of how the reuse of these vehicles relates to personal mobility, urban form, global sustainability, and environmental justice. “When possible, I sit towards the back
of the buses I ride, primarily to minimize the number of people who see me take out my camera when I photograph the surroundings,” wrote Stewart in a recent posting on his blog site. “On the King’s Park bus the other day, sitting in the back also led to a refreshing surprise.” While traveling near the University of
Belize, the bus he was riding stopped for a woman who was pushing a handcart load- ed with a cooler. Instead of making her way to the side door to board, she opened the emergency exit door in the back, and a boy who was sitting near the door got out and tried to help her load the cooler. After seeing they were having a problem getting the handcart around the spare tire
in the aisle at the back of the bus, Stewart helped them maneuver it. At her stop, the lady asked for help to unload the cooler, to which Stewart obliged. His reward was a cool seaweed shake made of condensed milk and cinnamon thickened by the car- rageenan from blended seaweed. “I wanted to be polite, so I took one of the
small unlabeled bottles filled with a thick, white drink. I tried it and found it enjoy- able; I can understand why the drink, which reminded me of a thick horchata, is a local favorite in the tropical heat,” said Stewart. After traveling all over Belize, Guate-
mala, El Salvador, and Honduras, Stewart, who is destined for grad school at MIT next year, has settled down in Mana- gua, Nicaragua, for a month to take some classes. You can keep up with his travels at
ansoncfit.com/tags/stn and
www.stnonline.com.
Left: a nson Stewart’s planned “bus route” will take him through Central america, into South america and will end in a frica.
r ight: Anson Stewart will follow the migration of American school buses and will report for STN on how they are being employed in other countries.
MORE TO COME
Stay tuned for articles on how other countries view school bus services and how the safety and security of the children they serve is as important as it is for transportation departments across the U.S. If you have photos and information on school bus services in other countries, please contact Senior Editor Stephane Babcock at
stephane@stnonline.com.
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