En Route

In our first episode of The Range, we included a segment called En Route. Once a month Beth Golay and Hugo Phan would ride the many routes of Wichita Transit to bring us stories of “the people who live here.” On this final edition of the segment, Beth Golay recalls some of the people we met along the way.

On this month's "En Route," we talk with a Wichita Transit rider on a mission to secure Christmas presents for her children.

We ride the bus with a Wichita State student who is passionate about the weather on this month's "En Route."

For this month's En Route, Hugo Phan talks with a Wichita man whose taking the bus to his first day on the job.

A veteran shares some tips on riding Wichita Transit.

For this month's En Route, Hugo Phan rides the bus with the new director of Wichita Transit.

For this month's En Route, Hugo Phan talks to a Wichita Transit rider who is working to get his way back home.

On this month's En Route, Hugo Phan talks with a personal trainer about the changes coming to Wichita Transit.

For this month's En Route, Hugo Phan talks with a transit rider about what the location of the new biomedical campus will mean for bus passengers.

For this month's En Route, we talk with a Wichita bus rider who hopes to inspire change in the lives of others.

WSU Student Ricardo Castillo hopes to knit his way into his girlfriend's heart on Valentine's Day.

On this month's En Route, we talk with a new student who's using the bus to help pursue his education.

After a year of riding the bus, Wichita Transit passenger Tiffany shares her thoughts on how to improve the city's system.

Veteran transit rider Cece Shepard has a few notes on how to improve the city's bus service.

We get a few inside Pokemon tips as we ride Route 21.

We go En Route with a Wichita Transit supervisor who's teaching new drivers the rules of the road.

We got a little financial advice while we waited for the bus.

En Route noticed a man riding the bus with a book on chess and decided to make the first move.

Beth Golay and Hugo Phan talked to Jessica Brewer on Route 14 for this month's En Route.

On this month's En Route Beth Golay waits for the bus with a dancer.

This month on Route 28, Beth Golay met a group of case workers from the International Rescue Committee who ride the bus in order to teach refugees how to use public transit.

For this month's En Route, Beth Golay sat down with Wichita Transit director, Mike Tann to find out the system redesign means for Wichita and its transit riders.

Today Beth Golay rides Route 13 with street preacher, Ricky Todd Jr.

Today Beth Golay waits for Route 12 with WSU international student, Nikhil Chilaka.

Today Beth Golay rides Route 14 with Shaquan Titchenor.

Today Beth Golay rides Route 26 with Kansas Air National Guard veteran Tracy Daniel.

A Wichita woman rides the bus and thinks about the day that changed her life.

For her En Route series, Beth Golay normally shares conversations she records while riding Wichita Transit. This month, the conversation took place at the downtown Transit Center, where riders were waiting for buses to arrive ... and trying to escape the heat.

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.