in the city is simply redirected frustration at the reminder that I’m not on holiday myself. I’d love to be aimlessly gawking while frozen on a sidewalk in a foreign land, but I’ve got places to be, folks. I don’t enjoy my commute being extended by clueless fools mumbling silly questions to the busdriver, or being forced to stand because all the seats are occupied by sightseers. The latter example bothers me less. Sure, I love that I usually get to sit because I’m fortunate enough to ride a bus route that’s not as in demand as others. I have bad legs, and standing causes me some pain, but it’s not so extreme that I’ve ever asked another passenger to give up their seat for me. A few months ago, when it was worse and I walked with a cane, people recognised the obvious sign and would offer me places to sit. But now, I can stand, so although I’d prefer not to, I do without complaint. And I do think people should visit and explore London; it’s a great city with a lot to offer. And of course they should utilize our public transit system -- it’s one of the best in the world. Recently some bloke from New York made a TikTok that went viral as he broadcasted how much better the tube in London is compared to the subway in NYC.

What becomes a problem is when these people interfere with necessary daily life. Today, as I was headed to a doctor’s appointment and queuing to top up my Oyster card at Aldgate East station, only one ticket machine was working. The woman directly in front of it was dawdling, either with her decision or trying to find a card in her purse. But she wasn’t pushing buttons. The man immediately before me and behind her in the queue finally lost his patience and simply pushed past her, cancelling her transaction and completing his own before storming off towards the gates. Never so bold and rude to do such a thing myself, I prepared for this delay by pulling both my bank card and Oyster card from my wallet, keeping one eye fastened on the screen that showed train times, ready to dart down to the platform using just the bank card if I didn’t have time to top up. (Both preloaded Oyster cards and contactless bank cards are acceptable tender on TfL. But I prefer to keep only Oyster at the ready, with my debit cards safely tucked away in a wallet pocket deep inside my bag.) The Hammersmith train I needed was departing in two minutes when the lady finally started tapping the screen. She fortunately completed the task relatively quickly, and with a lightning-quick top-up I made it down to the platform with a whole minute to spare. But the most ridiculous thing I witnessed this week was on the bus. Now, not infrequently, a potential passenger will step onto the bus and ask the driver a question before tapping their card. “Is this the way to XYZ” or “Do you stop at QRS” et cetera – and usually the specified destination is a particular stop or at least a street. For instance, last week, someone boarded the Paddington-bound 205 at Liverpool Street, asking, “Are you going towards Brick Lane?” The problem with trying to speak to the driver, though, is that they’re behind a thick plastic divider reaching floor to ceiling, and the holes have been taped over since the pandemic began. The driver sees your lips moving, but only hears muffled nonsense unless a person speaks loudly, clearly, and slowly. Most don’t. So in this instance, I, seated in the second row, piped up. “No. Other side of the street.” I also used a large demonstrative gesture, RiderCoach style, to indicate the opposite bus stop. The person looked at me, offered a small nod and a wave, and stepped off. That was a normal interaction. Now for the weird one.

It's not outrageous, really. It just seemed to me a bizarre utterance. And I couldn’t chip in because I didn’t know how to answer.

It was in Whitechapel, at Aldgate East. A young woman, maybe in her early twenties, said very softly, “Do you go past central London?”

It was a strange question because (a) she didn’t mention a particular destination and (b) this was central London, according to some definitions. Sure, many consider Whitechapel “East London”, but these terms are terrible vague and not defined. Why did she not name a place? All routes go through London, across it in one direction or another, so the use of the word “past” was also weird.

She spoke so softly that the driver had to ask her to repeat herself four times. I heard because I was in the front row, but as I mentioned earlier, I had no idea how to reply. This woman, who was accompanied by an older woman and a younger man who hovered on the pavement, also had an accent, so it’s possible English wasn’t a language she was comfortable wielding at a volume. But I reckon she was just a low talker. After the third very quiet repetition, the driver eventually opened his door and leaned in to hear her. I didn’t catch his response, but the trio did not end up riding with us.

#public transport #TfL #london #double-decker bus #city bus #tourists #vent #travel #transport for london #central london #on the bus

[tivstiv]

And if a good omens bus

Crashes into uuuus

#good omens #aziraphale #david tennant #good omens 2 #neil gaiman #good omemes #micheal sheen #michael sheen #among us #crowley #a hundred years and what does crowley do the first time he sees aziraphale after??? fucking save him #the smiths #if a double decker bus

[asiaphotostudio]

Hong Kong, 2003 Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. 香港 九龍 紅磡 Photography by Michitaka Kurata

#hongkong #hung hom #kowloon #hongkongisland #bus terminal #bus station #double decker bus #photography #color film #color negative film #negative film #film #35mm #35mm film #kodak #nikon #2003 #香港 #ホンハム #紅磡 #九龍 #香港島 #二階建てバス #バスターミナル #バス停 #ネガフィルム #カラーフィルム #カラーネガ #カラーネガフィルム #カラー写真

[ask-shane]

wyd if a double decker bus crashes into us and i die by your side? do you think it would it be a heavenly way to die? or would a ten ton truck that kills both of us be better? me, personally? if that happens? i think the privilege would be mine

us.

#ask-shane 🐓 #AND IF A DOUBLE DECKER BUS- #yeapples my beloved #stardew shane #stardew valley #the smiths #sdv shane #shane stardew valley #ask blog #stardew valley shane #shane sdv #unreality

[scrawnym4]

i am posting CRINGE on MAIN and youj cannot fucking stop me i am a satellite im out of control

#self ship #self insert #oc x canon #wheatley #portal 2 #scrawnys portal art #i hope the double decker bus crashes into them

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Fifth Avenue, looking north from 50th Street, 1923.

Photo: Associated Press

#vintage New York #1920s #vintage NYC #Fifth Ave. #old Fifth Ave. #traffic tower #vintage cars #double-decker bus #old NYC

[requ1mearrow]

lost my mind, conjured this up you're all welcome

editing and singing done by me

#faith: the unholy trinity #faith #ftut #faith the unholy trinity #father john ward #john ward #gary miller #airdorf games #faith airdorf #airdorf #new bloods #and if a double decker bus crashes into us #the smiths #my stuff #cursed

[vox-anglosphere]

A snowy commute in London as bus models were changing c. 1997

#Central London #winter #double decker #black cabs #1990's #St Paul's Cathedral #London omnibus #new bus fleet #snowy

[mothfrye]

what if the legend of zelda bus

crashes into us

#legend of zelda #its a double decker bus aswell #loz totk

[fluffysymphony]

New cookie alert!! Wee woo wee woo!! New cookie alert!!

I love Slushy very dearly already and I have only known for 12 hours but already I absolutely adore her design and I can’t wait to see her story in the update!! Surely I don’t take matters into my own hands for some silly… uh…

So… For those who want context: Their name is Yumberry Dragon Cookie and I have never posted about them till now and they had an adopted daughter that was practically identical to Blue Slushy??

So screw it that’s their daughter now- the specifics of their story is going to change when the update drops but till then!!

Family!!!

#cookie run #cookie run ovenbreak #Blue Slushy Cookie #Yumberry Dragon Cookie #It was JUST a coincidence! And I was FLABBERGASTED?? #The update video really hit me like a double decker bus #I have receipts of an old discord message from months ago with the OG images #They look WAY too similar at this point so eh what can I do :/ #Again!! I think it’s funny #I’m not upset just trying to be silly

[webdiggerxxx]

꧁★꧂

#anime #anime girl #bus #double decker bus #hong kong #flickr #oldweb #old web #2005