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Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: jameswyhk on January 19, 2008, 02:19:43 pm

Let's post your hometown buses' photos here!
Here's mine. NWFB, CTB and KMB.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa29/wahyanite001/hkbus1.jpg)
NWFB
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa29/wahyanite001/hkbus2.jpg)
CTB
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa29/wahyanite001/hkbus3.jpg)
KMB

p.s. Why Hong Kong's air quality is bad.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa29/wahyanite001/hkbus4.jpg)
and the heritage
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa29/wahyanite001/hkbus5.jpg)

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Blue Sky Mine on January 19, 2008, 02:28:04 pm

Just follow this link- I know it can't compete with Hkg...

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: jameswyhk on January 19, 2008, 02:31:01 pm

Quote from: "Blue Sky Mine"

Just follow this link- I know it can't compete with Hkg...

No link? :?

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Blue Sky Mine on January 19, 2008, 02:44:23 pm

ooops
http://www.ilmebahn.de/galerie/bus.htm

If you look on the left side of the page, there are two buttons, "Bus" and "Bahn". If you press "Bahn" you can also view some historical regional trains

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: jameswyhk on January 19, 2008, 02:46:42 pm

Quote from: "Blue Sky Mine"

ooops
http://www.ilmebahn.de/galerie/bus.htm

If you look on the left side of the page, there are two buttons, "Bus" and "Bahn". If you press "Bahn" you can also view some historical regional trains

WOW! Those buses/coaches are too small for Hong Kong!

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Blue Sky Mine on January 19, 2008, 02:50:38 pm

But they're way to big for us. Except for the rush houers when students go from or to school, the busses usually only carry the driver and two or three passengers :?

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: jameswyhk on January 19, 2008, 02:54:45 pm

Quote from: "Blue Sky Mine"

But they're way to big for us. Except for the rush houers when students go from or to school, the busses usually only carry the driver and two or three passengers :?

Our buses usually carry the driver and 20-25 passengers at non-peak times :P

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: blumage on January 19, 2008, 06:40:40 pm

HKG bus are great, I love sitting on top, plus they got TV inside. Wish i could understand Cantonese.
Anyway this are some of the Buses and trams in Milan.
(http://piccolina.727.net/070509_Oldcars/ATM_milano-IrCityClass.JPG)
(http://www.eureka-reservation.com/images/villes/milan/italia-milano-bus-b.jpg)
(http://digilander.libero.it/CentralStation/milano_tram_files/ATM_4942_piazzaVIFebbraio_260300.jpg)
(http://digilander.libero.it/CentralStation/milano_tram_files/ATM_7014_viaEmanueli_071202.JPG)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Tramway_milan1.jpg/250px-Tramway_milan1.jpg)

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: waerth on January 19, 2008, 06:55:43 pm

Ahhhh James you life in Hong Kong ..... I will be there next weekend from the 24th till the 28th in Discovery Bay. Love it as a break from Bangkok .... and I happened to need to do a visarun and it is my birthday.

Waerth

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Hampo on January 19, 2008, 06:58:49 pm

They tend to have 4 wheels or more, quite a few seats inside and make a loud noise here...

Interesting stuff  :twisted:

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: dktc on January 19, 2008, 07:40:11 pm

Quote from: "blumage"

HKG bus are great, I love sitting on top, plus they got TV inside. Wish i could understand Cantonese.

Got to love it when you ride long rides (about 50mins+) and roadshow (the TV program) repeats itself. :P Not to mention if you take the bus 10 times a week, you watch the same programs ten times :lol:

But yea... buses in HK especially the newer ones are like Emirates to United, when compared with most other bus system. I love sleeping in them, especially in rainy days (or when the typoon signal is up :P )

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: blue25 on January 19, 2008, 08:00:12 pm

Quote from: "Hampo"

They tend to have 4 wheels or more, quite a few seats inside and make a loud noise here...

Interesting stuff  :twisted:

I bet that's you screaming your head off. :lol:

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: blumage on January 19, 2008, 08:51:09 pm

Quote from: "dktc"

Quote from: "blumage"

HKG bus are great, I love sitting on top, plus they got TV inside. Wish i could understand Cantonese.

Got to love it when you ride long rides (about 50mins+) and roadshow (the TV program) repeats itself. :P Not to mention if you take the bus 10 times a week, you watch the same programs ten times :lol:

But yea... buses in HK especially the newer ones are like Emirates to United, when compared with most other bus system. I love sleeping in them, especially in rainy days (or when the typoon signal is up :P )

how frequently do they update the roadshow? The only downside of HKG is that their transport system is a little bit expensive, In Milan i pay about 170HKD per month (because Student) and can ride how many times i want 24/7 whether it's Bus,tram or subway/underground. London is also freaking expensive, I paid like 7 or 14 pounds just for a day. Transport in the US is really bad, especially in Los Angeles. I bought this unlimited ride ticket then i discovered that i still needed to pay on some rides.

