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- Let’s look at a few brand new transit buses from 2023 at the APTA expo in Orlando, Florida! I’ve never heard of a couple of these bus manufacturers! Cool to see new stuff for public transportation in the United States.
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I don’t care what bus it is or what new fangled technology it has. You always still gonna hear *”BACK DOOR!”*
Yup!!!
You need more modern buses.
Our regular buses (Barcelona) have 3 doors, articulated buses 4 door. All doors have an open buttons. When I press a stop sign the "stop requested" sign above the nearest door to me lights up and the door will automatically open (and if not, I can still press the open door button). This is not unique to where I live but becoming a standard in many countries around the world.
@@AL5520 All of those options are available here as well. It really depends on what the transit agency chooses.
@@AL5520My transit agency is way too cheap to get the high tech door options. They're too distracted with the whole "EV" thing, paying a bazillion dollars for each and every EV bus that you can't drive in the snow (it snows every year up here), and you don't dare drive with the AC or heat on for too long because it drains the battery and leaves you AND YOUR PASSENGERS stranded on the side of the road. Even without that problem they leave you stranded on the side of the road. In fact, at the end of the day, most of us would rather drive the old school diesel pushers.
@@BusDriverLife The fact that it's an option does not matter if no one uses it.
The problem in most of the US is not availability but usage due to lack of funding and shortsighted. Multiple doors, using more than one door to get on and off, good information screens makes it easier for passengers and drivers and the system better and more efficient which will increase ridership.
It’s incredible how every new bus from the USA looks like it has 30 years
new flyer has been making most of them. americas public transit sucks but the individual buses are pretty normal buses, they lack some features in european buses but thats because american city planning in general sucks
wish they made the RTS series still though
also not 30 years. this looks very 2000s'y
now look at our metro systems, london or even tokyo can be older and look modern, NYC and ATL have the same trains and look exactly like they are 30 years old
Bus companies in the US need to import European vehicles, if you want to have A LOT better looking buses. MAN, Mercedes, Scania, Iveco, and Volvo bases are built with Van Hool, Alexander Dennis, or Robert Wright bodies.
@@nataliehiltonmy native country uses a brand named BUSSCAAR, brazillian company, and even they have better looking and way more modern in comparison to these buses
@@nataliehilton protectionism means that European bus makers won't import their vehicles into America, btw European buses are lighter in weight than American buses
right on dude! so cool that there can be so many different types of channels out there on TH-cam. This is such a fine example of just that. Thanks for commenting on my last video. Now I get to learn a little bit more about you.
That’s awesome!! I really appreciate you checking me out! Made my day!!
Hey Keywan my name is JyQuez I’m a fellow subscriber from your channel and I wanted to let you know watching your videos inspired me to become a bus operator and I recently got hired at a transit company where I live and I start my orientation next week!!
Great job 👏
Congratulations to you!! I’m glad the videos were helpful!
That’s cool
So many systems are having driver shortages and could use more
Congrats fellow operator!😊
@@brendenmoir7423 thank you!
Its interesting that North America has a few bus makers and the designs they offer all look the same and have done so for decades. Yet Europe has dozens of bus makers with a wide range of designs
Yes, I agree. Back in the 1980s, American coach manufacturing put out unique designs like the Flxible Metro and the General Motors Rapid Transit Series. The technology today is great but today's coaches look like long boxes on wheels. They don't have distinctive bodies anymore.
Heres something you may find interesting. :)
The name of my country has nothing to do with the interesting and delicious bird ''turkey''......
.....but the name of the bird does have a connection with the name of my country, let me explain. :)
Name of my country has always been Türkiye, it's been known as such since around the 1200's.
The name it self has a suffix, '' -iye '', that is Turk-iye, where the -iye suffix means 'land of/belonging to',
just like the Latin suffix of '' -ia '', which exists in such country names like
Austr-ia, Austral-ia, Latv-ia, Roman-ia etc etc again meaning 'land of/belonging to'.
Many would remember the country Czechoslovak-ia which changed it's name to Czech Republic and a few years ago changed that to Czechia (that is Czech-ia).
