American Reacts to In Depth Look at European City Buses

[@mcborer9643]

Solaris is Polish manufacturer and trademark, and that dachshund is sign for whole Urbino series.

[@dariuszrutkowski420]

Because the busses are "lowriders" to allow the elderly and disabled and prams easyer boarding onto the bus. "Lowrider bus" ergo "lowrider dog" especially since many of the busses are extended.

[@wiaczesawione3754]

Recently sold to Spanish company

[@justynam47]

@@wiaczesawione3754 ale nadal polski, jak bentley angielski.

[@adlervonschlesien4869]

​@@wiaczesawione3754 Damn, everything's already sold out... It's time to throw out all the political scoundrels who serve the foreign deep state.

[@anashiedler6926]

Are you sure? Vienna has those Buses and the companies full name is Solaris-Austria.... Maybe a daughter-company? But the busses look the same. Vienna just (means 2022) bought 70 more fully electric ones (Hydrogen based) from them

[@brabusg350]

the big left pedal is the brake !!! and the right is the accelerater !

[@theoteddy9665]

dah.. imagine if someone tried to change it😂

[@brabusg350]

big chaos !!! 😜😂@@theoteddy9665

[@leftbas65]

My guess is the brake pedal is full length to make it easier to feather the brakes and not jostle passengers. The throttle can be smaller because it takes longer to accelerate than decelerate, so it doesn't require as much control.

[@platinaatje6134]

Full airbrake pedals are like that. Airbrakes have a different feedback as hydraulic brakes.

[@Muck006]

It is more important to be able to "hit the brake" than the accelerator, so it makes sense to have that one be BIG.

[@Morrov]

So weird to see buses I've been using my whole life and have taken for granted (mostly the Solaris) seen as something special

[@ZemplinTemplar]

Same here. :-)

[@BeyondPrague]

The Iveco Crossway at 5:50 is from Brno's public transport system. It's specifically rigged out for the route to the city's airport, hence the luggage racks you saw in it.

[@jattikuukunen]

That makes sense. I was wondering why you would have so much storage for luggage but still city bus style seats for short trips.

[@ytaken154]

Yeah can confirm. I recently rode in a Prague airport line bus, it was almost exactly the same.

[@MarcLucksch]

Same with the Airlink service in Edinburgh, big rags that are almost always full

[@seedz5132]

same in most airports in France as well. even the "long distance" buses from the southern part of Paris (near an RER station) Paris Orly airport, with a trip duration of around 30 minutes including a section of the A6 highway, are still city buses with luggage racks

[@nagyalex5310]

The pedal layout is normal. Right pedal gas left pedal brake. When I was a bus driver I preferred the bendy bus over the normal one. It was more fun to drive. Greeting from Romania 🇷🇴

[@automation7295]

Bendy bus are also fun as a passenger, especially when you sit on the rear section that you can see the front of the section through the windows when turning.

[@gp2volny]

I remember that I was flying inside as a passenger in Ikarus bendy bus, during 80's and 90's, I pretty sure you had some in Romania too :) Greetings from CZ

[@ESCLuciaSlovakia]

When I was a kid, I loved to stand right in the middle in the bendy part that rotates when the bus is turning.

[@nagyalex5310]

@@gp2volny yes we had them in the 2000’s as well!

[@Graoth]

Hello friend. And there is something that almost no one knows. Articilated buses turn better that single ones. Space betwen first and second axel is lower in bendy ones so its go in corner better.

[@cadifan]

I used to work for the local bus company here in Auckland for 20 years in the workshops and can tell you the 'bendy' buses are the easiest to drive and manoeuvre around the streets. The 'main' section has a short wheel base and the trailers have a steering axle that tracks the driving wheels, so they corner really well. (Unless it's a 'pusher', engine in the trailer, which we never used) That small pedal on the right is the gas, the long floor mounted pedal to the left is the air brakes. All vehicles have right hand gas pedals. Air brake vehicles don't require a "Park" on the transmission as air brakes are fail-safe (they require positive air pressure to release).

[@rustyboi7256]

I drive a pusher bendy (engine at rear) in Australia, and although trailer wheels don't turn they do corner well, as the front half is short and the trailer just follows with a slightly tighter turning circle.

[@marekserocki974]

Afaik all the Solaris buses have an engine in the back

[@Tomas_Stec]

The trolleybus is made in cooperation between Solaris (Poland) which makes the mechanical part and Škoda (Plzeň, Czechia; this is a separate company that makes trams and trains, not the VW-owned one making cars) which provides the electric drivetrain. SOR is also Czech-based (Libchavy) bus company making mostly city buses. And this Iveco most likely comes from the Iveco's Czech plant, former Karosa (Vysoké Mýto). That's what you get when you check a video from Brno's public transport company's garage. :)

[@dddaddy]

The right pedal is the gas, it's just a different pedal suspension method (common in cars here). There are other layouts as well. I've always preferred driving the artics, I don't know why. Yes, they take some practice, but somehow the driveability is better than a solo/classic/rigid (depending on how we call it). Seeing in the mirror the back nicely snug against a curb in a corner is so satisfying 😃

[@HrLBolle]

I know this sentiment as a Truck driver, though I say that I usually prefer to drive the solo (Motorwagen) because I have more to be more active with loading unloading compared to a Semi

[@Grez6232]

The Mercedes bus has gone into as the eCitaro, not quite in the form presented but close. My town has placed a big order for them.

