Там и про кондукторш есть!
I am not sure how it works in the US because I never ride the public buses at home but here to pay for your bus trip you have to see the "conductrice." The conductrice is usually an older, angry looking Russian woman often times with strangely colored hair. To become a conductrice it seems you must have supernatural bus powers. All conductrices are really good at pushing people out of their way even on the most crowded buses; they don't take any flack from anyone no matter how big and intimidating they are; and they usually walk up and down the bus shouting in a louder than expected voice "who hasn't paid yet?!?" or "If you haven't paid, pay now!" When the conductrice walks by you either must pay the 20 ruble fair or let her scan your transit card (which is what I have). What amazes me the most about the conductrices is that they almost never forget who has paid and who hasn't. There can be 70 people crammed on the bus and very rarely have I ever seen a conductrice ask someone to pay who has already done so. I don't know if having someone walk around the bus asking people to pay is necessarily a good system or not, but I think I'll always be a little bit in awe of these conductrices who seem to have these astounding bus superpowers.
Я заочно люблю эту девушку Кристину из Америки. она так славно описала всю нашу русскую современную культуру) и платные пакеты, и бахилы (она их тапочками называет), и автобусы, и мороженое, и всё-всё-всё. я даже ссылку дам на это чудо: blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/kristina....