“Next Stop, Binghamton!” OurBus Trip Goes South

BAKER FLAGPOLE—As Cornell’s premier transportation service, OurBus operates dozens of routes out of Ithaca every week, nearly all of which safely reach their destinations. However, one routine trip originally scheduled for Rochester quickly turned south when the bus made a left on State Street. 

“I sensed something was wrong as soon as we started moving, but it wasn’t until later that things really started going downhill” recalled Amanda Parker ‘27. Other passengers corroborated that they developed a sinking feeling shortly after the bus reached the top of a nearby mountain. 

After several hours, riders groaned as Binghamton’s iconic smokestack-ridden skyline appeared through the smog. Despair and noxious fumes filled the bus. “We reached the off-ramp and it felt like we entered a downward spiral,” Michael Watson ‘26 lamented

The bus driver denied any wrongdoing in the incident. “Maybe I made a wrong turn, maybe I didn’t, whatever. I was going to get us to Rochester eventually, but my plan fell apart,” said tenured driver Connor Hart. “So a few of the wheels came off. How is that my fault?”

In a statement to the affected passengers, OurBus executives acknowledged that the company had “moved in the wrong direction.”

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