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: iranair777 on January 19, 2008, 09:25:19 pm

who lives in london and remembers those old type MCW buses?

heres the 207 one which i travelled on frequently

(http://londonbuspageinexile.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/070328.jpg)

I miss them so much! The sounds from inside, the large steering wheel, the layout, the seats, and did i mention the sounds? :lol: if i can buy one of these buses I would!

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: StephenM on January 19, 2008, 09:36:33 pm

Looks kinda similar to these ones running around Dublin:
(http://www.stephenm.org/img/banner7.jpg)

Here is the full shot:
(http://www.stephenm.org/StephenM/100_0201_800.jpg)

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: iranair777 on January 19, 2008, 09:45:21 pm

^but it isn't, different make and model (Volvo). the 83 is a bus i see everyday on the way to school (Ealing hospital-Golden's green)

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: StephenM on January 19, 2008, 09:46:08 pm

Yeah, its just similar. Its about the oldest we have in Dublin in terms of Double Deck.

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: dktc on January 19, 2008, 09:47:37 pm

Quote from: "blumage"

how frequently do they update the roadshow?

Once a week.

And Stephen, yours is a Volvo Olympian (if I remember correctly... seeing that I have outgrown bus-spoting for quite a few years :P ), not a MCW.

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: blue25 on January 19, 2008, 10:02:17 pm

Quote from: "dktc"

Quote from: "blumage"

how frequently do they update the roadshow?

Once a week.

And Stephen, yours is a Volvo Olympian (if I remember correctly... seeing that I have outgrown bus-spoting for quite a few years :P ), not a MCW.

We need a game about that now. Bus Mogul :wink: I can see it now.

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: blumage on January 19, 2008, 10:07:17 pm

Quote from: "blue25"

Quote from: "dktc"

Quote from: "blumage"

how frequently do they update the roadshow?

Once a week.

And Stephen, yours is a Volvo Olympian (if I remember correctly... seeing that I have outgrown bus-spoting for quite a few years :P ), not a MCW.

We need a game about that now. Bus Mogul :wink: I can see it now.

Bus Mogul LOL :lol:

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: iranair777 on January 19, 2008, 10:27:48 pm

Quote from: "blumage"

Quote from: "blue25"

Quote from: "dktc"

Quote from: "blumage"

how frequently do they update the roadshow?

Once a week.

And Stephen, yours is a Volvo Olympian (if I remember correctly... seeing that I have outgrown bus-spoting for quite a few years :P ), not a MCW.

We need a game about that now. Bus Mogul :wink: I can see it now.

Bus Mogul LOL :lol:

bring it one :P

but seriously, how about it stephen? :lol:

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: blue25 on January 19, 2008, 10:28:27 pm

I'd help him because I thought of the name :wink:

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: iranair777 on January 19, 2008, 11:01:40 pm

Quote from: "blue25"

I'd help him because I thought of the name :wink:

And I cause i love the MCW :P

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: StephenM on January 19, 2008, 11:04:08 pm

Its Possible, but I don't have as much interest as a train one. A combination though...

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: EXTspotter on January 19, 2008, 11:06:38 pm

How about an intergrated transport system?

Hey, wait a minute, we already have it, havent you heared about Transport Tycoon and Locomotion?

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Bobandirus on January 19, 2008, 11:12:47 pm

^^^ (above the post above this) would be cool.

Now on to the ultimate of bus companys!
Stagecoach!

My going home bus from Exeter
(http://www.oxford-chiltern-bus-page.co.uk/upload%20060107/SCD%2014943%20A543HAC%20r55%20020107%20%20Ian%20Kirby.jpg)

I love the Dennis! The speed which it seems your going down Devon lanes if your sat on the top at the frount is so cool :) low trees are always fun :D

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: blue25 on January 20, 2008, 12:31:57 am

Quote from: "StephenM"

Its Possible, but I don't have as much interest as a train one. A combination though...

I'll still be able to help? By the time you finish I'll be 18+ :wink:

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: iranair777 on January 20, 2008, 10:25:09 am

Quote from: "EXTspotter"

How about an intergrated transport system?

Hey, wait a minute, we already have it, havent you heared about Transport Tycoon and Locomotion?

i used to be hooked onto that, but how about we put it online like AM and make it multiplayer?

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: NIKO on January 20, 2008, 12:35:41 pm

http://natsbusphotos.fotopic.net/

Buses in my area.

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: nwadeltaboy on January 20, 2008, 02:13:32 pm

yes!  Mass transit Mogul! :D

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: joyu12 on January 20, 2008, 03:32:28 pm

Bus in Oslo:
(http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/archive/00214/buss__reise__transp_214762g.jpg)
Trams downtown Oslo:
(http://uncletaz.com/norsktaz/trikk.gif)
Metro in my area:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Vindern_T-bane.jpg/800px-Vindern_T-bane.jpg)

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: zkvac on January 20, 2008, 08:04:37 pm

Here. (Select Oceania, Then New Zealand.)

http://busexplorer.com/Windex.html

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: nwadeltaboy on January 21, 2008, 02:09:46 am

(http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj103/suncountrynwa/strange_thing.jpg)
what's that thing? :?

