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	cars - Bus
		A normal tourist bus carries about fifty passengers with their luggage, and may be considered the standard bus for long-distance travel.
		In the US a school bus is usually a distinctive yellow and is equipped with traffic warning lights and other safety equipment to be used when loading and unloading passengers.
		Bus services were also a focal point in the American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s in the United States.
	www.carluvers.com /cars/Bus (2204 words)

	Articulated bus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The main benefits of a bendy bus over a double decker (e.g., the London Routemaster bus) are increased stability (lower centre of gravity), lower roadwheel pressure, higher maximum speed, and compatibility with handicapped or elderly people.
		Bendy buses can be used in some cities with a tram network, while double-deckers would not fit under the overhead electric cable ; however, there are other cities, such as Berlin, where double-deckers and trams coexist in some areas.
		In puller bendy buses the diesel engine is mounted under the floor, between the front and middle (A and B) axles and only the B axle is powered.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bendy_bus (1167 words)

	Bus - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A normal tourist bus carries about fifty passengers with their luggage, and may be considered the standard bus for long-distance travel.
		Guided bus es are steered for part or all of their route by a track or rail.
		Bus services were also a focal point in the American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s in the United States.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /bus.htm (2137 words)

	73bus: Getting to know the bus.
		The new bendy buses are significantly different from the old Routemasters in many ways both in terms of the actual journey on board and their presence in the urban landscape.
		My interest remains entrenched in the ways in which people experience the city through bus and the bus through the city to navigate, narrate and annotate their experience - so the form of the mobile technology is relevant just as it is irrelevant depending on its impact on the individual.
		Another regular 73 bus user is kicking off a bit of a campaign regarding these new buses, which you might be interested in as a fellow 73 bus user: 73omnibus.blogspot.com.
	73bus.typepad.com /73bus/2004/09/getting_to_know.html (991 words)

	Definition of Bus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A bus is a large wheeled vehicle, intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver.
		An electric trolleybus is a bus driven by electricity supplied from overhead wires by a pantograph or trolley.
		A neighborhood bus is (at least in the Netherlands, buurtbus) a complementary public transport service with minibus by volunteer drivers in rural areas, where regular public transport is not feasible.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Bus (2188 words)

	Bendy bus goes up in flames (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Passengers and the driver escaped without injury when the R436 bus caught fire just north of Marble Arch at 0612 GMT on Wednesday.
		The bus had been near the end of its route across the city from New Cross, in south-east London, to Paddington, in west London.
		It had been in operation for less than a year and was one of those introduced to ease traffic flows before the congestion charge was introduced.
	www.fire.org.uk /BBC_News/News2003/December/bbc031203c.htm (156 words)

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		The speediest bus boarding system in the UK was launched today on two London commuter routes by Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone.
		At 18 metres long, the bendy and cashless bus services, are able to carry up to 140 people, at least 60 more than a double deck bus and 76 more than the vehicles currently serving the routes.
		"Bendy buses are a common sight in many towns and cities around the world and in some ways their introduction to London is as over due as it is welcome.
	www.londontransport.co.uk /tfl/press_413.shtml (571 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| London \| Bendy bus ads complaints upheld
		Transport officials have been banned from claiming London's new bendy buses are quicker to board than the double decker vehicles they replaced.
		A report supplied by TfL, showed that the time taken for passengers to pass through the doors of bendy buses was equal or shorter to the time taken on double deck Routemasters.
		But the report also revealed bendy buses had a shorter dwell time than Routemasters if 10 or more passengers boarded, but a longer dwell time than Routemasters when fewer than 10 passengers boarded.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/london/4531057.stm (330 words)

	Faulty handbrake in new bus led to double crash - National - smh.com.au
		A government bendy bus that is less than a month old was withdrawn from service this week after it ran off the road and crashed twice in the same day because of a faulty handbrake.
		The Volvo articulated bus, one of the newest in the State Transit fleet, hit a pole on Monday morning and later ran into two stationary cars, with different bus drivers behind the wheel in each incident.
		A spokesman for State Transit, Tony Melhem, said the bendy bus was taken off the road immediately after the second crash and it was found that the handbrake was not working because it had not been installed correctly.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2005/11/23/1132703253715.html?feed=html (474 words)

