What about articulated buses?

[cripple_rooster]

These ones are usually 18-metre long, power goes from 210HP to 370HP, and the transmission is always automatic. Originally intended to be used in segregated tracks, but have been popular in bigger Brazilian cities due to the high passenger demand in some routes and the maneuverability is not so bad at all. Would this be a good option to Manila?

[ghosthunter]

It would just eat up more road space without much gains.

A double decker bus would actually be a better solution. It would half the road space (used by two buses). BUT the problem with double decker buses in Manila is the vertical clearance between the road and overpasses.

[baludoy]

meron na iyan dati sa manila. kung di ako nagkakamali megabus pa ata tawag dyan dati. edsa lang ata ang biyahe nung mga bus na iyan before

[ghosthunter]

meron na iyan dati sa manila. kung di ako nagkakamali megabus pa ata tawag dyan dati. edsa lang ata ang biyahe nung mga bus na iyan before

Yup. I think the problem was maintenance of these specialized buses.

[uls]

ngek

articulated buses?

as if there arent enough half-filled buses sa EDSA

lalo traffic

the problem isnt that there arent enough buses or buses arent big enough

the problem is there are too many buses

nag aagawan ng pasahero

they clog up parts of EDSA coz they're waiting for passengers

they can't reach full capacity coz they're too many of them

[cripple_rooster]

Articulated buses were originally intended to replace a variable amount of smaller vehicles with a larger one, cutting operational costs.






But I also prefer the double-deckers.

There were a few double-deckers performing urban transit duties in Brazil from the 80's to early 90's, mainly in São Paulo and Goiânia, but nowadays in South America they're more restricted to city-tours or long distance road trips.

They're still perceived by many users as "high-feature".

[uls]

but will the bus operators here replace their standard buses with those?

i don't think so

[Syuryuken]

meron na iyan dati sa manila. kung di ako nagkakamali megabus pa ata tawag dyan dati. edsa lang ata ang biyahe nung mga bus na iyan before

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[umi001]

When I was assigned to London, I never liked riding on the second floor of the double-decker buses - took too long to get out when you reached your destination, baka akala nung driver wala nang bababa The bendy-buses were better, though the talk then was that the City government wanted to phase them out.

[cripple_rooster]

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This looks like those ones found nowadays in Cuba.