BUSESSSS

>>972389
these buses remind me of the french porn stars who make their videos on

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>>972394
That baneposting scene was also shot in one.

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>>972389
vrrrrrrRRRRRROOOOMM
-------- tsss tssssssst drdrdrddrrr tsssst vvvrrrrrrrRRRRRRROOOOOOMMMM
tsssssssst tsssst
vrooo vrooo vroooo VROOOOOOOOOOMMMMMNNNNNNNNNHHHNHNHNNHNHN OOOOOOEEEEEEE

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nnnnnnnnuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggggggg

trolleybus is best bus

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>>972461
the best trolleybus sound I know has this cute bastard Škoda-Sanos 200Tr
unfortunately only 3 of them are surviving as museum vehicles, it was a pretty rare vehicle even back then, only 77 produced in 1980's. They were probably the most common in Zlín and Bratislava and Sarajevo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKCJ4-JjpG8

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>>972389
listen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO1LWyu04X8
pure sex

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>tfw you are autistic enough to miss the sound of ZF and voith gearboxes in older busses

I want my MAN SL 202 back.

Pic related also SL 202.

>>972465
>123 bus route
Fuck that bus route and everything it stands for.
One of the worst routes I have ever been on (and the one I have to take most regularly)

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>>972486
They had brand new Wright Geminis on the 123, then decided to replace them with 16 year old ALX400s. I don't understand what Arriva is doing.

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>>972491
They're not spending money on buses that go through some of the shittier areas of London, that's what Arriva is doing.

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>>972493
Fair enough to be honest. After all, this was a 123 or 243.

>privatize bus service
>get shitty service
>don't privatize bus service
>workers go on strike and ask for more money which in turn gets you shitty service
THE RIDE NEVER ENDS

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>>972515
London is a unique model which prevents this.
Transport for London, TfL, is a gov organisation which provides routes, stops, and rules. It then gets operating companies (First, Arriva, Metroline, etc) to bid on the route. The winner is decided on price, geography, and what other routes they operate. TfL then pays the operators their agreed amount to run the route for 2 or so years. The operator collects fares and gives them to TfL. TfL regulates signage, bus colours, announcements, ticketing, disability regs, etc. Usually the operator buys their own bus fleet, but with the new LT buses, TfL purchases them. If there is a strike, it is usually with just a single operator so only a handful of lines are ever affected.

However, the plot twist is that Arriva is wholly owned by Deutsch Bahn, so are they really private at all?

>>972482
>voith gearbox

muh nigga
voith autism united!

I don't know why I love the sound of Enviro400s from 2005-7.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39WYwl3LyU4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmosQYW8LLA

Probably my favourite bus in London

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>>972554
DEFINITION OF TRANSPORT

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>Not transport

>>972520
Sounds like the normal procedure for "liberalized EU markets" with the exception that it is only mandatory for most public railway service commissions (commuting trains).

>so are they really private at all?
They aren't private at all since they are 100% owned by the German gov, HOWEVER since the railway reformation in 1994, their mandate changed from "being part of provision with basic supply" to "become an economic and efficient company".

So while DB is acting like a private company, they are still owned by the gov.

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>>972562
Yes, Arriva is really a leech on the United Kingdom. They pay their drivers the lowest possible wages and demand a lot from them. In rural areas they profit from UK gov subsidy for unprofitable routes so Edith can get to the shops on a clapped out 6th hand Dennis Dart. The profits are then taken back to Deutschland and used on to better their own state rail network.

>>972521

>voith autism united!

MB O 405 N2, built in 1998 for Stadtwerke Bonn, phased out in 2015:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgdGpBzmW_c

MAN NL 202, built in 1993 for Rhein-Sieg Verkehrsgesellschaft Troisdorf, phased out in 2009:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyqUuL-ZtxY

MAN NG 312, built in 1998 for Wuppertaler Stadtwerke, phased out in 2014:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8clqbUOKkIU


[spoiler] probably the epitome of autism, but whatever. I'm okay with that [/spoiler]

>>972562
Is Germany a Republican wonderland? Austerity all around, government run like a business, 4th Reich etc.

>>972462
Was it intended to 'sing' or was that just an accident?

>>972520
>If there is a strike, it is usually with just a single operator so only a handful of lines are ever affected
>atomizing the working class to prevent them from organizing
Hayek would be proud.

