The Most Photographed Bus Company in America Posted Sun, 30 Mar 2008

I suspect that Lamers Bus Lines, Inc. (golamers.com) may be the most disproportionately photographed bus line in America by young Internet-savvy photographers.

These photographs, and many more, are taken from Flickr:

When it comes to the most insulting bus company, however, the unfortunate typography that rendered the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority buses dangerously close to "puta" may give Lamers a run for their money in Spanish speaking communities.

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LOL this is a great post! lamers hahaha, i got the other one too (i am from mexico), great shots.
Posted by andres at Sun Mar 30 19:15:45 2008
I liked the local buses in Brevard County, FL, known as Space Coast Area Transit... yep, SCAT.
Posted by Kat at Sun Mar 30 19:33:56 2008
I am also easily amused by the "K Line" trucks, such as this one...
Posted by Kat at Sun Mar 30 19:38:31 2008
Sent in over email:
http://www.blissworld.com/category/brands/la+mer.do
Posted by Benjamin Mako Hill at Sun Mar 30 19:47:01 2008
If you want to pull down a bazillion photos from Flickr like this, use my script.

#!/usr/bin/ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'net/flickr'

flickr = Net::Flickr.new('3157869c86ca1660c87107dcb3783cb6')

flickr.photos.search('text' => 'lamers bus' ).each{|photo|
  puts photo.source_url(:large)
}
Posted by Matt Lee at Sun Mar 30 19:57:20 2008
I had many crass names for the PVTA buses when I lived in the valley, but "puta" never actually crossed my mind... good call.
Posted by James David at Sun Mar 30 20:15:45 2008
I don't believe any currently active PVTA buses have that livery anymore...at least, it doesn't look familiar to me. The newest buses use the slightly goofy purple-and-orange logotype. When is that picture from?
Posted by Evan at Sun Mar 30 23:48:51 2008
Evan: These were used when I was in the valley between 1999 and 2003. They moved to the new logo at some point between then and now.
Posted by Benjamin Mako Hill at Mon Mar 31 10:20:44 2008
http://www.fuecker-reisen.de/

Fucker bus!
Posted by Matt Lee at Mon Mar 31 22:15:28 2008
I believe you meant "spanish and portuguese".
Posted by K. Ralho at Mon Apr 7 05:17:27 2008

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