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    The Dao of Doug 2: The Art of Driving a Bus: Keeping Zen In San Francisco Transit: A Line Trainer's Guide: Dao of Doug, #2
    The Trolleybus of Happy Destiny: Dao of Doug, #3
    The Dao of Doug: The Art of Driving a Bus: Finding Zen in San Francisco Transit: A Bus Driver's Perspective: Dao of Doug, #1
    Ebook series4 titles

    Dao of Doug Series

    By Douglas Meriwether

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    About this series

    Take a ride in a San Francisco Trolleybus to the Painted Ladies and the Ferry Plaza with Driver Doug, a 21 year transit operator. Doug enjoys giving directions to get around the city in public transportation, and shares stories and tips on taking MUNI when you visit.*

    *Editor's Note:  Since the writing of this book, in June of 2018, our nation, our world, experienced a pandemic which radically changed the nature of public transit in large urban areas such as San Francisco. Commercial real estate, with its large downtown buildings upon whom our city dwellers clocked-in from nine to five, created strong demand during peak times. What we call rush hour in San Francisco which is earlier, from five to two or six to three to match New York financial market times, made for a long four hour comings and goings to downtown that came to become ghost town conditions.

    I guess, in a way, it was a dream come true for this, now retired, bus driver.  I put in for my retirement exit with the city on February 13, 2020, one month before the shit hit the fan with Covid. I had an intuitive sense to retire at age sixty-two and not wait until sixty-seven, for social security. I just made the paperwork deadline before my sixty-second birthday in June of 2020. But this means I had from March, April, May, and June to ride with my mask on and work about two days a week on a reduced schedule.

    The miracle was, for the first time in my twenty-two calendar years of work as a transit operator, I could keep to the schedule and have enough recovery time to compose myself and the end of the line on each trip! All the ride share and tour bus shuttle conflict to Silicon Valley was gone. Fights over the front seats were gone. Traffic was light, and the stress of driving the bus was reduced. My point is: this is a great time to get in to the job. I still don't say career, because I don't think most of us who work or have worked, for the Department of Transportation, consider bus driver as a career—but it could be considered as such. If you want it.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDouglas Meriwether
    Release dateJul 9, 2018
    The Dao of Doug 2: The Art of Driving a Bus: Keeping Zen In San Francisco Transit: A Line Trainer's Guide: Dao of Doug, #2
    The Trolleybus of Happy Destiny: Dao of Doug, #3
    The Dao of Doug: The Art of Driving a Bus: Finding Zen in San Francisco Transit: A Bus Driver's Perspective: Dao of Doug, #1

    Titles in the series (4)

    • 1

      The Dao of Doug: The Art of Driving a Bus: Finding Zen in San Francisco Transit: A Bus Driver's Perspective: Dao of Doug, #1
      The Dao of Doug: The Art of Driving a Bus: Finding Zen in San Francisco Transit: A Bus Driver's Perspective: Dao of Doug, #1

      The Dao of Doug: The Art of Driving a Bus: Finding Zen in San Francisco Transit: A Bus Driver's Perspective: Dao of Doug, #1

      Douglas Meriwether
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      Know where to stand and how to make timed transfers when taking public transportation in San Francisco. Driver Doug has 19 years as a transit operator for the SFMTA and this book speeds up the learning curve on how to ride a trolleybus in San Francisco: Doug gives his experience in anecdotal essays about a bus driver's view from behind the wheel.

      Know where to stand and how to make timed transfers when taking public transportation in San Francisco. Driver Doug has 19 years as a transit operator for the SFMTA and this book speeds up the learning curve on how to ride a trolleybus in San Francisco: Doug gives his experience in anecdotal essays about a bus driver's view from behind the wheel.

