Why the Rabbittransit buses are parked at the mall

The buses parked at the West Manchester Mall made me do a double-take as I left work one night recently.

And they'll be parked there for a couple more weeks as Rabbittransit's parking lot is upgraded.

The transit agency is using $350,000 in federal stimulus funds for the work.

Rabbittransit has been at its location on Roosevelt Avenue for 17 years now, and the blacktop was disintigrating, executive director Richard Farr said.

The upgraded parking lot will include an oil and water separator as the agency continues to go green.

The transit agency hasn't received any calls about the buses being parked at the mall, but people have been talking about it with Rabbittransit employees.

"It's a little strange - not something you see every day," Farr said.