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: dktc on January 21, 2008, 02:22:49 am

UFO :shock:

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: nwadeltaboy on January 21, 2008, 02:25:48 am

IDA (Identified as dtkc's *ss) :P

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: dktc on January 21, 2008, 02:35:31 am

mmmk :? ... so I am mooning people in mid-air in the middle of a street now :roll:

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: nwadeltaboy on January 21, 2008, 03:59:09 am

yep. :D

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: dktc on January 21, 2008, 04:17:04 am

Thanks for sharing your deepest fantasy with us, nwaboy. However, this might not be the place. Email me, and we could chat somewhere private :wink:  :lol:

(jk)

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: nwadeltaboy on January 21, 2008, 04:42:54 am

:evil:

:lol: thanks for the offer, but i am actually straight unlike you :twisted:

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: rodendack on January 21, 2008, 05:27:48 am

Mixed railway trains

(http://sp0.fotologs.net/photo/48/25/51/metrosa/1194814222_f.jpg)

(http://sp0.fotologs.net/photo/48/25/51/metrosa/1160326692_f.jpg)

Metro Santiago Line 4A

(http://sp7.fotologs.net/photo/55/29/32/metro/1176084099_f.jpg)

Estacion Puerto Metro Valparaiso (another region, check the sea :) )

(http://spb.fotologs.net/photo/59/63/10/metroval/1156462675_f.jpg)

(http://sp0.fotologs.net/photo/48/25/51/metrosa/1185935265_f.jpg)

(http://spb.fotologs.net/photo/59/63/10/metroval/1154903529_f.jpg)

Metro Santiago Line 1 (the first and oldest one, since the mid70´s I think)

(http://sp0.fotologs.net/photo/48/25/51/metrosa/1145331215_f.jpg)

Metro Santiago Line 4

(http://sp0.fotologs.net/photo/48/25/51/metrosa/1152402793_f.jpg)

Metro Santiago Line 5 (here you can see the elevated metro, it´s only elevated on relatively poor areas :( it sucks, notice the old wagon also, at least they can get to use the system, a luxury which doesn´t happen on other countries)

(http://sp0.fotologs.net/photo/48/25/51/metrosa/1142787660_f.jpg)

Metro Valparaiso Line 1, in the middle of nowhere, this is a region which didn´t deserve a metro, big on importance, less populated than others, even so, only santiago really needs one

(http://sp0.fotologs.net/photo/48/25/51/metrosa/1157052543_f.jpg)

Metro Santiago Line 4

(http://sp0.fotologs.net/photo/48/25/51/metrosa/1156736526_f.jpg)

Metro Santiago Line 1

(http://sp7.fotologs.net/photo/55/29/32/metro/1179770196_f.jpg)

here´s the metro de santiago map, it has like +50kms, rough mental calculation ;)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Metro_de_Santiago.svg

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagen:Estaciones_de_intercambio_Metro_de_Santiago. svg


Crappy buses from santiago, I told you our bus network blows

(http://spd.fotologs.net/photo/45/34/23/_transantiago_/1136383440_f.jpg)

(http://sp8.fotologs.net/photo/40/40/114/transantiagoinfo/1195605052_f.jpg)

(http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/4802/081020050179uf.jpg)


There´s more, we tend to mix everything, trains are mostly built on spain, metro was dominated by the french (alstom) but now they are importing from spain (CAF) and buses where historically from brasil (marcopolo, metalpar, volvo, etc), but now they are trying chinese models

there you go, still there´s a lot of stuff to learn  :)

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: DekoCwb on January 21, 2008, 08:59:35 am

Buses in Brasil, we got the best buses in the world, and also the biggest manufacture in the world  :D

Here is some of the buses in my city,
my city is Curitiba, the best transportation in Latin America, and one of the best in the world...

(http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/2661/urbtorinogv2azul01kd8.jpg)

(http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1140/urburbanussplusscidadesma4.jpg)

(http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8379/urburbanussplussleblon0uf5.jpg)

(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2301/urbgranvialeazul01em1.jpg)



=]

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: DekoCwb on January 21, 2008, 09:09:30 am

here is some travel buses, that goes arround brazil

(http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/5272/rodparadisog6ddcometa10cx4.jpg)

(http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/5213/rodparadisog612mirimgolue1.jpg)

(http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2844/rodjumbuss360gontijo04gd3.jpg)

(http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/4264/rodparadisog612santoanjcq5.jpg)

(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/1296/rodparadisog615penha01ph9.jpg)

These buses are awesome, they are very confortable, more confortable than airplane...

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: kazoom on January 21, 2008, 06:58:49 pm

Zimbabwe!

