Beth Golay rides the bus with an old college friend and long-time neighbor on Route 21, which passes through Wichita State’s campus.

Beth Golay meets a stranger on the bus who, as it turns out, isn’t really a stranger.

Beth Golay has ridden the bus for more than two years, recording conversations with fellow riders. They’ve talked about everything from love to music to life to the weather. In this month's En Route, Beth discovers that sometimes the best conversations require a good listener.

Eleaser Ewans is a fairly new driver with Wichita Transit. But a bus isn’t the biggest thing she’s driven. Beth Golay talked with Ewans about her transition from trucker to bus driver for this month’s En Route.

Beth Golay has captured conversations on the bus for more than two years. Some riders she sees during her regular commute .. others are chance encounters. In this month’s En Route, Beth recalls one of the “chance encounters,” when she waited for Route 26 with Ronald Fleming.

Look east from the Wichita Transit Center and you’ll see something rare: a grocery store in downtown Wichita.