    • 2

      The Dao of Doug 2: The Art of Driving a Bus: Keeping Zen In San Francisco Transit: A Line Trainer's Guide: Dao of Doug, #2
      The Dao of Doug 2: The Art of Driving a Bus: Keeping Zen In San Francisco Transit: A Line Trainer's Guide: Dao of Doug, #2

      The Dao of Doug 2: The Art of Driving a Bus: Keeping Zen In San Francisco Transit: A Line Trainer's Guide: Dao of Doug, #2

      Douglas Meriwether
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      Inside the Heart of an SF Trolley Man: A Line Trainer's Guide Douglas Meriwether follows up his 2013 book with this revised second installment: SAN FRANCISCO — For many first-time San Franciscan commuters and transit riders, navigating and riding the bustling transit system can be both intimidating and confusing, but transit operator Driver Doug knows how to keep a Zen mind while riding the overhead in an electric trolley coach. In his second of the 'Dao of Doug' series book, "The Dao of Doug 2: The Art of Driving A Bus: Keeping Zen in San Francisco Transit: A Line Trainer's Guide", the follow-up to his 2013 book, Driver Doug guides readers around San Francisco, offering advice for getting around the city and keeping the ride in time with the beats of the traffic flow. Knowing the difference between island and curb stops on Market Street, and Avenues v. Streets, can make a big difference in time, and where you end up! Readers are in the driver's seat as Driver Doug takes them through a typical day as a transit operator of a hybrid electric trolley coach. He describes the operator's duties and the typical transit passenger rush that he witnesses and addresses potential problems such as overcrowded cars, lost tourists and transit malfunctions to help riders deal with such hassles. Also are golden clues about running time, recovery time, headway time, and leaving times. With his book, Driver Doug provides both a humorous and enlightening view of a transit operator's daily life. He hopes it will educate and entertain readers. About the Author: Driver Doug has been with the San Francisco railway for 19 years and is a transit operator at the Presidio Division. He drives the New Flyer trolley coach down Union Street during the afternoon commute. He previously published "The Dao of Doug: The Art of Driving a Bus or Finding Zen in San Francisco Transit." More information can be found at www.daoofdoug.com

      Inside the Heart of an SF Trolley Man: A Line Trainer's Guide Douglas Meriwether follows up his 2013 book with this revised second installment: SAN FRANCISCO — For many first-time San Franciscan commuters and transit riders, navigating and riding the bustling transit system can be both intimidating and confusing, but transit operator Driver Doug knows how to keep a Zen mind while riding the overhead in an electric trolley coach. In his second of the 'Dao of Doug' series book, "The Dao of Doug 2: The Art of Driving A Bus: Keeping Zen in San Francisco Transit: A Line Trainer's Guide", the follow-up to his 2013 book, Driver Doug guides readers around San Francisco, offering advice for getting around the city and keeping the ride in time with the beats of the traffic flow. Knowing the difference between island and curb stops on Market Street, and Avenues v. Streets, can make a big difference in time, and where you end up! Readers are in the driver's seat as Driver Doug takes them through a typical day as a transit operator of a hybrid electric trolley coach. He describes the operator's duties and the typical transit passenger rush that he witnesses and addresses potential problems such as overcrowded cars, lost tourists and transit malfunctions to help riders deal with such hassles. Also are golden clues about running time, recovery time, headway time, and leaving times. With his book, Driver Doug provides both a humorous and enlightening view of a transit operator's daily life. He hopes it will educate and entertain readers. About the Author: Driver Doug has been with the San Francisco railway for 19 years and is a transit operator at the Presidio Division. He drives the New Flyer trolley coach down Union Street during the afternoon commute. He previously published "The Dao of Doug: The Art of Driving a Bus or Finding Zen in San Francisco Transit." More information can be found at www.daoofdoug.com

    • 3

      The Trolleybus of Happy Destiny: Dao of Doug, #3
      The Trolleybus of Happy Destiny: Dao of Doug, #3

      The Trolleybus of Happy Destiny: Dao of Doug, #3

      Douglas Meriwether
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      I am inspired by all who take the bus to work, to play, to get around this exciting city. Students, businesswomen, tourists: all walks and wheels who enter and exit the bus towards their next destination. Here is an answer to the request I get often, "Driver Doug you should write a book!" Get inside the Trolleybus of Happy Destiny and open a page, a chapter, and see what life is like behind the wheel as a Transit Operator in the City that Knows How: San Francisco!