Because this is an airline game I'll start with these two... :D

(http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg10/kazaamzoom/ava_harare-united_rezende_street_sl.jpg)

(http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg10/kazaamzoom/ava_harare-united_sl.jpg)

Rural Bus
(http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg10/kazaamzoom/view.jpg)


My Favorite  :) !!! The body of the bus was "pimped" in order for a truck to pull it
(http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg10/kazaamzoom/volvo_articulated_ra.jpg)

And all though you might think that the following bus looks decent....it's actually the worst!

(http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg10/kazaamzoom/unknown_bus_2_ra.jpg)

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Seattle on January 21, 2008, 08:17:32 pm

The uglynes of buses is hurting my eyes.  :cry:

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: kazoom on January 21, 2008, 08:20:27 pm

Quote from: "Seattle"

The uglynes of buses is hurting my eyes.  :cry:

Then you have no sense of beauty.

But yet again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

For me when I see all those sleek buses all nice and modern, it bores the hell out of me! I rather see these beauties!  :wink:

Title: Buses in your hometown
Post by: iranair777 on January 21, 2008, 08:29:52 pm

Quote from: "dktc"

Thanks for sharing your deepest fantasy with us, nwaboy. However, this might not be the place. Email me, and we could chat somewhere private :wink:  :lol:

(jk)

:lol:

Quote from: "nwaboy"

:evil:  
:lol: thanks for the offer, but i am actually straight unlike you unlike you  :twisted:

Thats what you think :lol:

It all in the open now :lol:

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Jetway on January 19, 2009, 02:49:20 am

I'll restart this thread (almost a year later... I only found this thread because I was searching for another to figure out if I should start a new thread, and this popped up--I'm a fan of everything that moves, except for boats :D)

San Francisco--the city whose transit network looks GREAT on paper, and is crap in real life... (70% on time says it all)
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/103/266493685_014340c9e4.jpg?v=0)
ETI-Skoda electric bus--While our transit system--SF Muni--may be crap, we're still San Franciscan--and that means being green. No offense to other places.
(http://www.treehugger.com/san%20francisco%20MUNI-jj-001.jpg)
Neoplan USA biodiesel bus
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1351/622895159_0076e27f18.jpg?v=0)
New Flyer hybrid biodiesel-electric bus
(http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02GK8wzdQO0ak/610x.jpg)
Our mayor looking at the inside of the (only) "Connected Bus" with wi-fi. While he can't improve Muni, he CAN do absolutely useless things so that he gets his fair share of media coverage.
(http://www.urbanrail.net/am/snfr/mm-powell3x.jpg)
Breda streetcar, on the Muni Metro, which isn't really a subway, just a bunch of (aboveground) streetcar lines all funneling down into one (underground) corridor.
(http://whatimseeing.com/upload/f_market2.jpg)
Our 1930s-era historical streetcars. Although only tourists ride these, they're one of only a couple of things I'm proud about Muni.
(http://www.alcatrazcruises.com/website/images/plan-you-trip/photo-MUNI-cablecar.jpg)
Another thing I'm proud of--cable cars! (This one has an ANA ad on the front, too!) I sometimes wonder how the friendly operators on these can work for the same agency which provides me with angry, crazy drivers who shuttle me to school daily--and (once) slam doors shut on me. Then again, these cable cars are (last time I checked) FIVE dollars one-way. Ouch.

[/end rant]
Usually, I'm not such a pessimist, but if you disagree, please come to San Francisco, and talk to a normal local. (Then again, most "locals" are immigrants from the East Coast.)

EDIT: The thread which I was looking for which never existed until I created it is here: http://stephenm.org/smfforum/index.php?topic=9599.0

EDIT #2:

Quote from: blumage on January 19, 2008, 06:40:40 pm

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Tramway_milan1.jpg/250px-Tramway_milan1.jpg)

You guys still have these? Well, at least there's TWO cities with these now...
EDIT #3: You know you're in SF when the bus sign reads "Gay Pride Parade". Take a good, long look at the hybrid bus...

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Obmit on January 19, 2009, 03:43:59 am

(For Sydney)
These are the newer ones...
(http://www.showbus.co.uk/photo-oz/mo1623.JPG)

They all have blank TV screens on them!

And these are the more common old ones...I've been on one where the floor was held together with staples.. :P
(http://hk.geocities.com/kmb2e_pom2/pom-0403/sta2618.jpg)

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: cameron1991 on January 19, 2009, 04:11:34 am

These are the buses mainly used here in Christchurch
These 2 buses form the majority of the fleets of the 3 companies that operate here.
(http://www.omnibussociety.wellington.net.nz/publication/fnotes/cbs125.jpg)
(http://www.christchurchbus.co.nz/images/bus3.jpg)

Red Bus operates these free inner-city hybrid electric/diesel buses.
(http://www.geocities.com/nzbusmuseum/history/redbus200.jpg)

These are most of the buses used here, I can't find any pics of other older buses used.

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Cheung Airlines on January 19, 2009, 10:52:59 am

So, theyre old?

