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For years, I’ve been curious about the Asheville Rides Transit bus that’s parked every morning outside the Reuter YMCA in Biltmore Park.
I often arrive to work out about 7 a.m., and there the bus sits every morning, empty as my bank account. Seriously, I don’t think I’ve ever spotted a person on this bus, which to me makes the “Asheville Rides Transit” appellation kind of ironic.
Well, that was before they tinted all the bus windows, which honestly made me wonder if they were trying to hide that no one rides the buses…