The Dao Of Doug The Art Of Driving A Bus Or Finding Zen In San Francisco Transit A Bus Drivers Perspective

There is much to know about being a bus driver. It takes about thirty-five days to train a new employee. But as Doug points out, some skills come through experience that takes years to develop. This book contains material needed to choose your style on how to pass by the fare box and how to maintain Zen when the bus is full. “The Dao of things cannot be complete without the Dao of driving a bus. I’d ride with Doug all the way to the Himalayas just to listen to the art of his wisdom.” - David Biddle, author of Implosions of America — A Story Collection “Nice read. I like the mix of situational context and life lessons.” - Chad Upham, graduate, Art Center College of Design

“Do you have a car?” “Yes, I do, and you’re sitting in it! Today’s car number is 5481. I get a new car everyday, and I can hold up to fifty people at once! I get to take you where you want to go and get paid to do it. I don’t have to worry about parking, because it is free. I don’t have to pay for gas because this car uses free city hydroelectric power. I have a camera to send a bill to someone blocking my parking space. If there is any trouble, help can be here in three minutes. I sold my truck when I moved here and I haven’t had to pay for tires, batteries, gas, parking, or insurance. My employer is my insurance company. The money is coming in, not going out. I am kind of like the ultimate in ride share, without any carbon emission!”

I am continually inspired by those who: take the bus to work; to play; to get around this exciting city: Students, businesswomen, and tourists: all walks and wheels who enter and exit the bus towards their next destination. Here is the answer to the request I get often, “Driver Doug you should write a book!” Get inside The Trolleybus of Happy Destiny and open a page, a chapter, and see what life is like behind the wheel as a Transit Operator in the City that Knows How: San Francisco!

The urban poor living in slums are at particularly high risk from the impacts of climate change and natural hazards. This study analyzes key issues affecting their vulnerability, with evidence from a number of cities in the developing world.

Offers information on the current practices of transit agencies to reduce injuries to bus occupants during collisions and injuries to passengers while boarding, riding, and leaving the bus.

"Easy Guide to Writing "offers a fresh approach to learning sentences. It explains grammar in an easy-to-understand instruction, making the abstract concrete. This book gives readers instruction on how to write effective sentences and offers guided practice in writing complex sentences (such as sentence combining exercises). "Easy Guide to Writing "gives users a sense of how sentences work, presenting punctuation as an integral part of creating meaning. This book also includes instruction on whole discourse. "Part 1" covers the essentials of writing effective sentences: the basic sentence, dependent clauses, the punctuation that involves sentence boundaries (period, comma, semicolon), as well as the understanding of fragments and run-on sentences. "Part 2" concentrates on the words that often cause problems for basic writers: verbs, subject and verb agreement, irregular verbs, easily confused words, and pronouns. "Part 3" returns to sentence-level concerns as it highlights clarity, parallel structures, and sentence variety. "Part 4" covers capitalization and the punctuation marks not covered in Part 1. Particular attention is given to apostrophes and quotation marks. "Part 5" gives the instruction needed to write one-and two-paragraph papers and short essays. "Part 6" highlights some of the English language patterns that can be confusing for non-native speakers. This basic skills handbook/reference is geared to basic writers who struggle withsentence structure and the conventions of Standard Written English.

Presented in two parts, this book firstly introduces core considerations in ESP course development drawing on examples from a wide range of ESP and EAP courses. Secondly four case studies show how experienced ESP teachers and course developers went about developing courses to meet the needs of their particular learners.