World's Longest Bus

Volvo's new, BRT-friendly, bi-articulated, 26.8-meter bus with room for 300 passengers.

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January 1, 2005, 9:00 AM PST

The Volvo story is the featured article in this issue of the BRT newsletter, "newsLane", published by WestStart-CALSTART and the Federal Transit Administration.

Volvo's new bus "has beendesigned for operation in dedicated bus lanes, making it a natural for high-level 'full BRT' applications.

Volvo buses are used in the Curitibatransit system, one of the flagship systems inspiring the current BRT movement around the world."

[Editor's note: The link below is to a 3MB PDF document.]

Thanks to TRB Transportation Research E-Newsletter

FULL STORY: Volvo Debuts World’s Longest Bus!

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 in Caltech News

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