(http://www.yimsbrother.com/otherscmbleylandvictorymk2.JPG)

I love Leyland Victory.... esp. those CMB ones coz they have poor maintainance  :roll:

I still remember when I was 3 yo, I took a LV (i.e. Leyland Victory)  23A and the front door has gone for some reason....

And James, does "Public Light Bus" count as "Buses"?

Weve two kinds of "minibus"  (thats what theyre called in HK)
One with red on top and the others green.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/HK_Toyota_90s_MiniBus.jpg)
The red one does not have a regular route and fare while the green one has fixed route(not really fixed when its route is having a traffic jam)and fixed fare.

Speeding is very common among minibuses. For an instance, when the speed limit is 50km/h, it will be 70km/h. When its 80km/h, its 120km/h......... [Both of them are my personal experience]
In the end, I often arrive at my destination faster than railways. :roll:

And TRAMS!!!! I love trams when I dun have money.... :P
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_sUvbnPXDv2E/SMOlXmULf4I/AAAAAAAAAM4/BzEUEmXleuU/HK-Trams-1.jpg)
All of HK's trams are double-decker and $2 [about 0.35USD] for each ride(Except Peak Tram). It somehow survived in a society that requires everything to be "fast" and "effective". My advice is dont take trams on Sundays coz too many domestic helpers, or maid, for short, will take them to save some money.

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: MrOrange on January 19, 2009, 07:08:08 pm

All we get is this:

(http://www.unieuws.nl/uploads/image/2008/05/img_u2605_p12553.jpg)
Regular buses for intercity transportation within the province of Utrecht, where I live

(http://www.connexxion.com/upload/62907_636_1176985697367-GVU_dubbelgeleed.jpg)
These thingies transport university students between the university and the city center

(http://www.gemeentetramwaelstede.nl/Nijmegen/Connexxion%20tram.jpg)
And these, driving (and sometimes hitting cars) between Utrecht (main city in the region) and Nieuwegein / IJsselstein. Not really busses but still :P

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: blue25 on January 19, 2009, 09:04:42 pm

(http://a.abcnews.com/images/Nightline/ht_wild10_071002_ssh.jpg)
This is the bus station if you're wondering. :lol: jk.

This is what I wished our buses looked like.
(http://www.usabuscharter.com/LimoBusInt4.jpg)

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Obmit on January 19, 2009, 09:16:36 pm

Quote from: MrOrange on January 19, 2009, 07:08:08 pm

All we get is this:
(http://www.connexxion.com/upload/62907_636_1176985697367-GVU_dubbelgeleed.jpg)
These thingies transport university students between the university and the city center

They look practical :P
At least your buses dont pretend to be trains...

(http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200803/r233683_936919.jpg)

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: MrOrange on January 19, 2009, 09:55:43 pm

They are practical, they're just kinda big.

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: tushardhoot1 on January 20, 2009, 04:05:37 am

Quote from: blue25 on January 19, 2009, 09:04:42 pm

(http://a.abcnews.com/images/Nightline/ht_wild10_071002_ssh.jpg)
This is the bus station if you're wondering. :lol: jk.

This is what I wished our buses looked like.
(http://www.usabuscharter.com/LimoBusInt4.jpg)

That first one is "Into the Wild", correct?

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Cheung Airlines on January 20, 2009, 09:00:26 am

may I ask, are they only for university students or other citizens will have to pay for a ride in it?

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Severnaya on January 20, 2009, 09:18:47 am

Quote from: Cheung Airlines on January 20, 2009, 09:00:26 am

may I ask, are they only for university students or other citizens will have to pay for a ride in it?

everybody may ride in them, as long as you pay ;)

More information about those bi-articulated buses: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-articulated_bus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-articulated_bus)

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Cheung Airlines on January 20, 2009, 10:20:38 am

Im wondering, just wondering, why foreign countries tend to use
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Bus_Stops_3_curitiba_brasil.jpg)
Instead of
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/AVD1/CTB434GM830399.jpg)
??

Double decked buses are basically same as articulated buses, except for their height and length...

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: cameron1991 on January 20, 2009, 10:44:09 am

Faster loading/unloading I guess, because the double deck bus in your picture only has 2 doors whereas articulated buses will generally have atleast 4 doors.

Many cities also have dedicated expressways that can only be used by buses. These roads are usually fairly wide and don't have sharp corners so that large buses can move quickly from A to B with virtually no delays from traffic. An articulated bus is much more suitable on these routes because they can load and unload much quicker meaning it spends less time at the stop.
Many cities that have double deck buses have very narrow roads (Hong Kong for example) that an articulated bus would have no hope in hell of driving through.