[@jattikuukunen]

Seems to have much more conventional and practical seating. And a symmetrical rear window. There's even an articulated variant: eCitaro G.

[@tompsu9536]

@@jattikuukunen rear window isn’t symmetrical on the eCitaro. I believe it has to do with the batteries. Although, the rear shape is symmetrical.

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

5:08 These are test connections for the compressed air system/brake. 5:13 That's a battery disconnect switch on the left and a military jump start socket on the right. Easier than pulling out the battery drawer and using the usual clamps. 9:10 This is the exhaust with diesel particulate filter and catalytic converter with the injection for AdBlue. For you I think it's called Diesel Exaust Fluid.

[@wacholder5690]

>For you I think it's called Diesel Exaust Fluid. Most 'Merkins refer to that as "pee tank" ... little do they know. But they aren't on Diesels anyway.

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

@@wacholder5690 No AdBlue in diesel engines? Would be nice. On the contrary. There used to be a few engines that got by without it. I think Volvo. Now they have too. I used to have a 15l tank for AdBlue and used it to last 4 tanks. My MAN recently has a 45l tank and is barely enough for 2-3 tank fillings and the stuff has become really expensive. Costs as much as diesel used to and diesel costs as much as liquid gold. In addition, the system is relatively prone to failure and, according to legal regulations, this also leads to a significant reduction in performance if the system does not work.

[@wacholder5690]

@@PropperNaughtyGeezer My Golf 8 has a 12 l AdBlue tank - and it lasts 12.000 km at least - which is about 2 month with annual 80.000 km. I think there is a major difference between car- and truck-Diesels mainly due to over all fuel consumption. The proportion for adding AdBlue is pretty much fixed to be efficient - but a 540 hp / 32 ton truck takes *way* more fuel than my 115 hp / 1.6 ton company car, which runs at 5 liters per 100 km in average.

[@cuoresportivo155]

@@wacholder5690the AdBlue useage goes down when you work the engine harder. Drivers that use less fuel use more AdBlue.

[@Patrik6920]

@@wacholder5690 5 l/ 100km sounds insane much normal usage (for a decently modern car) should be 3-6% of ammount of diesel consumed(car) assuming it has an functioning Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system... i hope its not a black cloud behind that car ;D

[@Zahuuda]

3:48 --> Try OMSI 2 🙂

[@PapaBear6t8]

... Tourist Bus Simulator and Fernbus Simulator too!

[@tompsu9536]

Omsi is not very optimized even though it’s the best bus sim. It can be very to not crash the game even on mid-range setups. Luckily for me, I don’t have a problem with my i9-13900k. What makes omsi 2 even worse is that it’s not using gpu, instead it uses cpu

[@andrewbrown1712]

I moved to the city of Portsmouth in the UK 14 years ago and was excited to see the “HoverBus” on the bus timetable. It was the courtesy bus to the hovercraft terminal at the seaport!

[@SharonD369]

My home town 👍

[@Crimerenegade]

1:24 Solaris is a Polish Brand that was some time ago (just couple of years ago, when Solaris already had a large market share) sold to Spanish consortium CAF. But the Main HQ and Factory and design offices are still in Poland. The bus on the video is Solaris Urbino gen. 4 18 meter version. Solaris makes Diesel, Hybrid, Full Ev and Hydrogen Busses. So there are multiple configurations for Urbino series. For internal Combustion engines multiple units from diferent makers are used. Urbino series uses engines from MAN, DAF, Iveco and Cummins (Cummins are most popular in CNG models). The range of power is from 228 KW (310 HP) to 271 KW (368HP). Also the Urbino Series has 9,12,15 and 18 meter versions. The one from the Video looks like basic spec for gen 4 12:06 First phone to have wireless charging was Nokia 920, it was relesed to market in september 2012. As for car google says the first car to have it for phones was 2013 Toyota Avalon

[@ritiprd]

Hi' Your first photo is from our garage!!!

[@toonu44]

The second one is for airport duty, hence the cargo space for luggage.

[@zumpic7695]

SOR is Czech manufacturer actually made 10min from me in small village Libchavy (SOR Libchavy)

[@Pidalin]

I thouht it's hungarian

[@zumpic7695]

@@Pidalin Now you know

[@PtrkHrnk]

@@Pidalin That's Credobus from Győr. They've made SOR bodies in license.

[@Pidalin]

@@PtrkHrnk I never heard about some Credobus, but I think I confused it with Ikarus, that was Hungarian.

[@MarijnvdSterre]

Something I saw here in the Netherlands. A bus driving where the mirror was missing (I only saw one side). I thought: "Well, shouldn't he be fixed first?". But then I paid attention, and all the new buses were driving without mirrors. They use camera's instead. It narrows the blind spots, as well as a decrease in the need for fixes. Mirrors, being the one thing sticking out, are just more susceptible to damage.