>>972563
>and used on to better their own state rail network.
No they don't. The German railway network is a mess and DB only spends the bare minimum to keep things rolling.
DB is just all around terrible no matter where you live.

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>They have spent the taxpayers money building a pocket for me so that I don't clog the road boarding
>BUT WHO CARES AMIRITE GET ON BOARD THEY CAN WAIT

VOOOoooommm
TTTTTSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
CLACK TLAK
DIT DIIT DIT
DIT DIIIT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QULmxfhPAI
GET IN HERE FAMPAI WE ARE NOT SUFFOCATING YET
NEEDS MORE BUTT GRINDING PLEASE MOVE BACK
VVVVVRRRRRRRRRRROOOOMM
>LEAVES WITH DOORS OPEN

Please remember to report cancerous posts and posters such as >>972554, for a better /n/ for everyone.

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>>972614
>German train service
>bad

Sounds like someone's never been to America.

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>>972614
>DB has brand new ICE sets
>DB has double decker trains and infrastructure

>UK has main intercity train is built in 1970.
>UK taxes are used to pay for replacement, despite 2million+ pound salaries for operators

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>>972633
>Amtrak
>bad

Sounds like someone hasn't been on Amtrak in over a decade.

>>972635
>>DB has brand new ICE sets

Kek. They are brandnew yes, but the time it took them to get the certification by the federal railway agency(EBA) and to be approved and accepted by DB was a joke.

The EU wide tender (consider >>972520 explanation) for an additional ICE series began in 2007. In 2008 Siemens was awarded as the winner for it (only other bidder left until the end was Alstom with their offered TGV platform). First units were supposed to get into passenger service in 2011 with all units delivered until 2012. That was the plan everyone agreed on.

In reality the first two units (out of 15+2 units ordered) were delivered in 2013. They had major problems with literally everything. Slow supplier companies working for Siemens, massive problems with the on-board computer software, problems with the safety systems, new regulations by the EU and EBA, problems with the air conditioning, brakes...just to name a few. All in all, it took them an estimated 2900 changes to get them ready for testing(!) and make them conform to all up to date EU and EBA regulations. The last unit was finally assembled in 2014.

Now we have 2016, 8 of 17 units are still missing due to testing for foreign certifications in Belgium and France. The other 9 unit weren't even adjusted anymore (eventhough they are 4 currency trains) with neccessary safety systems and equipment to let them run between Germany, Belgium and France, just for the sake to get them finally running after so many delays. Also they were supposed to be able to couple and run with the predecessors class 403 and 406 (ICE 3, the father of the Siemens Velaro so to say). They also blew this, because they would have to adjust the software systems and begin with all the annoying procedures over again. Siemens and DB said that all ordered units are to be expected in service around 2017/2018, 10 years after they signed the contract!

part 1 (cont.)

>>972681
While this one is already quite a blamage for a supposed to be prestigous company, it is actually just a small part in whats wrong. Now image this kind of desaster for every damn line that is tendered for service in Germany and you might get a hint why Germans aren't pround on their railway network at all. And I really mean EVERY. GOD. DAMN. LINE. that will get a change in train sets. Only a minority of these tender contracts allow used train sets, most of them say that train sets right out of the factory are mandatory. It get's even worse, when an operated line also gets a change of its operating company. Old rolling stock will get moved to other lines if it is still fairly young (up to mid 90ies), everything else will either get parked on giant former freight yards until someone has an idea what to do with the older rolling stock (contracts are also restricting the operators on which rolling stock has to be used), probably sold (mostly eastern Europe) and not rarely scrapped after a period of time if no one is interested.

This is just a very very small summary for the new stuff. Now add to this the minimum of neccessary maintenance (air condition/electric doors anyone?), an "optimized" rail infrastructure (means also minimized to the absolute neccessary), a rising interest in commuting by the public with lesser and lesser provided money in relation to the amount of operated lines/service by the goverment.

part 2 (cont.)

>>972685
>>DB has double decker trains and infrastructure

DB sure has double decker trains, but guess what? Tender contracts are also making them obsolete and they are often getting replaced with single deck EMUs because money and bad to very bad calculations by "experts". Older double decker stock built by Schindler, DWA and Bombardier are getting moved to wherever the up to date contract allows a change of train sets to replace even older material or to raise the capacity, former GDR double decker rolling stock and the likes are going to be scrapped, where some of them are only around 25 years old.

