It looks like they're all hoping the bus doors will stop right in front of them. I might be wrong, but I think some of them have passed the bike lane, because the bus is holding for red light. Then obviously they'll spread out because it's always a lottery where the bus doors will stop. Well, that's what I used to think..
I used to ride the bus every day, and every single day this woman would be there at the bus stop, waiting for the same bus as me. Every day. Nothing weird about that, but I can't say the same about her. She was very weird. The bus would come, and it would almost every time hold for red light. While it waited for the green light, the woman and I would cross the bike lane and wait on the other side. I would often be miles away from the bus door, when the bus came and stopped. But not her. Every single day, she would cross the bike lane and stand exactly where the bus doors would land. It was crazy. First I thought it was just pure luck, but then I started to notice she wouldn't be standing at the same place every time, yet the bus doors would come to her as she knew, and I was so confused how she could know, but she did. And I started to stand next to her. It was amazing. I was so impressed about how she knew where the doors would be every time, and I really wanted to ask her, but for some reason I never did. I suppose I was speechless, just witnessing her unnatural superhuman powers in silence. This went on for a year, but one day, the bus came, stopped for a red light, like it usually did. And this day the woman went further down the street before she crossed, than she has ever done. But I followed her anyways, because I trusted her. She's been far down the street before, and she was always right. Then green light. The bus came. But the woman kept walking! I started to worry, but I kept following closely behind her. Then the bus stopped. Fuck, it was nowhere near us, she had failed. Then the most confusing thing ever; she crossed the street. And that was it. I missed the bus, and she was gone. I never saw her again.