[@vanesag.9863]

Yes, in my town the new ones have lateral cameras too. They are now "internal mirrors" displayed on a screen around the driver. I supose it's more easy to drive through sharp corners or narrow streets ir you don't have anything sticking out the bus.

[@evo3s75]

Was probably an Ebusco bus, those are very common in the Netherlands and all of them have cameras for mirrors

[@Pyrochemik007]

The red + white design is traditional, we had it like that even before the trams became electric. (Yep, horse pulled wagon on rails were the thing for public transport)

[@Pyrochemik007]

PS.: The mercedes future bus is big BS. You need capacity, placing seats like that means nobody fits inside. And they are so wide with armrests as well... The design is like some teenager obsessed with RGB mouse design made it. Panel instead of mechanical display is BS, strong light and you can´t see sh!t. Artificial intelligence is next level danger, especialy on vehicle with 50 people (capacity of normal bus). It was also only 2 door bus, but for short distance travel. I guess those geniuses in planning department did not even consult with customers yet.

[@118Shadow118]

12:06 Nokia Lumia 920 had wireless charging, and that was released in 2012, so at least 12 years ago

[@ivaniliev81]

In my city, Varna, Bulgaria we have same Solaris buses, and some fully electric.

[@smyro2k]

Well they have buses in 700 cities across the world :P And they planning to enter north america market

[@MarcLucksch]

We have them in Braunschweig as well, really good busses, can’t complain

[@hebijirik]

Yes, the red buses and a trolleybus were in Brno CZ and I even recognized the places they filmed them. The asymetric rear end is quite common on city buses. They often have the engine stuffed into as little space as possible in the left rear conrner on the floor of the bus. Then is some they create a shaft on top of the engine for the radiator, the exhaust system and such so you have a corner with no windows on the rear left. What it looks like from the inside you can see around 3:20.

[@automation7295]

Most newer city buses are 100% low-floor, that's why rear ends are asymmetrical. Some modern city buses do still have a higher floor on towards the rear or only on the far rear.

[@hebijirik]

@@automation7295 in Brno i remember riding a bus that had 100% low floor and the rear was symmetrical. The engine compartment was basically like a very thick rear wall with a narrow window slit under the ceiling. So high you could only see a bit of sky through it when standing on the floor of the bus.

[@automation7295]

@@hebijirik Then again, it also depend on bus model and what configuration transit agencies ordered. In Copenhagen lot of buses are either electric, CNG or still diesel, though diesels are getting replaced. Electric buses where I live are 100% low floor, while CNG and diesel buses are low entry.

[@hebijirik]

@@automation7295 In Brno it is all diesel and CNG for buses but there is an extensive network of trolleybuses. I think they are starting to try some trolleybuses with a battery in them which can retract the collectors on top and extend the route beyond where the wires are or detour around roadworks. All recently bought trolleybuses are all the way low floor of course because it is not difficult to design that way. The fossil busses are either 70% or 100% low floor nowadays. I think the last remaining city bus with not low floor has been retired few years ago, last trolleybus maybe almost 10 years ago. It is nice to see such improvement.

[@TheAngelsHaveThePhoneBox]

@@hebijirik You describe the Irisbus Citybus (also known as Renault Agora) and the later model Irisbus Citelis which are precursors to the current Iveco Urbanway (but which doesn't have a window in the rear at all anymore).

[@antaryjczyk]

Those Solaris buses are produced in Poland. It's a private company based close to a city of Poznań.

[@max2themax]

You should check out the new mega-bus that's being introduced in Prague and Bratislava: the Škoda-Solaris 24m (or Škoda 38 Tr). It's an absolute beast od a double-bendy bus!

[@0Defensor0]

The biggest problem with that future bus concept is that it's passenger capacity seems to be about a fifth of a regular bus of the same size. Also, asymmetric back sides are common, that's where they stuff the engine and related stuff - vertically.

[@SwitchingPower]

Its not a big deal that the capacity is a bit lower if that bus comes every 5 minutes

[@Lewtable]

@@SwitchingPower I don't think that's how people work, especially in a city setting. If there's 20-30 people at a bus stop they are all going to cram themselves into the first bus. People don't necessarily want to wait for 5 minutes, especially if they only plan to ride the bus for 15-20 minutes. That would be a time increase of their journey by 33% / 25%.

[@Peter-mj6lz]

@@LewtableI think the person has a point though. London got rid of bendy buses which have a higher capacity than double decks however the busiest routes deal with using double deckers by being more frequent and probably slightly quicker journey times on average if double decks are more manoeuvrable on London roads.

[@RustyDust101]

Those extended mirrors on the SOR should become standard features for all oversized vehicles worldwide. They allow for full view both to the side as well as to the front of the vehicle. This is a safety feature when small kids walk or run in front of the bus. If they run immediately in front of the bumper they can vanish in a blind angle for the driver. Those mirrors have two angles of view, one of which shows the immediate front of the vehicle. Most modern European busses offer a lowering, tilting suspension that lowers the entry side to make it easier to enter for wheelchairs or parents with strollers. They can lower and tilt the whole bus body almost completely to the height of the curbs. Under the center door there are often extendable platforms for wheelchair users. Obviously there are specific spots for wheelchairs to occupy, which have to be vacated if occupied by non-handicapped people.