For infrastructure, see part 2.


TL;DR: While we still do have quite a dense network of railway lines, their operation and organization is mostly bad today thanks to many reasons. Hence why the German Railway or DB (still used as a synonym eventhough they are operating on less lines/regions every year) is the paragon for unreliability in its purest form.

>>972677
Sounds like someone doesn't live outside the east coast.

>>972558
beautiful

>>972681
>>972685
>>972689
And how do you think this incompetence is funded? Isn't it kind of ironic that DB is part of massive rail and bus operators, either solely or in partnerships, whilst leaving their own operations in DE to a multitude of other companies? When it comes to rail I believe a joined up system is best for planning and coherence. Different companies simply hinder progress and suck away profits which could be reinvested. There will never be real competition on the rails. DB should focus on Deutschland, making a unified well run system that works for the benefit of people. Not saying it shouldn't make a profit either.

It seems we are playing a game of "let's run each others' transport systems for the lulz" in Europe...

>>972633
>>972677
>implying America is even relevant in a conversation on public transit
How much does it cost those tiny streetcar loops?

>>972635
>most populous country in the EU
>tiny HSR network
>traditional network that needs billions in investments (there are major lines that still use semaphores ffs)
>local networks that are run by a billion different companies that all run on a decaying network
>trains always run late
>high fares everywhere

Germans don't realise how bad their trains would be without Arriva (Deutsch Bahn) creaming off profit from the UK and elsewhere.

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vienna

>>973016
citaros are the best looking buses

>>973031
We need a double decker citaro.

>>972520
Transit workers striking pisses me off especially when they get more than decent pays, but jesus fuck that's one retarded way to have a useless middleman who is just in it for what is essentially free gib.

>>972987
>implying DB uses that money to invest in german trains, and doesn't invest everything even the gib from german government into other ventures and stockholder's profits
dohoho

>>972766
That's nothing. Check out Spain:
>40 million inhabitants in more area than Germany, very sparsely populated
>largest HSR network running mostly through nothingness, despite crumbling economy it's still being expanded
>decaying traditional network is practically devoid of trains in many areas, there's major lines with less than 4 trains A DAY
>only one daily non-HSR service between the two largest cities
>little more than half of it is electrified
>lines are still being closed
>as late as 2010 the Madrid-Bilbao main line was closed between Madrid and Burgos, it had only opened in 1968
>regional trains run up to 30, 60 sometimes even 120 minutes late
>the line running along the most populated area of the country has single track sections
there's worse things than not investing enough in your train system, it's ruining your country by investing money you don't have.

>>972598
yep it sings at acceleration

>>973031
>citaros are the best looking buses
design is ok but i am sure you can make a bus looking better.
Whats really good about that Buses is the Comfort.

>>973031
>tfw oldest citaros are already 19 years old

I feel old

>>972389
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ta8lSwPGdU

>>973197
>it's better to have a decaying husk of a network than to have a network with excess capacity
You make it sound like Germany is stable...
Both countries are swimming in debt and have incredibly precarious job markets. Germany might run at surpluses but their infrastructure is falling into a state of disrepair and the federal gov has been offloading lot of their expenditures relating to infrastructure onto lower levels of government or the private sector (which usually just makes everything worse).

Both spending massive amounts of capital on lavish HSR corridors (while neglecting more important projects) and not spending a dime in infrastructure are equally stupid policy decisions.

>>973453
>>it's better to have a decaying husk of a network than to have a network with excess capacity
I didn't say that. I said it's better to have a decaying husk of a network than a decaying husk of an economy.

>>973504
>implying the German economy is in a better shape
The rapidly eroding conditions of the lower classes really demonstrate how well things are going over there.
The whole of Europe is a shitshow. Let's not even entertain the notion that one state is anywhere near financially or socially stable at the moment.

>>974258
Time to buy another burger before McDonalds kicks you out huh amerifat WiFi leech?

>>974600
I don't know of anyone that would call a bus an automobile.

>first time I got on a bus in LONDON
>the way these fuckers drive
jesus christ

>>972685
>blamage
public disgrace; loss of face (but usually milder)

Das ist kein englische Wort, mein Freund.

>>974258
>tips fedora

>>974258
You completely missed the point. Germany can still invest in their rail system and get their shit back together. Spain can't undo the shitload of money they've wasted on useless infrastructure.

