Talking About Buses.........

[Judge]

I can't figure out why they made electric buses. Trolley busses do the same without the need for polluting the enviroment to make all those batteries.

The short answer? Politics. Guess where so many of those batteries are manufactured?

 

[Captain Caveman]

The short answer? Politics. Guess where so many of those batteries are manufactured?

Yet they are deathtraps.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

Toronto has trolley street cars works well.

 

[Glennwood Road Ent 21]

Here's the collection of Jitney busses in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas taken by me (few walks away from my workplace):

May- Dec 2023

 

[Shevek]

I can't figure out why they made electric buses. Trolley busses do the same without the need for polluting the enviroment to make all those batteries.

Those trolley wires were not cheap, nor trouble-free. It was common to see the driver get out and put the pantograph back on the wire.

 

[Outdated]

I can't figure out why they made electric buses. Trolley busses do the same without the need for polluting the enviroment to make all those batteries.

The big advantage with common modern busses is that they can change their routes as demographics shift in cities. Some suburbs are always in decline where as others grow as new employment opportunities open up, cities are not static, they are constantly evolving and changing.

And there'll be a lot less pollution from battery manufacturing soon as more and more people start using Aussie Sodium Ion batteries instead of Lithium. They're also a lot cheaper and they don't explode and catch fire when damaged.

 

[Captain Caveman]

The big advantage with common modern busses is that they can change their routes as demographics shift in cities. Some suburbs are always in decline where as others grow as new employment opportunities open up, cities are not static, they are constantly evolving and changing.

And there'll be a lot less pollution from battery manufacturing soon as more and more people start using Aussie Sodium Ion batteries instead of Lithium. They're also a lot cheaper and they don't explode and catch fire when damaged.

That is the number one concern. Safety.

 

[Glennwood Road Ent 21]

The last public transportation bus in Reno was replaced with all electric buses back in 2022.

You meaning new flyer Xcelsiors

 

[Glennwood Road Ent 21]

Hey guys, I went there in California to Check out the antique busses in Fremont at Pacific Bus Museum. Taken on Saturday October 4th.

For those on this forum here, they've only opened on 1st & 3rd Saturdays of each month.

Former AC Transit 2738: 1991-92 Gillig Phantom 30'

 

[Captain Caveman]

Lovely picture.