[@jarlhedberg435]

Different rear designs if the engine is placed vertically (like the Solaris) or horisontal with a full row of seats above.

[@michdem100]

Fun fact about that dog. It's a dachshund and it symbolises that the bus is low floor. Many polish cities (Solaris is a polish company) have some regional symbol on the dog, like a traditional hat. Also if the bus is electric then the dog has a power cord with a plug for the tail

[@matsv201]

14:10 "random design feature" That is the cover for the engine bay. Most european low floor bus have the engine in the far back on the left side.

[@jfw413]

Was looking for this comment

[@papalaz4444244]

Solaris a famous Polish scifi novel by Stanislav Lem.

[@RustyDust101]

Stanislav Lem is one of my favorite authors. His books are awesome. He was a true genius. Greetings from a German in Hamburg.

[@smyro2k]

Solaris buses are polish too xD

[@ShamanKish]

One of the best insights!

[@kailahmann1823]

The Iveco Crossway is for more rural service, their city bus would be the Urbanway (and in fact has an asymmetrical rear, as the engine sits upright in the corner). Those rural busses are only low-floor until the middle door (usually marketed as "low entry"), allowing for more powerful and robust engines and are much cheaper to build. And being cheap was the key to success for Iveco to almost dominating this market segment for a while (however the new MAN Lion's Intercity LE also sells like hot bread now…). The "Future Bus" looks like an eCitaro with fancy (but not very space efficient) interior.

[@evo3s75]

With me they used the Iveco Crossway in the cities. Mainly from for example Haarlem to Amsterdam which I always took to and from school

[@JackieForster-o4u]

Hi, a side note. You have been commenting on Euro Trucks. I don't know how far apart you are from Bruce Wilson a youtuber who has two Scania's. Take a look as his pages. He has just been to Sweden and Finland to look at and drive Volvo's and Scanial. Keep going with this thread it's great! Richard across the pond.

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

He has good Scania content on his channel.

[@Un4Given71]

Bruce is in Florida, Ian is in Illinois. So a bit apart.

[@marco_grt4460]

​@@Un4Given71 he will transfer to Tennessee, last video he was moving his vehicles

[@jannovotny6244]

The seats you were wondering about are faux leather, but the previous ones were cloth, kinda plush. It was probably an airport bus, hence the luggage racks. Our long distance buses are not too dissimilar to American busses in layout, however, these are used so much that long distance bus operators like Flixbus or Regiojet rotate them every 5 years or so, so they are very modern and comfortable.

[@papalaz4444244]

"But the roads in Europe are so small" Amazing isn't it? These memes never die.

[@Warfoki]

I mean, it's true, but like... not because the individual lanes are that smaller, but because we have fewer lanes, even on the highway. :P

[@Tortuex_]

the new ones from Brussels (STIB) even have leather on the seats ! they're Volvo, and honestly they're the best ones I've ever been in - so are the new metros and trams ! they look even better than the ones shown in the videos (except the concept that will never make it into production)

[@adamcze6190]

The second bus in vid is airport line bus in Brno, thats why there is luggage holders inside

[@Arturas1244]

first bus was solaris made in poland. Busses can have different type of seats, with different colors, they all have ability to bend, ,but if person in wheelchair driver will come out and deploy bridge, very nice driving, ac at summer in all bus, heating at frozen winter for passengers, also usb charging points are ussual, so passenger can charge its phone, payment ussually installed by 3 party are basically either with card of city where you p[lace money for tickets or you can have phone and pay from phone. there is different layouts inside some can have bicycle space, and for wheelchair spot as standart. also there is internet wifi hotspot in busses. Thats similar solaris drives in my city. but other buses also , colors outside ussually used for stickers as commercial, also inside there can be screens with bus stops multiple variations.. city decides. those which are for winter you may see outside elements a must for winter near tyre arcs and so on, as snow can here become issue, what happens than it freezes -35 dgrees and even -20, than it gets snow, gets ice again melting again frost and so on. near arc starts to develop ice snow much solid like rock, ussually on cars you go and kick with leg to get rid of it as its starts eating tyres. btw they are fast and very nice to drive. they ussually have DNR. driver never touch basically he clicks D and it drives than he stops he doesnt need to do anything. That button N is for probably towing if it brakes. Also many i saw now have sorta hybrid , than they stop at red engine shuts off, seen those. Busses which you see with huge antenas on top are trolibuses. they are driven only by electricity only. there is power lines above where they need to connect, very quet only electric engine sound which is actually nice sound on those. better than diesel sound. Trolibusses came from soviet unoin even :) thats howe old they are, basically eastern europe was using ewlectric buss for ages ahead of time. today busses loosing driver autonomous already released by volvo for testing

[@matt47110815]

