Running a city route is mostly staying calm

Driving public transit looks simple from the sidewalk. Stop, open the door, close the door, move on. After a few weeks on a real route, you realize the schedule is only half the job. You are watching mirrors, curb clearance, bikes, strollers, wheelchairs, people trying to run across three lanes, and the clock at the same time. If you let one rude passenger get under your skin, the next twenty…