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W HO C REATED B USES ? Blaise Pascal was the first to invent the bus. He invented a horse drawn bus in The system started with seven horse-drawn vehicles running along regular routes. Each coach could carry six or eight passengers. Some sources specify three routes.

T HE F IRST B US The bus was a regular route, schedule, and fare system in But it remained in operation for only a few years. The bus route were out of business by 1675.

T HE B US C ONTINUES The omnibus reappeared 1812 in Bordeaux, France, and afterward in Paris, London New York City motorbus transportation increased rapidly.

N EW S TEAM B USES The bus in the UK started in 1824 and John Greenwood. In new York, omnibus service also began in Steam Buses emerged in the 1830s as competition to the horse drawn buses.

1900’ S The midibus is a lighter and smaller purpose- built development of the single-deck bus, which emerged in the 1990s.

D IESEL E NGINE Since the 1930s, transit operators and researchers have experimented with alternatives to the diesel engine, which is currently the predominant method of powering buses.

F ULL S IZE B USES After the first engine powered bus of 1895 models expanded in the 20th century, leading to the widespread introduction of the contemporary recognizable form of full size buses from the 1950s.

D OUBLE D ECKER B USES In 2000, Victoria and Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada became the first city in North America to use modern double-decker buses in its public transit system.

NOW Today Buses now are wheelchair accessible. For standard buses, a major part of accessibility is achieved by the low-floor bus design, although for coaches, accessibility is being achieved through wheelchair lifts due to their higher floor level.

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