	Edinburgh Evening News - Edinburgh - The bendy-bus - Edinburgh's flexible friend?
		"The articulated bus concept that we are trialling offers one potential way of delivering these improvements across a wide area of the city - with a particular emphasis on those areas which the trams will not serve.
		But, until recently, bus operators in Britain have been slow to embrace the vehicles on a major scale.
		Engine failures in the vehicles, which were built by German manufacturer Evo Bus, were blamed for the incidents - which occurred in December 2003 and February last year.
	edinburghnews.scotsman.com /edinburgh.cfm?id=223112005 (976 words)

	power to share » Thoughts on Good and Evil
		This bus is good because you don’t need to buy tickets from the driver which means the driver can focus on the job in hand; on the other hand, it is bad because the driver is so focused that he is disconnected from passengers and hasn’t got a clue when passengers need his help.
		This bus is good because you need to buy your tickets in advance so you can get on without having to queue up; on the other hand, it is bad because if you don’t have time to buy tickets in advance, there is no opportunity to buy one on the bus.
		This bus is good because there is no conductor to hassle you about tickets, and no conductor parading up and down the bus; on the other hand, it is bad because it’s nice to have a conductor to ask him/her for directions, and some people feel a lot more comfortable having a conductor around.
	www.powertoshare.com /dropzone/articles/2004/10/thoughts-on-good-and-evil (2253 words)

	Opinion
		Bendy buses are the greatest thing in free public transport since the heady days before London Underground introduced ticket barriers.
		In practice, especially when the bus is crowded, Oyster-free (and ticket-free) passengers enter by the rearmost door and are almost never challenged by the driver or a ticket inspector.
		The almost infinite length of the bus also permits what might be called ‘lively’ behaviour to take place at the far end, without fear of reprimand from the driver.
	www.hidden-london.com /opinion2.html (247 words)

	Bus Hunter
		The first articulated bus to be introduced in Singapore on 16 March 1996 is the 17.5-metre long Hispano-bodied TIB838H.
		BUZZ 1: Box Bendies originally had single seats in the front trailer to create standing space, but a seat was later to each seat as the standing space cannot really accommodate more people.
		Bendies which still have these single seats bear the registration plates TIB85x.
	members.tripod.com /bus_hunter/mbo405gbox.htm (199 words)

	73bus
		Barton suggests that whilst the bombing of the tube was devastating to Londonders it was the sight of the wrecked No.30 bus that 'truly represented the capital's wounded spirit'.
		The 'humble' bus shelter took on new 'high tech' significance this week in the Guardian report on Adshel's win of TFL's 'street furniture' competition to remodel London's bus shelters for the next 10 years.
		Our task was to investigate the difference in experience between the old routemaster bus and the new bendy bus using the opportunity to ride both buses whilst they are still in operation.
	73bus.typepad.com /73bus (4311 words)

	london geezer
		There are now two bendy bus routes down Oxford Street, a road which was always notorious for bus congestion, and it's evident that the congestion has got much worse since they were introduced.
		A bendy bus trying to turn a corner has to drive slowly and carefully, and can knock down street furniture and mow down the odd pedestrian in the process.
		There are bars and straps further inside the bus, but you probably won't be able to reach those because other people will be hanging onto them or just standing in front of them and blocking them.
	lndn.blogspot.com /2004_12_01_lndn_archive.html (2094 words)

	London Buses - Bendy buses - Transport for London
		Bendy buses can be boarded using any of three doors.
		At 18 metres long, Bendy buses are able to carry up to 140 people - at least 60 more than a double-decker bus.
		Bendy buses are climate-controlled to ensure passengers travel in greater comfort.
	www.londontransport.co.uk /buses/ini_207.asp (317 words)

	London Transport Users Committee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		LTUC has welcomed news that the new “bendy buses” have outperformed traditional double deckers and Routemasters in a passenger satisfaction survey.
		The passenger survey, carried out on routes 436 and 453, showed that the bendy bus scored particularly highly on smoothness of ride, compared with conventional buses.
		London Buses plans to introduce two new bendy bus routes in the north and north west London area in the next 12 months.
	www.ltuc.org.uk /news.php?id=123 (157 words)

	Mercedes Benz O405G (Habit)
		The Habit Bus is the world's first designer Bendy Bus by Pininfarina, the person who designed designed Ferrari cars.
		The Habit Bus follows the theory of, 'the higher altitude, the colder the temperature'.
		The bus is freezing cold at the back, with air-con outlets blowing chilly air directly onto your head.
	members.tripod.com /bus_hunter/mbo405ghabit.htm (251 words)

	Robert Price - On A Bendy 73 Bus
		Due to lack of space, people near the back of the bus tring to get off found it incredibly difficult as there was no space for the standing people to move into as they tried to get past.
		The bus is supposed to be accessible, but it didn't seem very good.
		There are no conductors on the bus as they were all made redundant with the ending of the Routemaster, and as the Oyster card readers don't work at present, most people were travelling for free.
	www.robertprice.co.uk /robblog/archive/2004/9/On_A_Bendy_73_Bus.shtml (207 words)

