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I used the bus for 2 years. I tried very hard to stick with it. It was so bad that I went and purchased a car. The seats in bus are too small, the bus are too
by Raphmedia 11y ago
I used the bus for 2 years. I tried very hard to stick with it.
It was so bad that I went and purchased a car.
The seats in bus are too small, the bus are too noisy (try riding one hour next to a very noisy engine and not get to work with a big headache), they get late, etc.
Long distance bus are okay, but public transit bus are so bad it's not even funny. I would pay double the fare to have access to a bus that is comfortable to ride and is never late.
- Symbiote 11y agoYou perhaps need to convince your public transport agency to pay more for the vehicle itself. Last time I was in the US, in every city I noticed the buses were rattly, smelly and ugly. Some were old, but not all. Hopefully they're also cheap, they at least appear to be assembled from all the left-over parts of other vehicles. Compare a Mercedes or Volvo bus -- much bigger windows, a cleaner, smoother engine, low floor (the bus "kneels" at stops if needed). If it's less than a year or two old or in a wealthy city it's probably hybrid, which means a smaller and even quieter engine. Probably the same people that design the cars have designed the bus. (And US school buses are a joke. This [1] is a modern vehicle?! I'd put it in a museum. Why are there steps? This normal bus [2] is a year older, but far safer on the most basic safety measure: the driver being able to see children around the front of the vehicle.) [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Propane_powered_blue_bird_vision.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Propane_powered_blue... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-deck_bus#/media/File:First_Hampshire_%26_Dorset_69398.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-deck_bus#/media/File:Fi...
- douche 11y agoUS school buses are built for different conditions than urban-only buses. A school bus has to be able to handle ice, snow, and poorly maintained dirt roads in a lot of areas. Hence why they look more like a WW2 deuce and a half Army truck.
- Raphmedia 11y agoSadly, all the money goes into the subway cars and not into the buses.