American Bus Driver Reacts To European City Buses!

An American public transport operator in Northern California takes a look at a few European city buses to compare them to the American built transit buses that he drives. Do they look better? More modern?

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[donalddodson]

Thanks, Kewan. Seems like European specs have fewer seats and many more doors. Wonder if their riders are "less distructive." 😂

[hughmungus]

hey, i just wanna say, no matter what equipment you use, your job is essential for modern city life, love directly from a european bus rider

[peterhoz]

Did you notice the extra doors on Euro buses? This allows faster access & egress, thus shorter dwelling at stops, and a faster ride overall for the passengers.

[Quadirmiller]

Have you ever taken a moment to appreciate the design of buses and trucks in European markets? They seem to have an elegance and sophistication that our vehicles sometimes lack. For instance, the headlights are often uniquely shaped and integrated seamlessly into the bus's overall aesthetic, giving it a modern and streamlined appearance. It's not just about functionality; these designs convey a sense of style and innovation that truly sets them apart from the more utilitarian designs we see here. The attention to detail in the curves, lines, and materials made European vehicles stand out.

[Megadriver]

I'm a part time bus driver in Germany and I have driven the production version of the Citaro-e. We only have one of these as a test for the bus company, but it's really nice.
It doesn't drive itself, that's just a gimmick and it has a proper bus interior designed for people to use. No different than the regular Citaro C2 and C2 hybrid.
The cockpit area is amazing. It's very comfortable, ergonomic, practical and elegant with no weird switches, or dials that look out of place. The electric Citaro-e is just quieter.
The standard Citaro is quiet, unlike MAN and Solaris, where you get a headache after a shift from all the noise. In a Citaro, I feel like I could drive from one end to Europe to the other and still feel good. And Citaros have so many luxury features. Seriously, the Citaros, or at least the ones at my company have - heated and ventilated seats, radar cruise control, blind spot monitoring, brake assist, rear camera, A/C and a radio with bluetooth functionality for calls, or music. In a city bus...
I'm Bulgarian and when I grew up in the 90s, buses were these loud and obnoxious things, spewing clouds of black smoke, very cold in the winter, very hot in the summer, uncomfortable and the drivers had nothing. Hell, damn things were manual, so the drivers had to change gear constantly.

Mercedes Benz make the best cars, best vans and best buses. As for trucks, sorry... I'm a Benz guy, but that title goes to Scania. (ex part-time truck driver... Scania rocks)

[marty]

5:58 kudos for featuring Brno, Czech Republic as the place from which to present Solaris Urbino right in their lair at Medlánky depot. These buses are a true marvel and we even have trolleybuses made on the same body here. And a lot of these busses create what I think is one of the best nighttime municipal public transport service solutions here.

[luciedvorakova]

I think North American buses designs aren't updated because public transit in the North America is regarded as a cheap service for the poor only. So the only goal is to make it cheap, and cheap to repair when vandalised. On the other hand public transit in European cities is used by every class of society, and often is even one of the icons of a city. For example London's iconic red buses or the underground. So look matters.

[JustBen]

As a European I found the City busses in the US odd. As a passenger I took a minute to realize what the cables along the windows are for (we have buttons every other row that can easily be reached by passengers sitting and passengers standing in the aisle). One feature I wish we could get in Europe are the bike racks on the front. On most transit systems you can't take bikes on busses. Very few systems have bike trailers, but for those the driver has to leave his seat and walk back the whole length of the bus.

[georgehaeh]

European bus side mirrors hang from the top allowing the driver to see pedestrians in the crosswalk when turning. In North America the side mirrors are mounted low and pedestrians get killed by turning buses. I just missed getting hit by a turning bus.

[marcins]

Solaris is a Polish bus producer. And the footage of self-driving Mercedes comes from tests conducted on a BRT line previously called the Zuidtangent that connects Amsterdam with Schiphol and Haarlem. As a Pole living in The Netherlands, I thank you for this video 🙂

[bussmagasinet]

Nice to see that you have found our videos! Love to see that you’re featuring us in your productions! Thanks a lot 😁

[milanjurosevic]

Solaris is a Polish company where when you order a bus you wait up to two years for delivery. The company where I work has 200 11-year-old Solaris buses. There are 100 in the garage where I work. Solaris delivers buses with different engines, Mercedes, MAN, DAF. And equipment inside for the drivers. They also have electric buses with different battery capacities and they don't have external mirrors, but in the driver's cabin on the display.

[lukasegeling]

Here in Switzerland we have lots of bi-articulated trolleybuses from HESS, a local manufacturer. They are 25 meters long (about 80 feet). These are really fun to watch, especially in a tight curve. If you aren't used to them, you see the second section and think that's the end, only for even more bus to show up. The newer models have a huge rear window, so the best seats are at the back of these buses. You can look backwards to see everything behind the bus or look forwards to get a view of the extra bendy interior.

[tacosalaten]

the mercedes one was a concept from a few years ago. the production version is called eCitaro. we have a few of them here in norway. really nice and comfortable to ride on.

[arturkasza]

Solaris is a company based in Poland, with quite an amazing history. Their buses can be seen in most of the Polish cities now. They do have an effective international market strategy, so I can see the buses in Brussels, and I have seen them in some French cities. Now that company was a family company, set up in 1990s by an engineer who worked at Neoplan in Germany, then he imported Neoplan buses to Poland, and on that foundation he built a company of his own. He ran it successfully, together with his wife till their retirement age, and they sold the company to Spanish CAF. The model shown in the video is very popular in Poland, and it is not the most recent one, more of a workhorse, here shown in Wroclaw, probably for the Czech market. Please do feel invited to Poland, if there are commercial and testing visits, there might be export to America perhaps. Also, ten years is a long time, but it's true even the modernised driver’s post is not really too modern.

[MHG]

That driver seat area at 4:20 reminds me very much of how German buses looked like in the 1970´s or 1980´s ...
P.S.: I´m German (driving trucks but not buses ...) but I can still rember that buses looked like that during my school days - using regular local buses to commute between home and school.
In Germany there´s never been such a thing like special school only buses as in the US.
Only in a few cases regular buses are used for special school routes (that usually still can be used by anyone else if the routing fits their needs ...)
... and that interior of a 2015 bus seems extremely basic offering effectively no comfort for passengers aside from being able to sit down "somehow".
The Solaris articulated bus shown is a modern but still somewhat "cheap" (=reduced to the minimum requirements).
are more expensive but offer better riding comfort for passengers and drivers.
That Mercedes at the end of this vid is just an idea of what future buses - could - be like.
I live and work near the Mercedes bus factory in Mannheim/Germany and I have never seen this particular bus driving around here.
It´s obviously a one-off featuring all ideas that could be implemented into future serial production. This bus is just a show case.
But believe me buses here in Germany are way more comfortable for passengers to ride and drivers to operate than those in the US.

[ganz]

The Isuzu bus is actually designed and built in Turkey (by Anadolu Isuzu). They make low-cost buses mostly for the Central/Eastern European and Middle Eastern markets.

[domcapivo]

5:56 That is actually Brno in the Czech Republic, so its not just for the Turkish market

[masteryoda]

In Australia, we have lots of European buses, Mercedes, Volvo, Renault etc

[quigonjinn]

A Polish automotive body builder here, you are right at 2:30. The thing tho is, European Bus windshields are glued to the unibody thus giving the vehicle more structural integrity just like in all modern cars. Glued windshields give the driver also a cleaner view & have better aerodynamics.