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Having grown up
riding the streetcars, electric trolleys and buses in
I applied as soon as
I was old enough and was hired one month after my 21st birthday,
September 1970. I loved driving the bus, no power steering but some had
air-conditioning. We had 2-minute headways, so you had to stay right on
schedule. We had flyers, express service, zones and pay as you get off
service, so there was lots to do. I made just over a
dollar an hour and we charged a quarter to ride plus a nickel for the
transfer. After a little more
than a year, Cincinnati Transit started to cut back service. Drivers
were being laid off and Atlanta Transit was hiring. Under a special
agreement, a group of us applied to Atlanta Transit and were accepted. I
moved to
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