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Penang, Malaysia

Fucking love the smell of buses desu

Hong Kong buses
https://youtu.be/xNvDoLK2dDc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly0BjVzA2bU&t=4m20s

>>972465
>>972491
Ilford... What a fucking shithole...

>>972520
London United is also a subsidiary of RATP, the Parisian transit authority.

>>972561
>Sharm El Sheikh advert

>>972677
someone hasn't been on amtrack ever

>>973197

Reminds me of a story I once read on a blog:

>Both of these points were brought home to me yesterday by a conversation with a businessman friend of mine recently who regularly travels around China. Travelling even less than an hour outside major cities like Shenzhen, you feel like you can step back in time and China is still a developing economy.

>He relayed a story to me about a small town he had recently been to with about 250,000 people that had a not insignificant “international” airport and was preparing for high speed rail station. However, his final destination was a town of about 75,000 a little further up the road which also had an “international” airport that was actually larger than actual town. He says if you look the town up on Google Maps, the runway is longer than the city itself.

>He proceeded to relay the following story after questioning how on earth all this is being paid for or will pay for itself. One of the local bigwigs in the city of 75,000 in this poor part of China where subsistence farming was still common would drive around town in a new Bentley was also a major construction boss and linked to the government (I didn’t ask details). After securing money to install concrete lined rain ditches all over town, hence the new Bentley, during his last trip to this town my friend saw workmen jack hammering holes into the drainage ditches. Puzzled by this, he asked what the problem was with the ditch. Come to find out, there is no problem at all. However, by destroying what was just built is the surest way to get money to build it again. This nearly matches the old adage about increasing GDP simply by digging holes to refill them over and over again.

http://www.baldingsworld.com/2016/03/28/some-stories-and-things-to-read-on-the-chinese-economy/

>>974623
I would. Because a bus is an automobile.

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>>972459
nhmvrVHRGbrrmbrrmbrrm
zznnnngggTSHpfffzt
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>>979429
>A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load.

So, not a bus. Not a truck either, or even a large van.

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>>974600
>he doesn't know how much buses are shit on on /o/
>he doesn't understand that mass transit is /n/
>he's never seen "bus rider" used as an insult among car guys

Hmmm...

>>974600
>>>>>972558

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Meep meep meep meep ChhhkChk *Slam*
*Clunk*
Vrrrreeeeeeooowwwwwwww
Nyeeeeeeeeoooooooooo
*Clatter* *Smash* vrooooooooooooooo
Nyooooooo oooowww oowww *Shudder*
vrooowwwwwww owwww tssssssssss chhhhh *High pitched squeal*
Meep meep meep chhhhk *Slam*

repeat

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*pibip*

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Fully electric Solaris for Hannover:
https://youtu.be/PZbftanr5xE?t=1m15s

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Any Latino Americans here?
Gonna post some buses of my city, pic related. The biggest buses that we have on Concepción, frontal Mercedes engine.

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Those are used for long trips, since we don't use trains for that.
They're fucking gorgeous, and there's more models.

>>981877
>8wheels
looks cool, ride must be comfy

>>981960
10 wheels, the 3rd axle has double wheels

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>>981876
This type of bus is becoming the norm here in Sao Paulo

Mercedes nicknamed them "Superarticulated", and its 23 meters long.

It's also more comfortable than regular articulated buses since they are more stable

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>>981960
The seats are comfy too, they're pretty much reclining sofas. Pic related, they can go as low as 180 degrees of reclining, and are used for trips that take more than 12 hours mostly. But EME ( pretty much the best bus trip enterprise) uses a " Cama "( 65° angle of reclining) for 6 hour trips( Stgo - Concepción, Excellence Suite class), the buses are so amazing and clean, hell, you can even use a PS4 on the 7 seat of the 1st floor of the bus. ( Highest tier only , Excellence Suite, costs 36 USD)
>>981993
Are you the "busôlogos" from what I heard? You're lucky, since your country produces most of the buses on this entire continent.
Gonna continue on following post, shit's really weird for a 1million city, our buses are pretty much trucks with chassis and rural seats. We mostly use Mercedes ( LO 712-812-914-915-916 ), but Volkswagen and Agrale have their place too.
How's the bus system where you live, ano/n/s?

