Hello, Commuter!

If you're reading this, it's likely for one of two reasons:

* You're a good commuter, looking for the Commuter Yellow Card to hand out and enlighten your fellow passengers
* You're a bad commuter, who have received one of the aforementioned cards, and now need to take a few lessons

As a daily commuter I recently reach the point where I felt I'd either snap like Michael Douglas in Falling Down, or try do my part in making the daily commute just a little bit more bearable. I noticed that I frequently came across people who could be categories into one or several aspects of being an A.S.S, that is: *Agressive, Selfish, or Smelly.

The following lessons highlights common scenarios and how to better manage them to make everyones commute more pleasant. When you study the material, you might think it's all commons sense, but time and again it has been proven; many commuters lack common sense and need direction for seemingly simple tasks such as how to properly enter a carriage.

Enjoy the journey,
Your fellow commuter

PS. Use the buttons below to navigate the lessons

1) Entering a train or a bus

The key to successfully enter a train or a bus, is to simply first let other passengers off the vehicle. Stand on either side of the door. Wait until almost everyone has left the carriage or bus. Advanced commuters will stand in the opposing side of the walking direction.

2) Letting people on a carriage

Remember how badly you just wanted to enter the carriage? This move is basically an inverted version of lesson 1. Key to success is to avoid the second A (of being an A.S.S), ergo being Selfish.

3) Love is in the air

Commuting is a lot about skillfully maneuver through small spaces. Love is a wonderful thing, but if you're walking hand-in-hand in a leasurly pace through the underground tunnels or walking path, please allow other stressed commuters to easily pass by. The same applies to people with excessive luggage, bags, or anything else that blocks the path.

4) Take it easy

The worst offendor of the A.S.S methodology is the Aggressor. While selfish and Smelly people can be tolerated (to a certain degree), no-one should have to fear for their safety during their commute. If you're having issues with crowds, take a cab or walk to work (while slowly repeating to yourself "I'm a happy person" until you believe it).

5) What's that smell?

It's allright to enjoy a small snack on the tube, but please pick something that doesn't smell. If you've been going for a run, perhaps consider taking a shower before entering the bus. And finally remember - the deodorant is your friend.

Congrats, you've completed the course! Now what?

Help improve everyones daily commute by contributing to this project. You can do so in one of two ways:

1) Print out some yellow cards below and start sharing them with your fellow commuters, and spread the word across Twitter and Facebook

2) As you can see from the first few slides, we're no star designers. We need your help to illustrate different situations with images or video, so join the facebook group and start producing! The best of the crop will be posted on this webpage and added to the official commuter handbook.

A couple of pointers:
* Photos and illustrations can be a maximum of 892 x 262 pixels
* Videos should preferbly be uploaded to youtube
* Images and videos uploaded to the facebook group need to be under the creative commons to be freely shared and adapted