Getting around Reykjavík: The city bus system  Yesterday I spent
11 hours and 25 minutes sitting on a bus counting passengers so
it’s only natural that today I write a post about the Reykjavík
City bus system. The Reykjavík City buses have been getting a
lot of heat lately for terrible service but it’s hard to know
whether the service is bad because no one uses the buses or
whether no one uses the buses because the service is bad.   The
basics  A photo of bus number 14  The city buses in Reykjavík
are yellow. The Icelandic word for them is strætó, which is
short for strætisvagn (street car). They are the only form of
public transport  in the city, if you don’t count the taxis, and
there have never been any plans to add a tram or a metro system.
The same company operates all the buses, Strætó BS, and  it’s
owned by the city and the 6 municipalities surrounding it.   The
fares  In 2011, a single fare is 350 ISK for adults and children
over 6 years of age.  The bus driver cannot give change and they
don’t accept