A major reason why US Buses tends to have only 2 doors: There are always some people that try to sneak via the back doors into the bus without paying. 🙄 Seattle (King County Metro)has some Rapid Transit Bus Lines that feature up to 4 doors for faster on/offloading and you are actually encouraged to enter via the backdoor as well, provided you have a ticket. These buses also had frequent Fare Enforcement people checking tickets, but due to complaints that "the poorest keep getting fined" the Enforcement got dialed down... In the Hamburg (Germany) Metro area, one gets on/off buses/trains/ferries totally without checkpoints - an honor based system that would never work in the USA 😂 (Though in Hamburg there are Fare Enforcement Officers too, often not in a Uniform, and if you get caught without valid Ticket, the fine is hefty. If you are caught a 3rd time, you go to Jail! 😅)

[@bratbrata4974]

In Poland and many European countries, there are ticket inspectors who randomly check tickets on public transport. If you are caught without a ticket, you receive a fine multiple times the value of the journey. Sometimes the difference is gigantic - 500% of the ride value. Many cities in Poland do not charge anything for travel. Public transport reduces the traffic of passenger cars, which generate a lot of pollution, and parking spaces take up a large part of cities. You can always create a square or park in this place.

[@RaduRadonys]

@@bratbrata4974 500% is just 5 times more expensive than a ticket. That is too low, if just once a week there's a control you are even with paying the fine. If they really want people to buy the tickets, the fine should be more like 5000%, so 50 times more expensive than the ticket.

[@bratbrata4974]

@@RaduRadonys I would have to ask my son, who studies in the city. I live in the provinces and use personal transport. I checked that in Wrocław a public transport ticket costs PLN 4.60. The fine for not having a ticket is PLN 280. So it's even gentler than I thought.

[@RaduRadonys]

@@bratbrata4974 That's more likely, 280 for the fine and 4.6 for the ticket. It's more than 50 times more expensive, so 5000%. It's not gentler than you initial comment who said just 500%. Maybe you are confused about how percentages work.

[@dirkspatz3692]

In Germany (MAybe changed in the last years) the fine is 60€ when catched without ticket on buses and other public transport than the National Railway. For Railway (Deutsche Bahn) the fine is minimum 60€ or the doubled price of a (expensive) regular ticket. When they catch you many times and they sue you you can get up to one year in prison. By the way it is called "Schwarzfahren" - literaly Black-Driving but has nothing to do with the skin color. Schwarz in German means Dark or Black and the Schwarz part is used in a very old meaning of "hidden". Crimes often takes place in dark hidden lonely places and from this dark places the Schwarz comes from like the Schwarzmarkt (Black market - hidden places where people trade illegally) -or the english Blackmail (Erpressung).

[@gaborbakos7058]

4:16 :)))))) LOL Of course that is the accelerator on the right side and that big pedal is the brake. Most of the buses has no clutch and has automatic transmission. Those coach buses that runs on hilly terrain has manual trasmission, because it is more important to control the torque there.

[@lauficz]

Cool. first peak and it is the urban buses from my city. it has on side DPMB whitch stands for Dopravní Podnik Města Brna / Transport Enterprise of the City of Brno.

[@Locspocs2]

I’d gladly chip in with info on NYC buses (even though I’m Hungarian myself): NYC buses have 2 doors. Ingress happens only via the first door. Egressing is allowed at both doors. NYC buses are semi-low floor. The forward section is lowered while there is an elevated platform after the second door. (I guess for the engine and tranny etc.) There is a pneumatically operated wheelchair ramp built in the first door’s doorway. (It is quite intimidating when it slams on the sidewalk). European buses are mostly completely low floor as they have their engines in the left rear corner of the pax compartment. There is a (mostly hand-operated) wheelchair ramp at the second door. NYC buses have a touchless payment terminal too at the driver’s cabin. Getting on American buses can take a lot longer as only the first door is used for that purpose. Especially for disabled folks like me whose steeds must be anchored at the designated spot by the driver. As American buses carry a lot less people the kind/asshole pax ratio seems a lot more favourable than here in Hungary.

[@Stepica]

My home city Brno mentioned and recognized, tonight we drink boys! 🍻 🇨🇿

[@adamlagoda1764]

The first bus is city bus, 18m long. The second is suburb style 15m (hence third axle to support weight), third is city bus again, 12m one, and the fourth is 18m again. Merc seemed to be suburb class, 12m. These are typical lenghts for Europe buses. There are also a small ones, 9-10m as supplementary ones. Cosindering trip lengths, city buses ride on routes within cities, mostly between 5 and 15km, with stops in range of few hundred meters. Suburb buses usually go on routes up to 50km, and they usually serve city to suburb. There are also tourist buses in Europe, for inter city/inter country trips. None of these was in this specific film, however one of these you've seen on picture at 15:50, and l;ater on a few Setras. And yes, this film was made few years ago, it shows. Nowadays electric buses are becoming standard, and they're even more sleek. :)

[@axelk4921]

anecdote from my life that might interest you! I left a post on your video aboutUS/Canada busses a while ago about the "modern" technology from the 70s that we used. I did my apprenticeship as a truck/bus mechanic in the 80s when the 70s busses were being phased out because of their age, and the switch from the expensive and complicated MAN "pulling" busses that we used to the "cheaper" pushing ones, that we still use today, led to very expensive damage in city traffic, because the bus drivers were used to the "pulling trailer config" that following the path of the "tractor" through the steered rear axle and by switching to the new busses where the driven last axle has no steering that "pushed the entire unit" the unsteered drive axle did not follow the "tractor" in the curve. The "long-established" bus drivers had to learn to go around the curves further than usual because the "trailer" did not drive in the same lane and thereby damaged cars and street corners when they turn to early out of habit

[@yketeror696]

yes, and Škoda also manufactures trams

[@KimForsberg]

You do need to check out the long distance busses here in europe. the more recent ones are so so good. super comfy. especially the 2+1 seating ones, leather recliners.

