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Nic works with kids in the juvenile detention system. “Public transportation for me is just more relaxing than driving. You just get on the bus and listen to music or read, and it’s just less stressful than driving. I love the MetroRapid, which is a really cool program since it goes up main thoroughfares, and it’s really fast. I also like the double buses because there’s a lot of room to spread out. I kind of like more personal space, I guess, so that’s my preferred way.”

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“When I think about how we form relationships, it’s just humbling. It’s like, if I had not met this person who introduced me to this other person, who introduced me to yet another person, I would not be where I am today. The implications are just trippy. Just being kind to someone can have huge ripple effects that you may never know about.”

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“I used to work downtown. It didn't make any sense to me to drive down there and spend $100 a month parking my car. You get stressed out driving there, your car lives in a concrete block for eight hours a day, and then you get stressed out driving back. Don’t have to worry about that when I ride the bus. And I get to interact with people, do my own thing, whatever. I can do anything I want to – get to work and not have to drive a single mile.”

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“Taking the bus is really just an economics thing for me. It'd be nice to say it’s this big altruistic thing, where I'm doing it for the environment or whatever, but I save a lot each month just by taking the MetroRapid every day. Plus, I'm less stressed when I get to work, which is also a big help for me and my marriage.”

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I am a theoretical physicist studying the quantum vacuum using the most powerful lasers in the world. The Texas Petawatt Laser at UT is currently able to pack the most energy into the smallest space and time of any laser in the US and Europe, and that means it creates the strongest electric and magnetic fields on Earth. The fields are so strong, they modify the quantum vacuum to help study the relationship between matter and vacuum. With our ongoing work, we will also be able to study and do experiments relevant to mysterious gravitational effects on the quantum vacuum, such as Hawking radiation.” His latest discovery? Austin’s mass transit system is an asset to his daily commute. 

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Carrie is a graduate student at the University of Texas with a focus in art education. She spent time in Japan where the mass transit system is a must to get around. So she feels at home catching a bus on her way to help kids learn more about technology and the educational influence it can have. “I'd like to work with teens. I think it is a confusing but opportunistic age where they are figuring out where they fit, and what they want to do or be in this world. I want to be a guide and reveal how art can encourage their creative endeavors, or simply provide an outlet to the worries they might be facing.”