Valley Metro officials state that the changes are necessary to keep buses on schedule as ridership has increased.

And for repeat offenders, the militias keep buses at the base of the park to ferry young men and women to detention houses that hold them overnight.

Over the past 10 years, for instance, the agency has taken more than $1 billion from long-term projects to keep the trains and buses running.

Keeping enough buses on the street sometimes requires elaborate maneuvering.

The result is a daily struggle to keep enough buses in working order to cover all of the daily routes.

Chronic parts shortages keep buses sidelined for weeks.

We don't need costly studies to help us figure out how to keep buses running more smoothly.

The other is that Moses built low bridges to keep buses - ostensibly carrying black passengers - away from Jones Beach.

Keeping buses from traffic congestions, making the trips more viable for commuters.

As the protest moved on during the day we had to put in place rolling diversions to keep buses away from it.