By Kirat Kaur
Briarpatch Magazine
November 2005
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| Yuli Chan, a member of the OTB crew, organizing on the bus |
It’s a typically dreary and rainy fall day in Vancouver. You’ve just shuttled your kids to daycare, made a trip to the grocery store, and are counting your blessings for having found a seat on the bus for the ride back home. As you sit there swaying to the rhythm of the rickety old bus, your mind is racing to think of creative ways to finish all the housework and cook dinner before heading off to work the night shift at the hospital tonight. Suddenly, your thoughts are interrupted by a flurry of activity on the bus. You look, and there are three people in bright orange t-shirts saying “Hello everyone. We’re from the Bus Riders Union and we’re here to talk to you about poor transit and fighting for transit for all.” “Hell yeah,” you think. “Sign me up for that.”