[@PHDarren]

Bus Simulator, it's on Steam. It's been going years so there are different year versions. Bus Simulator 21 Next Stop is the latest.

[@miktr7664]

issue with that game is that it has almost nothing to do with reality in terms of driving physics, sounds and a lot of the technical features

[@Prometheus101]

10:30 Škoda 27Tr Solaris is a low-entry trolleybus model produced from 2010 by Czech trolleybus manufacturer Škoda Electric (subsidiary of Škoda Transportation), supplying electrical equipment, in cooperation with the Polish company Solaris, manufacturing the trolleybus body. Installation and assembly of the trolleybus is carried out at Škoda's plant in Pilsen, Czech Republic. A similar type of trolleybus with the same chassis is the Solaris Trollino 18 model.

[@GovernorAdmiral]

I live in Bratislava and we use a variation of the Škoda 27tr which has a interesting feature. The second door is a sliding plug door instead of a normal bus door. It is there to make more room on the inside of the trolleybus and make it easier for people with bikes, pushchairs or wheelchairs to enter. It adds an interesting look to the trolleybus and I havent seen it anywhere else in the world. It is also used on the double articulated Škoda-Sollaris trollino 24 trolleybuses.

[@tukanthemechanic5509]

2:36 Here in north Czechia, we have those Urbino 18 buses, and the route that I take, has six 90 degree turns and the bus has to drive fully in the wrong lane to turn wide enough.

[@Zahuuda]

The right pedal IS the throttle, of course 🙂

[@mindscraper1978]

All of the busses in my region in germany have USB connections where you can recharge your phones with today, so wireless charging isn't that off.

[@jfw413]

Problem with wireless is that you have to put your phone down on some surface while on a cable you can hold on to your phone. So while wireles charging might look interesting in a concept bus, in real life a cable would be preferable both from an anti theft point of view as from a usability point of view. We (The Netherlands) also have the usb charging options in most busses and in many trains.

[@AboveSomething]

you definitely should take us on a bus tour somewhere around your place, it would be very interesting especially because you yourself don't use them!

[@Grez6232]

Pedal layout is simply a matter of the steering column being in the way for anything else

[@szabados1980]

6:36 This is definitely a coach. Buses and coaches are called 'bus' in any language I know except English. Many non-native English speakers refer to coaches as buses or long-distance buses because they simply use mirror translation.

[@panvlk]

It's a city bus, just with some dedicated luggage compartments because it frequents the route to the city airport. Long distance buses ("coaches") in Czech Republic don't have this kind of internal layout, they have classic rows of front facing two+two seats with an aisle inbetween.

[@Wildfire1593]

for example Ostrava in Czechia has one of the best public transports. New buses, trams and even doubledeckers now, and you can see škoda tram

[@OriginalBlokkie]

The Mercedes Future Bus is an autononomous bus. They filmed the commercial in my hometown Hoofddorp in the Netherlands after several months of testing. We have several dedicated bus lanes in the area, so it was ideal for Mercedes to test it here. The bus lanes are seperated from other traffic by means of traffic light and other safety features. The busses always have priority and almost never have to stop for traffic lights beacause they communicated with eachother.

[@optimusmaximus9646]

I like the modern hybrid trolley buses which are not always tethered to the overhead electric wires but have batteries or supercharge capacitors that allow them to operate over fairly long distances away from the wires. When they are running low on power all they need to do is latch back onto the wired network to recharge.

[@iannickCZ]

Hehe, they are from Brno, I am using them daily. Btw. that Mercedes "future bus" does not have many seats, it looks like it is for 10 people, so it's probably just a concept.

[@martaskali925]

No Škoda bus in this video, I´m surprised. Škoda have some nice bus history and present as well.

[@yakeosicki8965]

Solaris is a Polish factory located in Bolechów near Poznań. They produce combustion, hybrid, electric and hydrogen-powered buses. Their interiors depend on buyers' preferences. Skoda is a Czech manufacturer.

[@ZhekUA]

There were only 2 section buses, but there are 3 and 4 section buses as well - they are quite a challenge to drive. I once saw on KZbin stucked Belgian VanHool 3sections bus in a turn And Neoplan and SETRA are the world's Rolls-Royces of buses

[@roykliffen9674]

With many articulated buses the rear axle can also steer and thus follow the driven axle much closer allowing the bus to take tighter corners than e.g a semi with similar length semi-trailer with fixed axle.

