Comments on: On the Bus in Buenos Aires

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:00:16 +0000

Hi Mark, I’m from the other side of Nashville…up in Sumner country, the small town of Portland on the Kentucky state line.

Ken – other than hearing country music on the bus, I’ve not heard it elsewhere….

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:35:04 +0000

I have a friend back in the USA who is a country music DJ. He’d really like a report on the country music “scene” in Buenos Aires. Any suggestions?
Ken

By: Mark Brown

Mark Brown — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:17:54 +0000

Jeff, I grew up in Franklin. Where are you from?

By: oscar

oscar — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:38:53 +0000

estimado señor:soy escritor de poesias,no se si llego a poeta.
Pero tengo una muy linda sobre Bs.As. que me gustaria saber si ud quiere compartir.
un abrazo
Oscar

By: Buenos Aires Blog Roundup - Week #9 | Buenos Aires Argentina Guide

Buenos Aires Blog Roundup - Week #9 | Buenos Aires Argentina Guide — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:21:31 +0000

[...] Riding the bus in Buenos Aires, when it’s not too busy, is something I usually enjoy doing. Jeff evidently thinks so too, at least enough to start a blog post series called “On the Bus in Buenos Aires“ [...]

By: Lidoro J. Sierra

Lidoro J. Sierra — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:33:18 +0000

Hola, soy Lidoro de La Plata. He visitado tu blog y me pareciò muy interesante. Te ofrezco visitar el mio, acerca de la ciudad donde vivo y que es ¿maravillosa!
Un abrazo cordial, Lidoro

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:15:36 +0000

Jerry – sure the buses are noisy and cause a lot of pollution. It´s annoying and a health risk but I have to agree with Alan that the public bus system works incredibly well otherwise. Besides walking, the buses are my primary means of transportation.

Maybe the noise and pollution will get better as the bus companies slowly upgrade their buses. I noticed just this month that there is at least one brand new 39 bus on the route…quiet and pollution-free.

Alan – glad you liked the post and thanks for the comment.

By: Alan Patrick

Alan Patrick — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:06:48 +0000

Hey jerry – I’ve never been to another place where the public bus network is so damn good – well connected, frequent, cheap, and 24 hours a day.

That alone sure as hell makes it easier to live here :)

Nice post jeff… looking forward to the rest in the series.

Alan

By: jerry

jerry — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:54:57 +0000

Ive beent to over 40 coutries, never been to one where the busses made this much pollution, roared like an airplane, up and down each street. one bus behind another. absolutely no govt. control at all. a free for all of pollution choked streets and rattling apartments. the quality of living in argentina is much lower than in some other countries for just this type of government neglect and indifference. Im sure in africa, its worse but that doesnt make it any easier to live here.

By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Argentina: On the Bus in Buenos Aires

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:31:30 +0000

[...] “This post inaugurates a new category – On the bus – an occasional series of anecdotes from travels on the city buses.” Buenos Aires-based Jeffy Barry starts the new series with tales from bus #17. David Sasaki [...]