10 ways to embrace L.A. as a bus city instead of a car city

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“I am a voyager upon the planet,” I often intone to myself, as if I were a character in a science fiction epic and not just a guy walking to the bus stop.
Whenever a bus operator lowers the ramp to let on someone who uses a wheelchair, then makes sure that that person is secure — this is a public performance of caring and kindness.
The back of the bus is also where you are most likely, once seated, to encounter a passenger rolling a blunt.
(Ryan Johnson / For The Times) ADAPT WHEN YOU’RE ANNOYED I bring a book and, especially, headphones for when I need to offset the one thing I really do not like about riding the bus, which is when somebody is talking on their phone or playing their music too loud.