The Latin suffix -ia probably originates from Turkish -iye as Turkish is much older, ancient Turkish been over ten thousand years old.
Spelled in different languages in different ways to phonetically resemble (to sound like) '' Türkiye ''
we got various spellings like;
Turquía (in Spanish),
Turchia (in Italian),
Turquie (in French)
Turkei (in Germn) and
Turkey (in English)
all trying to resemble the pronounciation of ''Turk-ia'' thus Turkiye.
Mind you this was way before the animal we currently know as 'turkey'' was found by the europeans when they explored the north americas. The bird was first sent to europe from north americas in the year 1519, so up until that point there was no bird named 'turkey'....
...they came across the bird and thought it was a specie of the fowl/chicken they had been buying from the country of Turkiye at the time, so they named the bird ''Turkey Fowl'' meaning ''Turkish Chicken''.....
....just like how a dog breed is known as German Shepherd (because it's from Germany), American Bulldog, British Terrier, Greek Harehound etc etc.
In time you don't get to call the Greek Harehound as simply as ''Greek''; or you don't call the British Terrier as ''British''; or the German Shepherd as ''German'', but in time the Turkish Fowl started to be called just ''Turkey'' and later ''turkey'', and has been going on for hundreds of years.
Now in modern times, this is causing confusion, especially when we have people across the world unable to point to their own country on the map, this ''confusion over the naming'' needed to be corrected.
So my country decided to rectify this confusion that has been going on for so long and corrected the name to Türkiye, which it always was. Basically we didn't change the name of our country, we changed the mistake made in the English language. : )
So, there's some tid bit information for you to have a great day, if you read upto this point you have a great night too, ohh just have a wonderfull life. : )
Best wishes. ;)
I drive the BYD K11M every day. Exceptional bus, range still needs improvement!
BYD generally has great cars
Ironic you posted this today, they just announced they're closing their doors in 2025. ENC built some solid buses and is exiting the market way too soon. So, now we're down to NFI and GILLIG. A decade ago we had over a dozen bus builders. We're now down to two.
WAIT WHAT REALLY
Say what!? I thought it was Nova Bus
@@dangelohartley5977 it's both now!
Wow!! I had no idea!! I’ll have to check into that to see all of the details! Thanks for the info!!
@@dangelohartley5977 Nova shut down their NY facility so they're only building buses in Canada. Not sure if they'll send buses over to USA from their Canadian plant.
If you came to Chicago, you would see tons of New Flyers and Novas with CTA and Pace you would see ElDorado National Axess BRT diesels/CNGs and New Flyer XD40 buses.
i love electric buses as much as the other person but i just wish more trolleybuses would be put in service
As a fellow bus driver it’s good to see the new buses and wat to expect in the future
These buses are amazing. It's great to see more electric buses.
BYD's artic has some striking resemblance to New Flyer... wonder if that's going to be a problem.
Hey there (a fellow driver in the LA area - the Orange/Red bus county ones (you know)) 🙌🏼. I randomly end up in the BYD location while cruising one day and they had a bunch of their buses on the street next to the building (it was the desert). Some had advertisements of their company, some were completely white and others were painted in the familiar LADOT Dash Yellow/Green style. Caught me off guard. 😅
That was fantastic! Absolutely wonderful camera work, no excessive talking, and you captured many of the details like the Recaro seats and some of the dashboard controls, very nice!
Thank you! I plan to do even better next time I attend an event like this
@@BusDriverLife I'm not sure how much better you can do, I think you did a fantastic job showing all of the details and attributes of all of the buses that are there
I appreciate bus drivers like you Bus Driver Life. I want to tell you thank you very much for these videos. I drive buses up here in Madison, Wisconsin and i appreciate our bus fleets up here.
The Vicinity looks quite good, i like a lot the aesthetic of that bus.
Beautiful, thanks for sharing
It's dope how you took us on the road in this video. (No pun intended lol) 😅
Nice to see updated looks at new technology done by an insider client
Hey very nice busses have a great time safe travels why do public transit buses have Red lights on the inside At night
You enjoyed yourself down there at that bus expo-All the terrific buses
If you to Philadelphia Pa you see a lot New Flyer mostly in South Philly New Buses.
