How I became a busfluencer: ‘I’ve had conversations with quirky characters, I’ve invented games and I’ve even rubbed shoulders with a former president’

I recently marked one year of commuting home from work on the bus. It was a humble event. I didn’t share it on LinkedIn under the heading ‘personal news’, I didn’t nudge the passenger beside me saying ‘guess what’, and I wasn’t awarded the Coppers Gold Card version of a Leap Card by the driver. I kept things low-key. I’m aware that there are far longer-serving veterans of public transport than me, those who have grown weary of condensation-laden windows, disappearing ghost buses...