      I am inspired by all who take the bus to work, to play, to get around this exciting city. Students, businesswomen, tourists: all walks and wheels who enter and exit the bus towards their next destination. Here is an answer to the request I get often, "Driver Doug you should write a book!" Get inside the Trolleybus of Happy Destiny and open a page, a chapter, and see what life is like behind the wheel as a Transit Operator in the City that Knows How: San Francisco!

    • 3

      The Trolleybus of Happy Destiny: Dao of Doug, #3
      The Trolleybus of Happy Destiny: Dao of Doug, #3

      The Trolleybus of Happy Destiny: Dao of Doug, #3

      Douglas Meriwether
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      Take a ride in a San Francisco Trolleybus to the Painted Ladies and the Ferry Plaza with Driver Doug, a 21 year transit operator. Doug enjoys giving directions to get around the city in public transportation, and shares stories and tips on taking MUNI when you visit.* *Editor's Note:  Since the writing of this book, in June of 2018, our nation, our world, experienced a pandemic which radically changed the nature of public transit in large urban areas such as San Francisco. Commercial real estate, with its large downtown buildings upon whom our city dwellers clocked-in from nine to five, created strong demand during peak times. What we call rush hour in San Francisco which is earlier, from five to two or six to three to match New York financial market times, made for a long four hour comings and goings to downtown that came to become ghost town conditions. I guess, in a way, it was a dream come true for this, now retired, bus driver.  I put in for my retirement exit with the city on February 13, 2020, one month before the shit hit the fan with Covid. I had an intuitive sense to retire at age sixty-two and not wait until sixty-seven, for social security. I just made the paperwork deadline before my sixty-second birthday in June of 2020. But this means I had from March, April, May, and June to ride with my mask on and work about two days a week on a reduced schedule. The miracle was, for the first time in my twenty-two calendar years of work as a transit operator, I could keep to the schedule and have enough recovery time to compose myself and the end of the line on each trip! All the ride share and tour bus shuttle conflict to Silicon Valley was gone. Fights over the front seats were gone. Traffic was light, and the stress of driving the bus was reduced. My point is: this is a great time to get in to the job. I still don't say career, because I don't think most of us who work or have worked, for the Department of Transportation, consider bus driver as a career—but it could be considered as such. If you want it.

      Take a ride in a San Francisco Trolleybus to the Painted Ladies and the Ferry Plaza with Driver Doug, a 21 year transit operator. Doug enjoys giving directions to get around the city in public transportation, and shares stories and tips on taking MUNI when you visit.* *Editor's Note:  Since the writing of this book, in June of 2018, our nation, our world, experienced a pandemic which radically changed the nature of public transit in large urban areas such as San Francisco. Commercial real estate, with its large downtown buildings upon whom our city dwellers clocked-in from nine to five, created strong demand during peak times. What we call rush hour in San Francisco which is earlier, from five to two or six to three to match New York financial market times, made for a long four hour comings and goings to downtown that came to become ghost town conditions. I guess, in a way, it was a dream come true for this, now retired, bus driver.  I put in for my retirement exit with the city on February 13, 2020, one month before the shit hit the fan with Covid. I had an intuitive sense to retire at age sixty-two and not wait until sixty-seven, for social security. I just made the paperwork deadline before my sixty-second birthday in June of 2020. But this means I had from March, April, May, and June to ride with my mask on and work about two days a week on a reduced schedule. The miracle was, for the first time in my twenty-two calendar years of work as a transit operator, I could keep to the schedule and have enough recovery time to compose myself and the end of the line on each trip! All the ride share and tour bus shuttle conflict to Silicon Valley was gone. Fights over the front seats were gone. Traffic was light, and the stress of driving the bus was reduced. My point is: this is a great time to get in to the job. I still don't say career, because I don't think most of us who work or have worked, for the Department of Transportation, consider bus driver as a career—but it could be considered as such. If you want it.

    Author

    Douglas Meriwether

    Driver Doug is a 29 year resident of the city by the bay, and has been a transit operator for the San Francisco Municipal Railway for almost 20 years. His current run is on the 21 Hayes trolleybus line from the Ferry Plaza to Golden Gate Park. His interests include photography and writing, and this latest essay, The Trolleybus of Happy Destiny, is a composition including anecdotes and photo illustrations from his experience behind the wheel of a city transit bus.

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