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Cheung Airlines on January 20, 2009, 03:32:31 pm

Viola, heres the three-door version of Leyland Olympian :P
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/DD3601.JPG/250px-DD3601.JPG)
[pic.A]

The Number of doors can be varied coz its not fixed once it leaves the manufacturing plant, Leyland, in this case. What Leyland has made is a shortened chasis. The bus comapany has to lengthen the chasis (by adding steel bars, perhaps) and bodyworks has to be purchased from different company (Alexander Type R Bodywork in both cases). If the bus is going to be served in heavily used routes, more doors can be added. Vice versa. If the bus is going to serve in slightly used routes, two or less doors can be fitted.[See Pic.b]
(http://hk.geocities.com/tsrghk/olypian04.jpg)
[pic.b]
[A Leyland Olympian with only one door]


However, I do agree that the articulated buses are not suitable for routes travelling in older areas of towns in Europe and hilly cities and they do load and unload faster, simply coz theyve more doors.

But the driver seemed to be far away from the end of the bus. Wouldn't it be difficult to spot people jumping into the bus at the station, esp. during peak hours? ???

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: StephenM on January 20, 2009, 03:54:45 pm

My hometown only has "Expressway" and Rural and School services, so no double decker's.

Similar to my old school bus
(http://www.irishbuses.com/P33offside.JPG)

One of the older Expressway Busses
(http://www.buseireann.ie/img/fleet/scdonegal.jpg)
(http://www.buseireann.ie/img/fleet/si.jpg)

UK Route Busses
(http://www.buseireann.ie/img/fleet/P8030018.jpg)

And Dublin Busses:

Commuter Busses:
(http://www.irishbuses.com/SC241NewRoute109A.JPG)

City Busses:
(http://www.irishbuses.com/EV16MalahideTerminus.JPG)
(http://www.irishbuses.com/DublinBusHEV.JPG)
(http://www.irishbuses.com/VT1DunLaoghaire.JPG)
(http://www.irishbuses.com/AW3.020704.JPG)

There are more, but not a lot of photos with the most recent livery.

A Dublin tram.
(http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/12636/dublin_-_abbey_street_-_luas.jpg)

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: MrOrange on January 20, 2009, 04:38:39 pm

Utrecht uses articulated buses instead of double decker buses because of the limited height of several sections on the routes these buses have to drive. Double-deck wasn't an option at all.

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Jetway on January 20, 2009, 05:35:21 pm

There simply isn't the need in SF for double-deckers, as there isn't traffic:
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_gpkXyrGq7Eo/Ro6Po6PmUxI/AAAAAAAABpM/eb6JachzoY0/s720/DSCN1917.JPG)
Gridlock? Congestion? Bedlam? No. (I'm not saying HK has that, it just has more traffic, which surprisingly to somebody who lives in North America, comprises of mostly buses, not cars :o)

I'm also not saying we haven't thought about it:
(http://telstarlogistics.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/01/09/doubledeck3.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2146/2179469797_9daa6db8cd.jpg)
It's an Enviro 500! We were testing it for about a month, then had to return it to Las Vegas :'( The main reason for considering this bus (as a replacement for the Neoplan on the Enviro's left) was less space taken in the garage. There was only a mention about the increased capacity. :roll: But still, this was the best thing SF has done in, well, a long time.

Edit:

Quote from: Cheung Airlines on January 20, 2009, 03:32:31 pm

However, I do agree that the articulated buses are not suitable for routes travelling in older areas of towns in Europe and hilly cities and they do load and unload faster, simply coz theyve more doors.

But the driver seemed to be far away from the end of the bus. Wouldn't it be difficult to spot people jumping into the bus at the station, esp. during peak hours? ???

If San Francisco isn't hilly, I don't know what city is... But the biggest problem with articulated buses (and all other buses) in SF is that fare evasion is a HUGE problem, especially in Chinatown. (It's all done in the open! People aren't trying to hide it! Just walk calmly past the driver, or jam through the rear doors!)

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Cheung Airlines on January 21, 2009, 11:10:27 am

Las Vegas?  :-\

ive never seen a bus in Las Vegas (and LAX) during my tour to USA last year....

SF is hilly, in some areas, but I doubt those Enviro - 500 are serving in routes that serves hilly districts, am i rite? But in HK, you can find these Enviros on roads that are 20% gradient.

The only thing that I like about US buses is their "thingy" in front of the bumper that holds bikes. What I dislike most about US buses is their accessibility. All of them are (seemed to be) not low-platform bus. You'll have to climb 3 or more steps.....  :(

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Jetway on January 22, 2009, 12:36:28 am

Quote from: Cheung Airlines on January 21, 2009, 11:10:27 am

Las Vegas?  :-\

ive never seen a bus in Las Vegas (and LAX) during my tour to USA last year....

SF is hilly, in some areas, but I doubt those Enviro - 500 are serving in routes that serves hilly districts, am i rite? But in HK, you can find these Enviros on roads that are 20% gradient.

