Some additional bus manners for metro Boston:
8: Don't take the seats for elderly or disabled people if there are others available; if they're the only seats left and you're not elderly or disabled, give up your seat to those folks when they board the bus.
9. If you're able-bodied, offer your seat to anyone who's older, pregnant, disabled, or travelling with little children.
10. Take note of whether people use the back of the bus to get off instead of the front. This can speed up how long a bus has to stop.
11. Use the bell pull or push button to tell the bus driver you want to get off; if the stop is empty the bus driver might not stop there.
12. When you get on, ask the bus driver where your stop is if you're not sure. They will usually call it out for you so that you can take a seat, rather than needing to hang out at the front of the bus and impeding others' getting on quickly.
13. Take off big bags and put them at your feet if the bus is full and you have to stand, so you leave room for others to enter the bus and your bag doesn't hit other riders.
14. Don't put your bags on a seat so no one will sit next to you; everyone else has had or will have a long day, too.
15. Offer to help people with strollers, shopping carts, and big luggage to de-board the bus.
16. Check your transit authority's policies about animals, bicycles, scooters, and other big objects on the bus (and train). Some systems prohibit these, or limit the hours when you can bring them on board. Don't get left on the curb because you weren't planning ahead.
17. Don't distract the driver by trying to make small talk with them; they are manuevering an unwieldy and dangerous vehicle through unpredictable cars and people, and your attempt to be friendly could make things unsafe.
18. Bus rides can be long and sweaty and hot, but people's personal heat tolerances vary-- open the window if you need it, but listen to others' request to close or open the window too.
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