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.