San Francisco’s buses too are from New Flyer with a small amount of ENC buses
Blacksburg VA has several of XCelcior Charge NG buses. The seats, hold-bars...everything is identical to what I see when I ride. They are great.
YOOO THIS VIDEO Just revealed nothing but big tea GCRTA is getting electric new flyers that’s our logo and this is how exactly our buses look 💯💯💯
Orlando LYNX is really the only agency in Florida that utilizes New Flyer and it's the articulated ones. We are mostly Gilligs here. Where I'm from in Lakeland (Polk County) Citrus Connection started using Eldorado National (ENC) in 2012 then purchased some Gilligs in between then more ENC's in 2021 and 2023 which are the newest buses.
The Vicinity bus looks a lot like what we typically got here in Germany, design-wise. Even the "Stop" buttons are the same we have on German busses.
It’d be great to have some voice over during the segments you showed of the components, features & benefits, with that soothing voice of yours! I really want YOUR perspective on what you see & experience, rather than what I can see in a promotional video. Thank you for making this!
Our company recently purchased 4 2024 New Flyer XD30’s. We have 5 already, 4 2019s and a 2021. All of them, even the 2024s have broken down at some point.
This vid has inspired me to look up multiple trasint bus companies and transit authorities, for research purposes/knowledge
Hey those are some really cool designs i know zero emissions is the trend but give me the old Detroit powered RTS and Flxable Metros I grew up with
Very nostalgic looks like the 90s rts busses I love it
that was some cool looking rides. That articulating ride bus was crazy entry exit door on both sides
Yes!! Perfect for BRT lines!
The Utah Transit Authority uses New Flyer 60 foot articulated busses with doors on both sides for the Utah Valley Express.
I hope we can get some of this really cool new public transportation vehicles and technology where i live here in Albuquerque
Did you ask what Vicinity does? From my angle it looks like small town bus or village buses. They might be a good fit for the Chicago suburbs or Almaden region in San Jose, CA or for the community shuttles of Irvine and Mountain View
In case you didn't know, Van Hool is gonna commence operation here in the states probably next year in 2025 in Morristown, TN. They'll make transit (regular and articulated), coach, and even double decker buses; they might even go electric too.
Do you have proof?
@@superbrownsheep3777 Wikipedia and their official website. Also some news thumbnails from google.
The Vicinity is a nice 30fter with a European design. I’m pretty sure I’ve been on the diesel variant of the bus displayed here.
Haven’t heard of Damera but Karsan is the original designer and is a Turkish company. The Jest is one of their popular designs. Budapest has a tonne of 30ft Atak buses that are used for smaller weight restricted roads.
Meanwhile here in Dayton, Ohio, "electric bus" usually refers to a trolleybus 🚎
5:48 Karsan Jest, I believe they have some in Ontario and New Brunswick, CA. Martha's Vineyard in USA has them too. 8:15 I saw a BYD parked outside my local transit agencies garage, albeit an older model. Looked realy nice though for something built in China.
The way to go !
NYC Transit supervisor here. People here love the battery electric bus, until the temp falls below 20°F and operators have to kick people out into the cold and baby these things back to the Depot for a charge, to prevent a tow. Yes people Love that!
My local RTA here in Canton, Ohio has about 13 or 14 of the ENC Hydrogen Axxess... They seem to be a little sturdier than the Gilligs, but at almost 1 million a bus, I would hope so ha-ha.
Sweden here! Hi, I would love to see how that wheelchair ramp functions, never seen anything like it!
I hope you enjoyed your trip to the APTA expo. The buses look beautiful but none seemed to have protection for the driver, this should be a priority these days.
Agreed!
10:38 ...only this one bus had drive4 protection, in this video segment 🤔
Yoooooo I had no clue this expo existed. I’m definitely going ASAP
It was fun! The next is in Chicago in 2026. Kinda far away but you can start planning now. I plan to be there!
For some, the greasiness of McDonald's hash browns is part of their charm. It adds a certain indulgence and decadence to the breakfast experience. It's like treating yourself to a guilty pleasure once in a while. However, for others who prefer a cleaner and less greasy meal, it might be necessary to explore alternative options or modify their order to suit their preferences.
