Buses World News
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BEST BUSES * Dubai - Plans to increase the number of vehicles to 1,900 by the end of this year
Dubai,UAE -The Gulf News, by Ashfaq Ahmed -January 11, 2010: --
Dubai is using one of the best city public transport buses in the world in a bid to attract more people to use buses instead of private cars, said a senior official... Eisa Abdul Rahman Al Dossari, Chief Executive Officer of the Public Transport Agency (PTA) at the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), told Gulf News that the PTA has not abandoned any of its expansion plans to ensure a fully integrated public transport system in the city... Al Dossari, however, ensured that all plans prepared by the PTA are in place. "We will increase the number of buses from the current 1,575 to 1,900 by the end of this year in addition to the completion of the bus depots"... The new units contain rooms, toilets, wash basins, dining halls and recreational facilities. Also comes under this phase is the construction of investment buildings spanning an area of 3,005 square meters containing food courts, shops, and a mosque... (Image by Hadrian Hernandez/Gulf News - The Public Transport Agency has plans to cover 95 per cent of the city's areas within the next three years with their state-of-the-art buses)Labels: better buses worldwide
THE MOST * Argentine - The most comfortable buses in the world
Ver mapa más grandeI don't know if that title is true or not as I haven't ridden every bus in the world, but these are the best ones I've ever been onSalta.Prov. Salta,Argentina -Travel Blog, by Dennis Brougham -February 4, 2009: -- Apparently they have five classes but I've only ever seen three: economy, semi-recliner and full recliner... As I was heading for Northwestern Argentina and the ride would take about 18 hours I chose full recliner. Steward aboard, departure announcement over the microphone, then an evening meal served to me in my seat, with wine and liqueur afterward. 
And when you're ready to sleep the seat goes all the way down flat and the footrest comes all the way up to create a truly horizontal bed that was only barely long enough for my height, but that “only barely” was just enough to ensure a comfortable enough sleep and not just uncomfortable dozing... As we left BA the sky clouded over and we rolled across the pampas with lightning flickering in the distance. Shortly there began the most intense thunderstorm I've ever seen. As darkness fell we caught up to the storm and the lightning intensified in frequency and power. Multiple bolts, some like thick, bright vertical cables connecting clouds to ground, others just fleeting shots across the sky. The rain came on in an astounding deluge, like driving through an endless car wash and at times I felt like a dry, air-breathing fish in an aquarium safe from the watery world outside. Unbelievably, the lightning continued to increase until it seemed as if some hand was flicking a celestial light on and off as rapidly as possible, with more light than darkness in the clouds...
Labels: better buses worldwide
Dubai,UAE -The Gulf News, by Ashfaq Ahmed -January 11, 2010: -- Dubai is using one of the best city public transport buses in the world in a bid to attract more people to use buses instead of private cars, said a senior official... Eisa Abdul Rahman Al Dossari, Chief Executive Officer of the Public Transport Agency (PTA) at the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), told Gulf News that the PTA has not abandoned any of its expansion plans to ensure a fully integrated public transport system in the city... Al Dossari, however, ensured that all plans prepared by the PTA are in place. "We will increase the number of buses from the current 1,575 to 1,900 by the end of this year in addition to the completion of the bus depots"... The new units contain rooms, toilets, wash basins, dining halls and recreational facilities. Also comes under this phase is the construction of investment buildings spanning an area of 3,005 square meters containing food courts, shops, and a mosque... (Image by Hadrian Hernandez/Gulf News - The Public Transport Agency has plans to cover 95 per cent of the city's areas within the next three years with their state-of-the-art buses)
