DEBATE * Australia - State Government may employ left-hand-drive buses
The Government has been trying to get left-hand drive buses approved for the trial of its super metro service from Kingsford to Leichhardt.
Sydney,Australia -The Daily Telegraph, by Joe Hildebrand -February 05, 2008: -- Sydney commuters already have to put up with late buses, cancelled services and rain-ravaged shelters. Now it appears the State Government has been toying with the idea of ejecting them into oncoming traffic... The problem is every left-hand drive model has its doors on the right-hand side - meaning passengers would be entering and exiting on to the road... While throwing the door open to roadside exits, the Government has at the same time rejected a state-of-the-art double-decker bus already operating in London, New York and Hong Kong... Correspondence obtained by The Daily Telegraph shows the owners were not even given a reason for their bus being rejected for the trial, even though it met the tender criteria... The model seats about 115 passengers and at $650,000 per unit is believed to cost $100,000 less than an articulated or "bendy" bus... The company Alexander Dennis has requested an explanation from State Transit several times in the past few months but is yet to receive one...Labels: left-hand-drive buses
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