What are short busses?

What are short busses? A short bus is U.S. slang for a smaller school bus usually used for transporting special needs students. The term can also refer to. Shortbus, an American film.

What is the most common form of bus?

Single-deck bus The single-deck bus (also called a single decker) is the most popular bus in transit applications and has become largely synonymous with the concept of a transit bus.

How long is a bus UK?

Double-decker coaches in the UK have traditionally been 12 metres (39 feet 4 inches) in length, though many newer models are about 13.75 metres (45 ft 1 in). Coaches are normally built to 4.38 metres (14 ft 4 in) high, while 'highbridge' buses are normally about 20 centimetres (8 in) taller.

Why is buses not spelled busses?

Words that do rhyme with bus are usually spelled with a double s, like fusses or trusses. Until 1961, 'busses' was the preferred plural of 'bus' in Merriam-Webster dictionaries. But the word 'buss' is a synonym of 'kiss'. Perhaps it's just as well that 'buses' took over.

What is the most common type of bus?

Single-deck bus The single-deck bus (also called a single decker) is the most popular bus in transit applications and has become largely synonymous with the concept of a transit bus. However, any bus could serve in a transit application and other bus types frequently show up in transit fleets.

What is a small bus called?

A minibus, microbus, minicoach, or commuter (in Zimbabwe) is a passenger-carrying motor vehicle that is designed to carry more people than a multi-purpose vehicle or minivan, but fewer people than a full-size bus.

Why do UK buses have names?

After all, landmarks might confuse passengers that the bus would travel to them, whereas the buses are given a real human feel by using names. So since 1999, every new bus that has entered the fleet has been named after a deceased person.

What were early buses called?

Early buses, known as trolleybuses, were powered by electricity supplied from overhead lines.

Why do the British call bus a coach?

Deriving the name from horse-drawn carriages and stagecoaches that carried passengers, luggage, and mail, modern motor coaches are almost always high-floor buses, with separate luggage hold mounted below the passenger compartment.

What do Brits call a bus?

In Britain, a comfortable bus that carries passengers on long journeys is called a coach. The coach leaves Cardiff at twenty to eight. In America, a vehicle designed for long journeys is usually called a bus.