1.   Although officials say most MTA bus riders do not own cars, radio traffic reporters cited heavier traffic, especially in the inner city.

2.   And public ire will grow if millions of bus riders cannot get to work and school next week.

3.   And many bus riders seem to prefer tokens and coins, either out of convenience, old habits or a desire to pay one fare at a time.

4.   Angry bus riders are attempting to keep the bus route from being scrapped, arguing that it is less expensive and more reliable than BART.

5.   As usual, millions of motorists will be filling the highways, and they will be joined by hundreds of thousands of bus riders.

6.   A bus rider slashes the throat of a driver.

7.   A police officer accompanying the bus riders got off to assist those involved in the accident.

8.   Bus riders in Stark County are nearly invisible to the suburban eye, although employers and mall shoppers rely on them.

9.   Bus riders are not too hopeful.

10.   Bus riders should arrive at least an hour early to check in, Parsley said.