In an effort to increase fares on the town’s public transit system, the BT, the transportation department has installed night club lighting and is encouraging dancing in the aisles. The new Bollywood Transit began service last week.
Bollywood Transit drivers, referred to around the office as "steering wheel artists," rap stop destinations. Bus Driver Wendy Berger, who also answers to her new transy name, Brake4no1, worked on lyrics recently before starting a noon shift:
Hand me your money, now dance to the beat.
No complainin,' booty-up to your seat.
Okay we’re full on the Club BT,
So sit your ass down -- next stop, CRC.”
BT’s
many foreign student riders, who lack cars in this country, seem puzzled by the
club theme. However, Hajji Balihaha, a Materials Engineering graduate student
from India, was enthusiastic.
"This is not Bollywood, really, but I like the beat," he said, while dancing with himself, Billy Idol style, on a BT night shift , below. "Yes, we
need more Bollywood Transits!"
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