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>>982117
Going to show now pretty much something that you would NEVER see outside of Chile. Those were 6-10 buses, made by LR ( local bus manufacturer) with Atego 1016 chassis. Only lasted 1 year and were changed for normal 915 AT buses. The 1016 LR buses even had the original dashboard and interior from the truck. Something that I should say is that LR Bus' owner owns a bus route here ( 80 Las Galaxias ) so they got the buses from them directly from the factory. Now they closed for no reason, they're only making buses for Las Galaxias and in a smaller garage.
Now I want to show the other side of our bus transportation system, RICING.

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>>982119
This is the extreme ricing.
Most buses only have the rim cover and the white tape around them, and on the boot of the bus drivers put the name of their kids or some phrases like " Fuck Yourself, Your GF wants *insert bus name here with a drawing of 2 ppl fucking*, I don't have Twitter, but they follow me anyway "
There's only 2 kinds of drivers; the ones that love their machine too much and the ones that don't give a fuck about anyone.
See ya!

>>982117
>ps4
wow, do they have a big screen, so you can watch while the others play?

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>>982124
This sounds like Central American bus drivers. In my experience, the more religious figurines, crosses, and pictures of family they have on their dash, the more likely they are to drive like maniacs, pass wildly, and show off to their friends by cruising along with their hands off the wheel.

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Brand new bus for MTA Bus. New Flyer Xcelsior artic. Will operate first in Queens on former Jamaica Bus lines Q110,Q111,Q112,Q113 and the new line Q114. Former Green Bus Q10 will get them.

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>>982310
No. On that class, every seat is separated of the other row with a plastic wall that has 1 or 2 mini TV's, but the bus has 1 17' TV that's on the top of the 7 seat. The mini TV'S work just like on planes, they run Android, and have a menu of music, movies,internet browser and games ( they aren't connected to the PS4 tho ). The lower tier ( Semi Cama, 60° degrees of reclining ) only has free WI-FI , separated headphones ( they use the same Phillips model on all tiers ) and 4 TV's on the 2nd floor and 1 on the 1st.
Pic related, the 7 seat's PS4 running FIFA 15 ( they ask you if you want to use the game console first )
>>982326
Well, the minority of the buses have "that" kind of rice. Most drivers don't do that on a extreme way, since they work for someone that owns 2 or 3 buses. ( Generally, the owners had a trucker past )Also,the government has rules in that. There's certain things that are prohibited, like fluorescent green seat covers or curtains.

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Tyranny of public transport

>>982387
Did this guy fall asleep at the wheel or something?

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these things are like cockroaches here, metro just can't get rid of 'em

>>982419
Last mile transport, nigga.

>>982387
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rI0453smqV4

>>982393
korean bus drivers are fuckin madmen.
I rode on a few when I went over for a trip, never again.

The QM21. The bus I take to work and back.

https://youtu.be/6G5YSBUe4PA

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Because why not

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The city bought a fleet of these probably 10 years ago. They run on vegetable oil.

>>972493
>woodberry

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>>982117
>How's the bus system where you live, ano/n/s?

Relatively good buses, relatively good interval, its not bad like everywhere else in or outside the country (most of the people have to rely on it since Brasil is poor as fuck), but some big chronic problems (like some avenues where +20 bus lines run, all to the same place)

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Corridor ABD (Operated by Metra), links the cities of São Bernardo, Santo André and Diadema

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>>984479
Metra, the company who operates this corridor also develops trolleybus electric and hybrid systems for buses

>>972515
>privatized bus service
>get shitty service
>workers still go on strike

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>>984480
>>984479
>>984478
Seems pretty similar to here, reminds me of Transantiago , Santiago's transport system. At least on Concepción we buses that don't have more than 18 years. On some places, even on Valdivia, the bus system relies on the garbage that comes from Santiago and Concepción, there's some Caio Alphas and Marcopolo Torinos on Puerto Montt, since they got most of their shit from Santiago. Pic related, bus from Puerto Montt.
What are the oldest buses there? Here we had LO 814, but since June they're no longer allowed because of age. Now everyone runs buses with either Mercedes or Chinese chassis.

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>>982117
>How's the bus system where you live, ano/n/s?

We built one of the finest bus systems in the world, but the city is rapidly becoming too big for a bus-only transit system.

