DATA | Durham Bus System (13 images)

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Photos of DATA, the Durham, NC bus system.
  • A man waits with his groceries for the number two D.A.T.A. bus outside of Los Primos supermarket at the corner of Main Street and Alston Avenue in Durham.


  • A man waits for the number six D.A.T.A. bus under the shade of a tree outside of the Duke Medical Center on Erwin Rd. in Durham.

  • Christina Lucas reaches for a keypad to type in her position while driving the number ten route near New Hope Commons. The condition of the buses and their dated equipment is appalling to Lucas, who was a bus driver in Grand Rapids, Michigan, before moving to Durham last year.

  • A group of D.A.T.A. riders, including Harold Williamson, center, waits for the number two bus to show, fifteen minutes after it was supposed to arrive at the new Durham Station Transportation Center.

  • Glenn Permar, left, and Joe Kreger, who are both blind, ride the number one D.A.T.A. bus on their way home from work at L.C. Industries. "The new terminal design makes it easy to navigate and I don't have ask anyone where to go now," said Kreger.

  • The lack of functioning ramps on D.A.T.A. buses sometimes means Joseph Emory must wait for another a bus comes along with one that works.

  • While waiting for a bus to take him to work at McDonald's, Joe Hamm, takes a rest inside the Durham Station Transportation Center.

  • Three-year-old Lakei Web rides the number seven D.A.T.A. bus with his parents Kerria Massenburg and Cliff on the way to The Streets at Southpoint mall.

  • Yolanda and Anthony makes eyes with one another while waiting for the number four D.A.T.A. bust at the Durham Station Transportation Center.

  • A traffic jam holds up the number seven bus on its way back from the Streets At Southpoint.

  • Shopping carts are substituted for benches as a group waits for the number ten D.A.T.A. bus outside of K-Mart along University Drive in Durham.

  • A hat left behind at the Durham Station Transportation Center.