My personal favorite is the RIDE buses those are really neat😮
They did look cool!
Seats are appalling in those first buses, no wonder people feel disrespected. Interesting vid, thank you.
Smart mobility system in the US. Nice bus!
This is so funny! The bus in the thumbnail is made by a company which just today announced it is SHUTTING DOWN!
I literally heard about that after I uploaded this video 😆
As A non American the one thing I did notice was that all of the buses shown didn't look like they were designed with passenger comfort in mind !
Very cool video! Just about every transit bus here in Alberta is a New Flyer because they are made in Winnipeg which is only a 12-hour drive away. They aren't that exciting but they get the job done... Unlike our Proterra electric buses which have had nothing but issues since the beginning apparently... I love EV's but you gotta buy from a better manufacturer than that...
our BYD electric buses are shit, only 6 years old/12 year warranty they are stuck fixing them.
The proterra went out of business we have them in Miami but I don't like driving them
A lot of buses are going that way towards batter tech. My city just ordered 4 new diesel buses for this year because they were told that next year Nova Bus will not be making diesel ones in Canada. I wonder how they perform in cold winter conditions with lots of snow.
Great seeing more option and electric on the roads
Nice work sir!
Thank you!
I`m glad that my bus is still its diesel-powered sadly has no tap to pay.
Good Video, your buses look a little bit different to ours.
The vicinity bus interior looks like an opus bus especially the dash board
I don't suppose there were any trolley buses on display? Personally, I think they are an underrated technology. They are overall the most energy efficient type of bus, with lower environmental impact than battery-electric, and their range is theoretically unlimited (except of course by how far the catenary wires go.) They are great for longer, well-established routes. Don't underestimate their relevance.
No trolley buses on display but I agree with you..they are awesome. I’d love to operate one!
@@BusDriverLifeI've driven gillig trolley buses for bcrta
@@BusDriverLifehow about DDs?
Switzerland has plenty of trolleybuses. Most of them are from Hess (a Swiss company) and range from articulated to bi-articulated with four and five doors, respectively. They also usually have small batteries to run short distances off-wire. The newer bi-articulated ones are really fun because of their huge rear window which covers most of the bus' width and is the same height as the other windows.
Love your videos sir!
Thank you!!
We tested that pedestrian alert system on a couple of buses but I found it more distracting than helpful. Lots of false positive alarms.
That’s interesting! I can see that being an issue
Hey Keywan, I would also like to say that you could maybe make some videos talking about bus priority.
I believe city buses are special vehicles that have a very important hole in our societies and they should have priority over particular vehicles.
I think the major problem I have when I drive buses is that other drivers seem to think buses shouldn't be there. They try to cut you in every opportunity.
But buses are big, heavy and full of people. It should be the opposite. Every driver should drive carefully near buses.
Maybe it's not as bad where you live/work. 🤔
It’s definitely bad here. We have little to no bus priority lanes in Sacramento.
@BusDriverLife
I think the problem is that buses are naturally slower, they take more space to make turns and from time to time they stop so passengers can get in and out, but other drivers don't want to wait. Specially in todays world, people seem to be less and less patient. It all about "me, myself".
That's why to me bus priority should be part of our traffic laws. Without the help of everyone around the bus, it will struggle to get through.
But I have to say, considering the content I see about the US, like POV driving etc, things are considerably worse here.
Per example, the majority of drivers doesn't seem to understand what a STOP sign means and the Police doesn't seem to care. At least where I live.
@@BusDriverLife
I'm not talking about only priority lanes, but having to give way to the bus in some situations. Like, per example, sometimes you have to wait to make a turn and I think that other cars should wait a bit so you can turn.
The New Flyer 2023 articulated coach has an electrical issue here in Vegas. We have had two of the coaches catch fire. Don’t know what the cause was.
