Surprisingly busses are clean; until this past week when I noticed a bit of brown, crusty spotting on a few of the front blue seats. Unlike the subway, the seats are covered in a type of fabric. [the seats in the subway are all molded plastic]. I notice that others and myself avoid sitting on those places with ‘corduroy’. A bus is better at rush hour than a taxi. because above all other forms of traffic, the bus has the right of way. If a bus is pulling up to a stop or away from one, it is the car-truck-taxi driver that best yield. It’s the law and everyone used to City driving knows it. On some main thoroughfares such as 5th Avenue, Broadway there are restricted lanes, like HOV for busses. Time is usually well spent getting there by bus. This is valid only if you want to stay above ground.