	Andy Roberts' Blog: Bendy Bus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Because of the multiple door access and double compartment the bendy has more of a 'tram' feel to it, which is fine.
		This is probably something to do with the hydaulic suspension which allows the boarding step to get close enough to the kerb for the dreaded oversized pushchairs which modern day pre-school children insist on riding in.
		So every time the bus goes over a bump the whole thing kind of snakes up and down a few times, which is enough, I would imagine, to make some people feel quite sick.
	blog.ultralab.net /~blogger/andy/archives/000538.html (392 words)

	Robert Price - Bendy Buses On Route 73
		From Saturday 4 September 2004, the 73 bus will be no longer be run by the trust old Routemaster but by a one of the new bendy buses.
		For those who don't live or work in London, this bus runs from Victoria to Tottenham Swan, and is the only bus to travel the entire length of Oxford Street.
		The bendys may also cause problems for pedestrians trying to cross the road due to the their length.
	www.robertprice.co.uk /robblog/archive/2004/8/Bendy_Buses_On_Route_73.shtml (377 words)

	Bus News
		Transport officials have been banned from claiming London's new bendy buses are quicker to board than the double decker vehicles they replaced.
		The bus in which five Irish schoolgirls were killed swerved to avoid two cars which had crashed in front of it, a pupil on the coach has said.
		Bus and train passengers in South Yorkshire are to act as guinea pigs for a new smartcard scheme which could mean an end to fumbling for loose change.
	www.infotransport.co.uk /news/202 (703 words)

	Bendy Buses and inspectors - Buses - SARAG
		Route 207 is one of the busiest bus routes in London.
		Running bendy buses on the route has brought major advantages to passengers who previously had to wait for long periods of time as many buses were too full to board.
		The whole bus is stopped while the inspectors go through the bus checking everyone's ticket which takes considerable time.
	my.opera.com /saragforum/forums/topic.dml?id=148354&t=1163113923&page=1#comment1643248 (450 words)

	NZOOM - ONE News - National (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The family of the schoolboy killed after being dragged under his school bus have expressed fury at the sentence imposed on the driver.
		The Crown said Puru had shown little remorse, and that even though other children on the bus were yelling that he had run Taylor over, he did not stop and instead went on to complete his run.
		Puru's lawyer argued the length of the elongated 'bendy bus' made it difficult to appreciate what had happened, and said that the case called into question the suitability of bendy buses.
	onenews.nzoom.com /onenews_detail/0,1227,39628-1-7,00.html (455 words)

	BemroseBooth - Providing specialist and secure print services Mass Transit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Early research on new bendy buses serving south London reveals that eight out of ten passengers prefer the vehicles to the previous double deck bus service, Transport for London announced today.
		Passengers felt that time spent waiting for a bus reduced scoring the new service eight out of ten for satisfaction for length of time waiting compared to six out of ten for the previous service.
		At 18 metres long, the bendy buses can carry up to 140 people, at least 60 passengers more than a double deck bus and as in many cities on the continent passengers can use all three doors for boarding and alighting.
	www.bemrosebooth.com /intelligence_centre/print.asp?ArticleID=1103 (307 words)

	Top deck plan for crowded buses - National - smh.com.au
		A PRIVATE bus operator in Sydney's north-west is finding demand for a seat into town is so high that it will have to re-introduce the double-decker.
		But demand is so great that the articulated "bendy" bus is not big enough for Westbus, even though it has 63 seats.
		Growth in bus patronage was 1.4 million people between the year to last month and the previous year.
	www.smh.com.au /news/national/top-deck-plan-for-crowded-buses/2007/03/13/1173722471230.html (500 words)

	Ken Livingstone - Billy Bragg Forums
		the big outrage amongst bendy bus users is that it carries more people, but less get to sit dowm, theres only something like 50 seats on one.
		Get rid of bus lanes and 3 cars with 4 persons in MAX (12 people mr mathemetician), can take the space of a bus that might have 80 people on.
		In your analogy, with the bus carrying 12 people taking up the same space of 3 cars, you claim that the 3 cars are worse for london than the bus.
	www.billybragg.co.uk /forums/index.php?act=findpost&pid=95780 (2761 words)

	Capital Omnibus - Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Due to 3 Citaro Bendy bus engine fires totally burning the buses out, all Mercedes Citaro's running on TfL routes (apart form the fuel cell versions) were withdrawn for engine modifications for almost 2 weeks.
		The bus is on route 176 in Holles Street, Oxford Circus on 29 March 2004.
		The bus was there exactly at the time of the incident and police are appealing to witnesses on the bus(21/4/03) to come forward.
	website.lineone.net /~capitalomnibus (4651 words)

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