Category:FOCUS on Bus and Coach
![Frans Rossel [left] and Thys de Beer with the ‘ace-in-the-hole’ VW 17.210 commuter bus.](https://archives.focusontransport.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/february2016_man_web_1.jpg)
Options to boost business agility
Passenger transit operators located in South Africa’s rural areas face challenges quite different from their metropolitan counterparts. As such, a well-defined business approach is...
Bus safety rules
Millions of school children are transported daily to and from schools. They need to be reminded about safety – both on the street and...
Butting heads
With the continuing battle for funding and the butting of heads between different approaches to the provision of bus services, we explore the current...
Brazilian real bucks the rand’s trend
FRANK BEETON updates us on important bus news from Brazil
More on London’s electric Buses
FRANK BEETON updates us on the rapidly developing electric-bus situation in London, England.
Insufficient funding and million-dollar vehicles
Generally, in South Africa, we think of massive delays, insufficient routes, cramped, uncomfortable seats and smoke pumping clunkers when the bus and coach industry...
Green buses drive the city
Metrobus recently unveiled its first fleet of 70 eco-friendly buses. It includes 40 new dual-fuel buses and 30 that have been converted to use...
Are Electric Buses Taking Over?
FRANK BEETON re-emphasises the growing move to electric bus manufacturing
What’s the buzz in BRT?
South African public transport has been entering the new phase of bus rapid transit (BRT) in various cities over the last few years. CLAIRE...
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