Recently visited York (UK) and they have a fantastic bus system - and they're electric.
this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2023
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Busses in my city are also going electric. So far only the local routes. The longer distance routes are still diesel
68 men plus the driver makes 69, amirite?
This is the propaganda I can get behind.
And with trolleybuses powered on a renewable grid, it's zero gallons!
Or maybe tell bosses that if your job can be done remotely it should be done remotely. Then there's more room on the bus for people who need to be in meatspace to do their jobs.
If only bosses were open to persuasion.
But everybody loves cars! Just look at how many cars people buy all the time!
/s
I could take 68 men. That's a normal Saturday night for me.
But that'll take away people's freedom to pay a subscription for heated seats 😔
Ah, you should see buses in my city. Dirty, thirty years old, overpopulated graves on wheels with no air conditioners.
Never again.
with no air conditioners.
Dear Faust. Are they using Soviet minibuses? 
Ha! I have nothing but good memories about PAZ-3205. Fast, comfortable, with working AC.
LIAZ-677, on the other hand... now that's a proper torture machine
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/LiAZ-677_bus_in_Bor.jpg
Then start campaigning for better public infrastructure.
That one bus company in the nearby city that absolutely refuses to replace their miserable old buses 🥴🤡 while the others run modern air conditioned hybrids, and some fully electric
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