[@janerikbrownberge2306]

we have those articulated buses in Norway, its like driving a car with the engine in a trailer. in winter time those buses are sheit, get stuck everywhere, cant cope with snow.

[@Brauiz90]

I liveed close to Leipzig, Germany for 16 years and they have Solaris busses like the Urbino 18 IV in their public transportation fleet. This bus has it's name from the size it has (it's 18 meters long and the 4th genration of Urbino busses...) Now I live in Salzburg, Austria and here we have Solaris Trollino III - a trolley bus a bit older than the shown bus...

[@CZpersi]

Solaris buses are great. The newer models in trolleybus configuration get the travelling experience as closest to trams as possible for a bus to be.

[@eddybulk1992]

Great reaction as always greetings from The Netherlands

[@gaborcsuzdi7006]

You would probably find the Citroёn U55 Currus Cityrama and the Ikarus 55 intersting as well. Futuristic buses not from 7 years, but from 7 decades ago.

[@Coasterlocity]

Every bus driver ive asked say bendy busses are actually easier to drive since the front section is 35ft instead of the standard 40 and the trailing axle tracks the center one exactly so you pretty much only worry about the front section.

[@pommesmayo7336]

in my town Solaris Urbino, Mercedes-Benz Citaro and MAN LionCity are very popular but we have also a few electric bus from BYD (Chinese Manufacture)

[@Laurelinad]

the mercedes citaro is the regular bus for city traffic, the tourismo is for touristic stuff and long distance travel (has a toilet and such onbord)

[@ondrejvasak1054]

We have these in my town for some time now. They are all pretty good. But we have this thing on Sunday, there are always few lines reserved for historic buses. You can take a ride in some nice old buses from the 90s and 80s and sometimes even older.

[@trirain146]

Your fascination by the busses is kinda funny. I use some of them almost every single day as I live in Prague. The long bus is

[@prividinc]

I live in Ontario Canada, and we have a number of buses like that here. AND they are very clean. As well, you can get on at almost any door and tap your card.

[@jerzyblinowski5177]

6:33 We have three types of buses. City buses that stop every 400 meters (500 yards) with people getting on and off. Long-distance buses that pick up passengers from city A or city B, which is several hundred kilometers/miles away, a few hours' drive from city A. Suburban buses that pick up passengers from city A and transport them to nearby towns, which may mean up to 100 km (60 miles), they stop every few km/miles and every few minutes. In the first case, the process of boarding and disembarking passengers deserves special attention. You need a lot of wide doors, a lot of space in which people will be able to move from the door to the interior of the vehicle and back, a lot of standing places, because after all, if you're going through the proverbial three stops, it's not even worth sitting down. In the second case, you need a comfortable place to sit for everyone, plenty of space for luggage, and the number of doors and their width, as well as the width of the passages, must meet safety requirements. The third case is actually the most interesting, because it all depends on the route. The longer the route and the fewer stops there are, the more the bus should resemble a long-distance bus, but the shorter the route and the more stops, the more the bus should resemble a city bus. The bus visible at 6:33 seems to be such an intermediate solution. It is a city bus with a large luggage rack, taking up a significant part of the space intended for standing people, and in the rear raised part there are many seats facing the direction of travel, like in a long-distance bus. Such a bus could easily serve the Warsaw-Kozienice route on national road 79 through Piaseczno, Baniocha, Góra Kalwaria, Magnuszew.

[@SiqueScarface]

Some of the rolling stock of the Trolleybus San Francisco are in fact Škoda 14Tr, albeit adapted to U.S. standards.

[@wiaczesawione3754]

As you big fan of Skoda. There are Skoda trams. I live in Wroclaw Poland and we have pretty much of them

[@petrissmalga1993]

In Latvia we have also Solaris urbino and Mercedes benz citaro.

[@rubenalonso9338]

Probably the bus at minute 6 is a city bus to the airport. That is why it has the configuration of an urban line bus but with all the additional space for luggage inside the cabin.

[@WwarpfirewW]

Nice, that footage is from Brno depot, I live in that area and its a pretty big place with maintanance as well, lots of trams and buses

[@Arhey]

There are multiple bus simulator games, where you actually can press every button. Those busses are not even this crazy, at least our newer busses have everything lowered for easier access. Yes the red buttons are to control the doors. Setra is a Mercedes brand. We usually have city busses and this coach type of busses for intercity transfers. They are differently equiped.

[@flyLS]

Buses in Brno, very comfortable, agile and really cool ones, the Iveco is the one for the route to the Airport. The pedals, left (brake) right (throtle - drive by wire) most of them run on CNG. And yeah, they fit amazingly in the narrow streets, specially the articulated ones. The cloth seats on the SOR bus are comfy, specially in winter, only thing I do not understand about them is the waste of space behind the first door, there are no seats. The red buttons are for the doors indeed, driver can choose to open all of them or independently.

[@eduarddvorecky3731]

6:33 we have theese types of buses with storage racks go on raute from main train station to airport and back. It's because people traveling between theese two points have more than just backpack and it would usually take up space for one more person. Here, you can stack them almost to the roof.

