Sensationalist reports like this rankle me because they are not based on any facts. They make for eye-catching news while further degrading the perceptions of public transit. They are allegations. Where are the bugs? Are the bites from bed bugs or the thousands of other biting insects of summer?

Why doesn't WXYZ take their high paid investigative team and actually find bed bugs on a bus or buses with a professional pest expert and show us the bugs? You know - some actual evidence.

As for the drivers, I don't know of anyone else who sits in the bus drivers' seats than bus drivers, so my investigative team would start with that seat.

I also think they would more likely find lice that bedbugs who actually live on their hosts than bed bugs who visit them for lunch.

If they want to run with this, a better candidate would be those movie theaters with fabric head rest chairs rather than the less porous vinyl bus seating.

"You are entitled to your opinion. You are not entitled to the facts."