Bars if I have to, but I feel like I look cooler if I don't hold onto anything, so I often try doing that and just balancing.

(I know I don't, you don't have to remind me that)

Bars. They don't move (usually).

Now look, I'm not a bus commuter, but I've been riding buses all over Europe and beyond, and I immediately just hold onto anything that's in reach.

As a matter of fact, as long as there's not a visibly old/pregnant/disabled/etc person around, I'll make sure getting a seat no matter what and something to hold onto.

At this point I'm quite certain there's a secret society of bus drivers with chapters all over the world, and their motto is "drive like there's no tomorrow" and they all have "NO FUTURE" tattoed in huge black capital letters on their chests.

depends. if I can use one of the vertical bars, going from the floor to the ceiling, I do that. but there's a lot of space between them (not every seat) and I'm a short person. I can reach the loop, I can't reach the handrail the hang from. so if the bus is crowded, I'll wind up on a loop.

luckily, I get on my current daily commute early enough to grab a seat most days, but a previous job had me hanging from the loop every day.

sometimes I use the ceiling as the handle when it's too crowded

I don't like to use the handles. They are so high up that it get's uncomfortable and when I pull down to stabilize, my Fingers usually get squished. Most of the times when I use the handles, blood starts to leave my arm. Maybe the handles in my buses just really suck but I always use the bars or anything else to stabilize.

I usually use bars since loop handles in my city aren’t well maintained or durable and they break easily. Yes you read that right.

I'm not sure I've seen any buses in the UK with handles, they only have bars. So bars.

Just an informal poll for commuters to shake up the community feel a bit... sparked this morning being on a crowded bus. On my bus, it was about 4 people holding bars per person holding a loop.

To quote a rapper, "bars."

I'm too top-heavy to have the thing connecting me to the thing that changes my inertia also be moving.

Bars, because sometimes you’re not 100% certain you don’t have a tiny wet spot under your white shirt arm pit…

But if did not sweat, I kinda like the hooks, it’s just that it can be a kind of a bet.

Bars. I don't feel safe with the handlers.

I use bars. I feel like they are easier to clean since you just have to wipe them down.

Handles, if it's not too crowded, otherwise bars

I use bars more than handles. It's usually the quickest thing to grab a hold of

Bars, because I live in a third world country with subpar and barely maintained public transport handles aren't even an option. I suspected what handlers are but I actually had to look them up just to be sure.

I don't live where the busses are regularly so full you have to stand, so no. I just take a seat and relax.

When I was in NYC, I didn't touch anything on the bus or subway when I used them. I kept my hands in my pocket cuz everything there was icky.

I usually hold the bars, as they're fixed and and I can imagine easier to clean. There were seats today though so I sat down 🤪

I only really hold the handles if the bus is absolutely packed, and the wheelchair area is already full of standing passengers