[@nordicafanboii5045]

A family friend of mine drives both 12m and 18m busses and she says there's no real difference just have go a bit wider in turns; in tight 90° turns it's more of an annoyance more than anything but we have like max. 5 of them, the tightest of them gets bendy busses every 20 min (5am-10pm (driver changes 1pm-3pm) except one bus (of 4) is replaced at 7pm (during summer the 12m bus will drive till like 2am on a slightly different route)) + 12m at the same frequency between 12pm and 6pm(Monday-Friday except national holidays)(one changing drivers at around 2pm and other is a bus coming of another line) + a couple of other lines utilising 12m and couple times a day 10.8m county line busses aswell.

[@Trex0Pol]

I'm not sure about these shown in the video, but most of the buses in Ústí nad Labem are actually power by CNG.

[@cuoresportivo155]

2:18 I drive busses like that about 4 days a week. It's not harder than a regular, except if you drive on roads with just 1 lane. You need to judge space for pulling over very carefully, and also realise the turning circle is larger, while the rear part definitely comes to the inside of the corner. But these don't need much room on the outside of the corner, unlike the standard busses (about 1 meter space needed) or busses with rear axle steering (2 meters clearance needed possibly). 2:56 They look a lot bigger in person, it must be a camera effect 6:19 room for wheelchairs and baby carriages is there usually, I guess the operator chose to have luggage racks there. I suspect it connects to an airport or so.

[@MrShadow1617]

11:00 Yeah, that Mercedes Design is already in use in Austria as fully electric buses in the regional network and in Vienna specifically.

[@Pidalin]

that bus looks completely stupid, not enough seats, stupid railing......people who designed it don't know anything about public transporatation

[@DoDo-dq7yf]

@@Pidalin It was just a cool prototype, the eCitaro looks normal inside But I have never driven one

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

As a Dane we also have busses like this on routes with major numbers of passengers. And busses with a low floor for ease of access. And now also Electric busses, as they are easily charged during operations, so that is an obvious addition. We also use systems with an electronic card being just held close to a point in the buss or by trains, for easy central payment for all traffic.

[@CMDRSurtkuku]

well, all of the videos you watched (except the one with mercedes) were took in Brno, Czech republic. The first one is standard bus. The second one is one which drives from Brno airport to main train station. The third one is another standard one, which you can meet everywhere in the city. The fourth one is, as you correctly realized, a trolleybus and you can usually meet them on lines 25, 26, 27, 36, 37. And, yeah, this is the "other" Škoda, the Škoda Plzeň, which makes trams, trolleybuses and trains.

[@matyaskalab3176]

The SOR and Iveco buses are build in Czechia, SOR is originally czech and built in Libchavy and Iveco, bulit in Vysoké Mýto, was known as Karosa before Irisbus (now called Iveco Bus) bought the company in 2006

[@ChR0nos_7734]

Just FYI, those Mercedes Sprinter RV's are customized by other companies specialized in RV conversions. They buy normal Sprinter and customize it how the buyer wants it

[@Vojtaniz01]

3:50 There was actually a bus simulator in development by SCS Software (authors of Euro Truck simulator), which was named Euro Coach Simulator, but as far as I know, the development has been halted.

[@rastaschoggulus9937]

You may also enjoy some videos on the "Postauto" in Switzerland. It also drives mountain pass roads as part of the public transport system.

[@Daniel28021991]

Yes or the video of "Wetten dass" with the Postauto "Wette" with the thuring on a moutian road.

[@Schulstand]

2:22 Well, this one is of the large kind, so they send them mostly on routes with at least mostly wide enought roads, although even on the widest roads there's sometimes construction, so it can be a problem

[@benedekhalda-kiss9737]

A great game for buses is Omsi 2

[@weerwolfproductions]

hiya, articulated busses have a locking mechanism on th rear axle that ensures it followes the track of the middle axle, so it wont short-cut. For the driver it means he's just steering the font bit of the bus, so 10 meters or something. he doesn't need to worry about steering the bit past the articulation, if that makes sense.

[@SiqueScarface]

6:00 Similar busses run in Innsbruck (Austria) as suburban busses, connecting the towns and villages around Innsbruck to the city.

[@josefbartosik6253]

The first bus is actualy realy nice for driving, much easier than the "normal" 12m, at least on dry road. Litteraly drove with the same model on my 9hr shift yesterday :-D

[@Driftjp]

9:07 the red buttons do open the doors im not sure if the bags are automatic on the buses though, but the buses normally curtsey to the right side if the curbs are lower so you don't fall off the bus basically.

[@davidbrown7538]

I used to be a service bus driver in Cardiff the capital city of Wales. We have a lot of Mercedes Citaro 12 metre buses.They are really lovely vehicles to drive as Mercedes really think about the driver when designing the bus. We used to have 18 metre Scania Omnicity bendy buses in Cardiff but they were all phased out in 2022 after 16 years in service.They have been replaced with double deckers which are a lot less time efficient as the stairs are a big problem with getting passengers on or off quickly at stops on busy city service with numerous stops .

[@vojtechp]

You didnt see Škoda-Solaris 38Tr for Prague airport… :D