4:48: That Vicinity looks really nice... but I really find the placement of the vertical bars odd to say the least, with especially the right bars almost at the center of a passengers' head, running a great risk of injuring them in a more violent-than-wanted stop. I also don't understand why the placement of those bars differs from left and right, as the layout seems symmetrical. The BYD articulated looks like a downright copy of a VDL Citea-E on the outside, but hey... that's what the Chinese do (and why there's a tendency by now to steer clear of them, as many believe (me included) they will try to take over any market, to than raise the price of everything as there's no other option left.
Hi can you do a bus tour in Florida please 😊
Is that first NFI bus you showed off in this video going to Cleveland Ohio? That display in the bus showed their logo.
I think so..I remember seeing the RTA logo a few times on or near this bus.
The Jest bus is the future of the bus companies, like SUV but in Transit
The seating on these buses look so hard and uncomfortable compared to the well padded fabric covered seats on most Australian metro buses.
Come to an Australian or European bus expo and you see buses from Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Scania, MAN, Iveco ect.
That would be awesome!
On this side of the Atlantic, Dublin Bus and Transport for Ireland are starting to invest in these new vehicles - whether they can cope with Irish roads is another story entirely, as the potholes in Dublin City Centre are really bad, let alone the rest of Ireland - I live in the U.K. but have extended family in Ireland, so having to use these vehicles while being totally reliant on public transport is quite the experience since my last visit home to Ireland in October 2022
That Vicinity bus has a lot of ques from Alexander Dennis buses.
The rear lights remind me a lot of the Otokar Kent C and Vectio
Nice models. I actually think more cities should re-introduce trolley buses, buses that operate via electric catenary wires. Would save money, be even cleaner than battery based buses, on the routes that are busy and frequent enough to have the technology. We really should have been doing this for the last few decades, and yet I've seen zero of these buses expand. Electric battery buses make sense, too. Its not one or the other, its a collective effort.
Funny i got this video recommended to me because Eldorado is pulling out of the North American bus market today
Hey there, Mr. Keywan! I love your videos, and I just subscribed. Thank you for informing me about the life of a bus driver in your videos.
I have one question for you as a bus driver. As you know, I LOVE public transportation, both inside and out. And I love to video record the buses as they pass by on the streets. Unfortunately, I got stopped by not one but TWO bus drivers for video recording their buses! So, I want to know: Have you ever had to deal with someone on your bus video recording the ride, and if so, is that allowed on the SaCRT?
Thank you, and I hope you stay safe on your trip/route.
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Nothing wrong with recording in public. I don’t understand why some people make a big deal about it. As long as you are respectful and not interrupting service you can record.
Vicinity is a Canadian manufacturer based out of Aldergrove British Columbia. They are currently being made in China and final assembly in Aldergrove but they just started building a factory in Bellingham area in Washington so they will be leaving China in the future hopefully for both the Canadian and USA market they are very popular with bc transit the main transit Agency in the province of British Columbia outside of Metro Vancouver
Cool! Thanks for the info!
@@BusDriverLife my city in Alberta Canada has tons of vicinity buses, but they’re all diesel. Mainly used for smaller neighbourhood routes with low ridership.
you should go to the european version named busworld
in 2025 its going to be in Brussels again
I would love to!
If Neoplan USA were still business, we would like to know more about it
We have bendy buses in Portland Oregon but they are not electric.
The green NovaBus LFS Articulateds. Vancouver, WA has the New Flyer XDE60 artics for their BRT as well
Hope nj transit gets some new ones
It's about dayum time American buses have TVs on it 1:43. In China the buses there either run the TV news or some show on the screen.
Интересные модели 👍👍👍👍
8:23 BYD Might sound nice but have heard they’re garbage and have had many issues
None of these companies like displaying P.O.S systems or fare box system locations. Also no WiFi advertised.
Sadly, ENC might be closing for good
I literally heard the news right after I uploaded this video yesterday!! 😅
All transit buses need to be equipped with pedestrian alert system
All pedestrians need to be aware of their surroundings
Loving the APTA Expo content! The BYD buses do look nice, but I feel like a lot of that is overshadowed by their terrible quality control and awful reliability.
Also, was Proterra at the Expo? Seems odd that they would be seeing as, you know, bankruptcy and all that...
