Hi folks
Just joined today. I'm a retired Scottish gentleman interested in vintage buses and I hope to post some interesting facts as we go along.
I'm building a website using Hugo and I'm currently visiting transport museums and collecting photographs.
I bused into the city and learned about the nationwide ban in NZ on bikes on bus bike racks. I'm reading about it now. The NZ Transport Agency surprised everyone by declaring this unsafe in November.
It's great to know that when the NZTA identifies a safety concern on our roads, it acts swiftly to shut it down regardless of inconvenience to commuters.
I assume that giant SUVs will be next, and NZTA's plans to increase speed limits will now be shelved.
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/03-12-2024/why-cant-bikes-go-on-buses-in-new-zealand
#bikes #buses #nz
Sigh. It's a not a Metro, it's a bus. Politicians cannot be trusted with naming anything nowadays, they've been brainwashed by marketing people.
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Brisbane Metro project blows out to $1.55 billion as rollout postponed to 2025 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-19/brisbane-metro-now-more-expensive-than-2016-rail-plan-qld/104616552
#Busloads of #Californians are heading to #swingstates. Can they #makeadifference?
WIth days left in a neck-and-neck #presidential #election, many anxious #California #Democrats are getting on #buses to neighboring #swingstates where they hope they can make a difference with #undecided #voters.
https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/10/swing-states-2024/
BUS SERVICE
Bus service remains suspended while buses are involved in relief efforts. While performing this service, the bus destination sign will say “Special Assignment.”
New London bus battery capacity is 472KWh.
Passenger loads:
96 (max) = 4.9KWh per passenger
40 = 11.8 kWh/pass
20 = 23 KWh/pass
10 = 47 KWh/pass
What about electric cars?
Average new car battery size is now 80KWh
5 (max) = 16 KWh/pass
2 = 40 Kwh/pass
1 = 80 KWh/pass
With a 20% or more bus load, the bus has a smaller battery requirement than a BEV car.
New Podcast! "27 July 2017: Brisbane fare strike" on @Spreaker #australia #brisbane #buses https://www.spreaker.com/episode/27-july-2017-brisbane-fare-strike--60819787?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Are you interested in public transport such as trains, buses, transit systems etc? You might want to follow RM Transit which posts in-depth videos about public transport around the world:
@reece@video.canadiancivil.com
If the videos haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at https://video.canadiancivil.com/a/reece/videos
You can also follow the general account at @reece@canadiancivil.com and the blog account at @reecemartintransit
Reece Martin (aka RM Transit) posts in-depth videos about public transport including trains, trams, buses etc and how they relate to urban planning. You can follow their video account at:
@reece@video.canadiancivil.com
If the videos haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at https://video.canadiancivil.com/a/reece/videos
You can also follow their general social media account at @reece@canadiancivil.com and their blog at @reecemartintransit
Hi everyone! 
@BCWideBus is brand new on Mastodon so here's our #introduction ! We're a small ad-hoc group of citizens in BC advocating for a Public Intercity Transportation Network!
We hope to start posting lots of stories from people all over BC and other content to help make this happen. If you have a story about the need for inter-community public transport, please say Hi and reply! 
#BCPoli #BCWideBus #Buses #Intercity #Transportation
https://bcwidebus.com
Why I support public control of West Yorkshire’s buses | The lack of public transport in our towns and villages is a huge issue, says West Yorkshire MP Jon Trickett. Local control is essential
#WestYorkshire #Buses https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/why-i-support-public-control-of-west-yorkshires-buses/
Dear editor | It doesn't need to be a question of market forces versus total renationalisation. Burnham’s model for public control of buses re-establishes the priority of a service in the interests of the public and not purely the market | Justin Enthoven
#Buses #Burnham #BetterBuses #WeOwnIt
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/letters/letters-to-the-editor-6/
#London #Transport #advertisement from 1980:
"If it takes one man one gallon of petrol to get to work. How many gallons will it take 68 men?" - London Transport - the fuelsavers
#Urbanism #Buses #Travel #fuel #oil
On 28th August 1963, it was announced that there would be no more employment discrimination on the buses in Bristol.
The decision came after Black people came together in a protest known as the Bristol Bus Boycott over the refusal of the Bristol Omnibus Company to employ non-white people.
#blackHistory #bristol #onThisDay #bristolBusBoycott #buses #history #histodon #discrimination #20thcentury
https://heritagecalling.com/2023/04/20/the-story-of-the-bristol-bus-boycott/
1983 Greyhound Commercial
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#Greyhound #buses #vintage #retro #tvcommercial
"A two-year-old project to run 51 #hydrogen #buses in the French city of #Montpellier and its environs has been cancelled for being too #expensive after elected officials realised that #electric buses would be six times cheaper to run.
It is much more efficient and cheaper to pump the #renewable electricity directly into a vehicle #battery."
#EV
https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/french-city-drops-order-for-51-hydrogen-buses-after-realising-electric-ones-six-times-cheaper-to-run/2-1-1143717
Welcome new mastodon friends! Time for a reintroduction.
St. Louis Urbanist is an organization dedicated to improving the urban infrastructure of our city by supporting public transit and fighting car over-reliance.
We have a website (https://stlurbanist.org/), discord (https://discord.gg/gUYmDFN8mF), and meetup page (https://www.meetup.com/st-louis-urbanists/).
We have a meeting coming up next weekend, check the above links for info!
UK petition: Nationalise all public transport and make it free for everyone at all times
Sign petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/639987
Track signatures: https://petition-track.uk/check-petition/639987
Closing date: 26 December 2023
You can sign if you live in the UK (regardless of citizenship) or if you're a UK citizen (regardless of where you live).
[ #UK #petition #PublicTransport #environment #trains #buses ]
