The Bus of Justice

Several bloggers have commented on the stigma that attaches to buses. This does not worry me because ...
Bikes transport ordinary people in Denmark and are the most common form of transportation.
Trains transport ordinary people in Seoul, South Korea and are the most common form of transportation.
Buses transport ordinary people in Tokyo, Japan are the most common form of transportation.

So buses can actually use their stigma to get funding and riders. There are a lot more ordinary people than elites. But I have been worrying about how to communicate this.

And then I was asked to get on the "bus of justice".

There have been a lot of protests happening around the country in support of working Americans, and a lot of them have used buses. Buses can bring people together and help them work together. A bus helped Linda Staple keep her home. Celebrate and promote the things that buses do for ordinary people, and we have a message that cannot be beat.

(The same goes for trains. We should not worry about whether or not rich people take trains, just celebrate the ordinary people who already do.)

Update: Bank of America went back to their old practices of losing paper work, etc., but they did eventually give Linda Staples a loan modification. As of November 2011, she has been able to pay her mortgage.