“Fuck cars … but not this car.”
How many people can sit in that little thing?
Here in my town, they simply have a refurbished van with like 12 seats hauling people around.
I’ve seen those. In the suburbs here they often have call-ahead pickup to specific locations, like the only remaining mall or the library.
It’s not the medieval cities that fight tooth and nail to prevent public transit.
I feel like the top statement is a -
Said no-one ever
“Hold my mustard” made me smile :D
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chamonix_Gruau_Microbus_«Le_Mulet».JPG
Just saw these in Chamonix too!
deleted by creator
What does that fit 3 people?
20 people, 10 seated, 10 standing. https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruau_Microbus
In case you missed the markings on it, it’s also free and runs on electricity, which in France is low carbon.
I wonder how much of the length cutting was just from being able to remove the ICE and all its associated components.
Not a lot, the engine is under the passengers in pretty much every modern bus.
And it’s a shuttle, not a line bus, tbf
The opposite is true for the US. Because of the abhorrently large firetrucks you can’t have smaller roads.
Also because everything in the US is spread out except for urban areas, mass transit just won’t work well for a large part of the population. Didn’t help that what transit infrastructure existed came under assault by the oil/car companies of the time, so many places went full automobile.
Half of the US is a stripmall 20km away from a suburb on one end and corn on the other with a parking lot in the middle
I’ll bet semi trailers contribute as well, it is rarely a single thing.
That’s a super cute little bus.
Bellissimo!