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>>982117
The buses are nice (a mixture of Scanias, AD, MAN, Hino and Dong Feng and SKSBus for smaller bus companies). The frequency? Not so much.

Popular routes (CBD, schools and colleges as well as place of interests) may have one bus service every 15 minutes, but some of the equally essential, but less serviced routes (such as townships or industrial parks) have shit bus frequency.

At least the government did alleviates part of the problems by introducing free bus services in loss-making routes

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MARTA's testing out double-decker buses to go along with the new articulated ones we got, all for high-capacity routes.

>>985318
>Double Decker
>New "Articulated".

When did this happen.

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>>985323

This year. They're ganna get more, and use them for the 'Arterial Rapid Transit' routes that are planned as part of the November expansion vote.

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>>984551
The Orion 5.501 is the best American bus.

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>>982117
>How's the bus system where you live, ano/n/s?
Mixed. For the most part buses run a lot less frequently than they used too, there are less routes and service overall. On the other hand the system got off its ass a couple years ago and improved the technology so now we have real-time info and smart cards.

>tfw when the real time isn't working half the time
Milwaukee does everything half-assed.

>>985318
Hope it's air conditioned and they checked for height restrictions. Double Deckers were a failure in New York.

>>985399
You'll miss them when they are gone.

>>985426
I already do. They have been gone from my city for about 11 years now.
I remember when they were the standard bus in my city.

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>>985318
I love how this is the same E400 as the OP, yet has been modified with a garish bumper and an extra wheel to make it more American. The difference is unreal between the British version and that.

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>>985425
You realise London has a load of too low bridges that would kill double deckers? They key is running pre defined routes. It's not hard.

The E400 has superb air conditioning compared to other double deckers, in addition to a great ride quality and comfortable passenger environment.

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>>985399
>tfw all of TTC's Orion V's are gone
>tfw our New Flyer D40LF's are being retired next year

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>>985399
Nope. It's this one.
Unfortunately only articulated ones were built.

>>986006
On my line the Q111,112,113 and 114 routes have been replaced by New Flyers artics.

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Bi-articulated bus in São Paulo, 2012 model
The operating company (Viação Campo Belo) decided to sell all their buses, including those relatively new in order to buy new ones with A/C (which is obligatory for any new bus since 2014).

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>>986102

New version with A/C, currently in tests

>>986105
I'm shocked that buses with no air con run in a hot country such as Brazil, I guess it's a matter of profit.

The tri articulation looks extremely dangerous for pedestrains , cycles and motorcyclists though. I wonder how many more accidents and deaths these buses cause compared with normal bendy buses or even solo buses.

>>986137
>I'm shocked that buses with no air con run in a hot country such as Brazil, I guess it's a matter of profit.

Not a long time ago (2009) they were actually prohibited, the law makers thought since there is no airflow they would help spread diseases like H1N1

>I wonder how many more accidents and deaths these buses cause compared with normal bendy buses or even solo buses.

None, because pedestrian shouldn't be in the streets and bikes shouldn't be doing dangerous overtakes. Car drivers wait for the buses to make turns, why cyclists can't?

Bikers die everywhere and every time by filtering through the traffic, so it doesn't count.

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>>972389

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>>986102
Talking about bi-articulated buses,Viação Raposo Tavares, a intermunicipal bus operator is currently testing the new Scania F360HA chassis

Curiously it has a front engine, just like trucks, yet comes with air suspension (obligatory for all articulated buses)

Yesterday I saw a man's bike fall off the front of a bus and get ran over by said bus. All he could do was pick up the pieces and stare. ;_;7

>>986058
Oh shit , I remember riding this to school , hell I think I recognize that station.

>>973275
toooo-teee-de-leeee-looo-tooo-teeee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQwwYV6JBME

>>985404
Dat ETS tho.
>rode ETS for years
>ended up driving one for almost 10
The cycle never ends.

>>986249
He seems to be having fun.

>>986250
>ETS
Pic related is MCTS in Milwaukee. The color scheme is similar though.

>>972389
> tfw I got this bus home today
Well, a 332. And it was going the other way. Comfy af tho

>>981274
It's funny because a solaris bus just exploded in Gothenburg. Piece of dog shit bus.

>>981217
Oh wow hashtag throwback my dude. What a bus.

PS if your bus doesn't have a middle set of doors it's shit tier. These are facts.

>>987424
lmao, could you post a link? I can't find any info