Nope..Proterra was not present at APTA. I hope to attend more events like this in the near future!
Does anyone know if APTA is only in Orlando or do they go all over the United States
They have had it in different states over the years.
As usual. RepResenTing well.
They should take a look on Mercedes Citaro and Man Lion’s City busses to see what a bus should look like.
The US prefer durability and reliability over looks.
@@TellurideS13 Well the busses I mentioned are very durable and reliable. They often operate for up to 20 years or sometimes even more
@TellurideS13 Who do you think build most of the axles you see on the road in America?
MAN built some of the durable buses on the market. Import/export finances are the reason we don't see them over here anymore
@@MarloSoBalJr Meritor, DANA
The Gillics and MCi and those Artics i cant stand driving those
Some really nice buses and I believe they are overall, much better than the buses we have here in Brazil.
BUT, I think our buses look much better. 😅
You can take a look later: Marcopolo Torino, Caio Apache, Mascarello GranVia.
And they still front engine, manual transmission in most of our cities.
Buses here are basically trucks. Mercedes-Benz, Volvo and Volkswagen are the major suppliers of chassis. Then Marcopolo, Caio, Mascarello, Comil etc build the bodies.
Marcopolo seems to be the best & mist reliable. Caio/ M-Benz are some of the nicest tho
@@MarloSoBalJr
Marcopolo is one of the biggest bus manufacturers in the world and Caio one of the biggest city bus manufacturers here in Brazil. I enjoy the design of Marcopolo city buses, but I believe I had a better experience with Caio, as a passenger.
My favorite is Neobus. Both as passanger and driver. But Marcopolo took it out of the business recently. 😢
Damera is a turkish company like Temsa coaches.
Can you explain the differences of the New Flyer buses? I can't tell the differences between models XD40, XDE40, XN40, etc. Any info would be appreciated.
I mainly drive Gilligs and Orions so my knowledge with New Flyer is limited..😬
@@BusDriverLife No worries. I can someone else.
Sometimes you can tell based on the roof. Usually, XD40 (and XD60) buses have lower rooflines compared to their CNG counterparts. Some companies can spec the higher rooflines so I usually end up using sound to tell them apart
New Flyer has electric, diesel, CNG ( compressed natural gas) and we just got two new Hydrogen Fuel Cell buses. They look the same but it is slightly higher than our diesel hybrid. I assume the model number you’re referring to for each type of bus.
That one electric with all the buttons and switches. I would love to get my grubby little fingers on them.
X is for Xcelsior
D is Diesel
DE is Diesel-Electric
N is CNG
HE is Hydrogen-Electric
E is electric.
35, 40 and 60 is the length
Someone need to tell the bus companeis that there is such a thing "too many buttns" I can memorize 7-8 buttons on each panel max
I have never been on an American bus. I'm from the UK where buses are very different.
New Flyer is the most common brand, though it is a Canadian company, they sell their buses to both American and Canadian transit agencies
@@evanstonbalce9588 I know New Flyer is the well-known brand of bus building over there, and also Gillig is another one too. In the UK, as I said, very different from Alexander Dennis, Wright bus and Switch Mobility (former Optare)
Nova Bus = Shake Rattle and Roll .
It's great to see brand new electric buses on the road but it's not great seeing them being vandalized from inside and out especially inside were the seats are tagged up. I take the bus to avoid paying for parking when I go to downtown especially in LA when i catch the bus I see nothing but seats full of graffiti and trash when you aboard the bus. People nowadays don't respect tax payers means of transportation. Good video.
Many buses in america, even those that are not american manufacturers seem to have the same stering wheel design, I wonder why it's a requirement
Give me 1970 man artic cutting edge tech
If these are the nicest, newest buses, manufacturers have to offer, then it’s not hard to see why Americans aren’t too keen on riding them. They’re the same depressing boxes that have been around for 40 years, aside from slightly improved powertrains and lighting.
Hello kiwine do you play Bus Simulator games.? Also when are you visiting Philadelphia to show case Philadelphia Pennsylvania transportation?
I have played a bus sim game before..it was fun. I may do a video playing one soon. I plan to visit Philly soon..maybe next year!