The only thing that I like about US buses is their "thingy" in front of the bumper that holds bikes. What I dislike most about US buses is their accessibility. All of them are (seemed to be) not low-platform bus. You'll have to climb 3 or more steps.....  :(

(http://www.lasvegasvegas.com/thedeuce.jpg)
Here you go... the Las Vegas Enviro 500.
The bike holder thing probably was put on the buses to placate bike advocates. (No offense to bikers.) Now, about the hilly districts, I was answering your comment about articulated buses not being suitable for hilly districts. (Apparently, they are.) And yes, I too absolutely hate having (mostly) high floor buses. Usually, they're not a problem, but when a senior citizen gets on, the bus is delayed. And when a wheelchair user wants to get on, oh, please. Take a look at this (It's a NYC MTA bus, but you'll get the point:)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2218/2167320926_1896e1e1d6.jpg)
It takes about a MINUTE for this thing to lower itself, raise itself, and reposition itself back into the stairwell. Thankfully, SF Muni has done SOMETHING right:
(http://www.spur.org/documents/article0208_images/Munilowfloorbus.jpg)
NO STAIRS ON ALL NEW BUSES PURCHASED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D

Also, I take back my comment which attacked SF Muni for placing more emphasis on double deckers taking up less space instead of their increased capacity. Why? Take a look at this image (although it's a bit old.)
(http://www.spur.org/documents/article0208_images/munibusyard.jpg)

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: iranair777 on January 22, 2009, 09:26:00 am

(http://www.londonbusroutes.net/photos/JPEGs/e06-de863.jpg)(goes right in front of my house :) )


I can post all, but here you go: http://www.londonbusroutes.net/photos/
http://www.londonbusroutes.net/photos/ealing.htm

I use the 207, 607, E7, E9 (E7/9 finally going to get those new enviro 200's which I have been hoping for in may :D , U1

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Pavel on January 22, 2009, 04:58:16 pm

Don't you people think its abit weird going out with a camera and starting to shoot picturs of buses? :D

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: StephenM on January 22, 2009, 05:03:32 pm

Quote from: new-at-flying on January 22, 2009, 04:58:16 pm

Don't you people think its abit weird going out with a camera and starting to shoot picturs of buses? :D

Most photos are linked from other websites. Its equally as weird to take photos of planes, but acceptable on this forum. :)

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Severnaya on January 22, 2009, 05:32:10 pm

Quote from: new-at-flying on January 22, 2009, 04:58:16 pm

Don't you people think its abit weird going out with a camera and starting to shoot picturs of buses? :D

whats in fact your problem with it, don't you make pictures of other objects? (buildings etc)

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: iranair777 on January 22, 2009, 05:55:20 pm

Quote from: StephenM on January 22, 2009, 05:03:32 pm

Quote from: new-at-flying on January 22, 2009, 04:58:16 pm

Don't you people think its abit weird going out with a camera and starting to shoot picturs of buses? :D

Most photos are linked from other websites. Its equally as weird to take photos of planes, but acceptable on this forum. :)

as is loving you babe  :lol:

how did your test go?
/me is about to log off and go home. also shudders that its 1757 (shouldv'e been home by now)  :o

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Pavel on January 22, 2009, 08:21:56 pm

Quote from: Severnaya on January 22, 2009, 05:32:10 pm

Quote from: new-at-flying on January 22, 2009, 04:58:16 pm

Don't you people think its abit weird going out with a camera and starting to shoot picturs of buses? :D

whats in fact your problem with it, don't you make pictures of other objects? (buildings etc)

Nothing really, just if I was the driver, what would I think?

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Severnaya on January 23, 2009, 12:15:14 am

Here some bus/tram/metro pictures of my home town Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

(http://www.fransmensonides.nl/foto/tangent01.jpg)These buses ride from various points in Amsterdam to the airport (Schiphol).

(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_GWEuynbu2os/RmvYnUvgAvI/AAAAAAAAAQI/xP4nZIf1VbU/Connexxion+9081+Amsterdam+CS+28052007_foto+T.Dieben.JPG)Normal bus in A'dam

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3030/2743090683_5ab934f315.jpg)Another normal bus

(http://www.kuyichi.com/kuyichi/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/fuelcellbus-gvb.jpg)An electric bus car, don't know if they're really driving around much as i hardly get to see one.

(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1366/532168745_05f3f8e1d3.jpg?v=0)Hydrofoil for services from/to Amsterdam to one of the suburbs (Velsen)

(http://www.amsterdamimage.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2636&g2_serialNumber=2)The old trams

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3004/2636347186_af414d83a5.jpg?v=0)The newer trams

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Amsterdam_metro_LHB.JPG/800px-Amsterdam_metro_LHB.JPG)One of the different types of metro we've got here

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Amsterdam_sneltram.JPG/800px-Amsterdam_sneltram.JPG)Amsterdam Light-rail

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/CAFmetro_75b.JPG/800px-CAFmetro_75b.JPG)Amsterdam Ring-line metro

(http://www.nicospilt.com/2005/20051001_3633.JPG)constuction of the 5th metro line, which will connect north and south Amsterdam

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Cheung Airlines on January 23, 2009, 02:51:27 pm

Quote from: new-at-flying on January 22, 2009, 08:21:56 pm

Quote from: Severnaya on January 22, 2009, 05:32:10 pm

Quote from: new-at-flying on January 22, 2009, 04:58:16 pm

Don't you people think its abit weird going out with a camera and starting to shoot picturs of buses? :D

whats in fact your problem with it, don't you make pictures of other objects? (buildings etc)

Nothing really, just if I was the driver, what would I think?

