Therefore a simple journey from the East to the West of the island could involve several bus transfers, and could last a few hours aboard noisy and rickety buses.

Crowded nightly and justifiably popular, this big place above the noisy bus stand area serves a mind-boggling menu of Indian, Chinese and international fare, including pizzas and pasta.

In many cities, fleets of small, modern microbuses have replaced the noisy, dirty and crowded older buses.

Gammel stopped for an arterial sign, turned left onto a wider blacktop, waited for a noisy bus to pass before continuing.

But as Caty sat on the noisy bus returning here from the performance in White Plains, she suddenly realized something.

I tend to think of my apartment, in a brownstone in Park Slope, as a comfortable place where the annoyances are relatively minor: a noisy bus stop out front, or the subway rumbling underneath every 20 minutes.

I'd forgotten how noisy a bus filled with children can be.

I would propose also focusing on noisy buses and subway trains.

"Subways and noisy buses seem to have no ill effect on the specters, who have other business on their etheric minds, it seems."

WHEN one Eastchester resident's vacation was ruined this summer by noisy buses idling outside her door, she E-mailed local government officials and gave them a piece of her mind.