Wow, I must be very handsome.... :lol:

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Pavel on January 23, 2009, 04:11:48 pm

Quote from: Cheung Airlines on January 23, 2009, 02:51:27 pm

Quote from: new-at-flying on January 22, 2009, 08:21:56 pm

Quote from: Severnaya on January 22, 2009, 05:32:10 pm

Quote from: new-at-flying on January 22, 2009, 04:58:16 pm

Don't you people think its abit weird going out with a camera and starting to shoot picturs of buses? :D

whats in fact your problem with it, don't you make pictures of other objects? (buildings etc)

Nothing really, just if I was the driver, what would I think?

Wow, I must be very handsome.... :lol:

 :lol: :lol: Not in that sence! xD

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Severnaya on January 23, 2009, 05:45:28 pm

Quote from: Cheung Airlines on January 23, 2009, 02:51:27 pm

Wow, I must be very handsome.... :lol:

:lol:

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Seattle on January 26, 2009, 04:57:49 pm

Well... Seattle has King County Metro.... which is the main public mode of transportation.

I think they have something like 1,300 buses. and most of them are the ones with the bendy middles, while there are some smaller ones with no bendy middles  :( I also think there are two kinds with th bendy middles... one thats longer and the other thats a bit shorter  :P No dubble deckers here.

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: MrOrange on January 27, 2009, 03:20:15 pm

Bendy middles as in articulated busses? :P

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: iranair777 on January 27, 2009, 03:58:33 pm

Quote from: MrOrange on January 27, 2009, 03:20:15 pm

Bendy middles as in articulated busses? :P

or you can just call it a bendy bus like the 207 :p

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Seattle on January 28, 2009, 03:42:58 am

Im not a bus nerd.  :P I dont know your terminology.  8)

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: MrOrange on January 28, 2009, 03:57:51 pm

I'm not a bus nerd. I know the terminology though.

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Pavel on January 28, 2009, 05:27:40 pm

So who'll be the next bus driver in here?

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: iranair777 on February 02, 2009, 02:28:54 pm

Quote from: new-at-flying on January 28, 2009, 05:27:40 pm

So who'll be the next bus driver in here?

I wanted to when i was young before i got into aircraft :p

got a picture of a E9 bus close to my house in the snow; will upload soon :)

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: cameron1991 on February 03, 2009, 08:54:52 am

Quote from: new-at-flying on January 28, 2009, 05:27:40 pm

So who'll be the next bus driver in here?

Hell no I am NOT going to be a bus driver!
The average bus driver wage here is about NZ$14-15 per hour (minimum job wage for adults is about NZ$12 I think), plus you also have to listen to all the little s**ts riding the bus home and pushing the buttons and not getting off the bus. My school usually gets kicked off the bus route I take atleast once a year  :D

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: iranair777 on February 03, 2009, 12:57:37 pm

here you go; (http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w302/DME43/Snow/DSCF8096.jpg)

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: pck on March 06, 2009, 12:52:49 pm

Perth's Bus (Transperth):
(http://www.pta.wa.gov.au/annualreports/2008/images/rollover/Transperth_Bus.jpg)
Newer ones
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Transperth_bus_732.jpg/800px-Transperth_bus_732.jpg)
Older ones.
Perth's Trains (Transperth):
(http://www.webace.com.au/~chook/trains/other/transperth457.jpg)

Kuala Lumpur's Bus (Rapid KL, Metrobus, Bas Sekolah):
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/tamagoo/may07/may11-15.jpg)
Rapid KL
(http://www.food-travel-living-kuala-lumpur-malaysia.com/image-files/metrobus-kuala-lumpur.jpg)
Metrobus
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1034/840974340_2f1f63bddd.jpg)
Bas Sekolah (Malay for School Bus). Pronounce Bus Sko-la

Kuala Lumpur's Train (KTM Komuter, RapidKL LRT, Monorail, KLIA Ekspress):
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/KTM_Komuter_Class_82.jpg/300px-KTM_Komuter_Class_82.jpg)
Keretapi Tanah Melayu Komuter (KTM)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Yosri042005PuteraLRT.JPG)
Rapid KL Light Rail Transit
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Kl_monorail.jpg)
KL Monorail (Malaysia Airlines Advertisment! YAY!)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/KLIAekspres_SalakSelatan.jpg)
KLIA Ekspress - Connecting KLIA to the City, which is 57 kilometres apart.

Title: Re: Buses in your hometown
Post by: Shawa on March 06, 2009, 06:38:09 pm

Here in Québec City

Réseau de Transport de la capitale
(http://www.showbus.com/p2007/rtc0320.JPG)
Société de Transport de Lévis
(http://www.planificationlevis.ca/pgvl/sites/default/files/publique/image/obj2-2.jpg)