Rattling inside a tin can is what I think of Gilligs. I do like the handling of the newer Gilligs. However I hate the rattle, slow acceleration, yes the braking and retarder jerkiness, weak interior speakers. My transit service only uses Gilligs. So I don't have anything else to compare them to but I personally don't like Gilligs myself.

I once dated a bus driver many years ago, and over the years, I've had numerous encounters with bus drivers both as a passenger and as a fellow driver on the road. While I have great respect for the work they do, I have come to realize that dating a city bus driver isn't something I would choose for myself. The primary reason is the demanding nature of their job. City bus drivers often work very long hours, which leaves them with little free time. Their schedules can be erratic, making it difficult to plan quality time together. Additionally, the job offers limited autonomy, as they must adhere to strict routes and schedules, which can add to their stress and fatigue. Given these factors, I feel that the lifestyle and work commitments of a city bus driver aren't conducive to building a fulfilling and balanced relationship, at least for me personally.

Bus company sells cardboard paper suitcases to the passengers with plastic bags! 😂😂😂😂

i absolutely dusgree the mercedes bus is an eyesore, all the asymetrical corners and the weird seats.. i just dont like it but great video otherwise

The dopers always sit in the back row to smoke in the john.

At least your buses often have bicycle racks! Though here you'd only use that if your bicycle broke down.

The first thought I had about your bus is: how are wheelchair users supposed to get to their designated spacious area on the bus? It looks like there's no door next to it, so do they have to get on in the front or back and then have to get through the narrow aisle between the seats to get to that area? Isn't that super inconvenient and hard to manage, especially when the bus is fuller? Or am I missing something there? In Germany we have buses that have a door in the middle, right where the most spacious part is, and that door also has a ramp. It's still not the most modern system because the driver has to get out, manually get the ramp out, and back up and same thing when the wheelchair user needs to get off. So it is a bit cumbersome, but at least the door is directly next to the wheelchair area. Also, didn't even realize you didn't have buttons for the passengers to push if they need to get off at the next stop. That wiring system at the windows is making me anxious from just looking at it 😅 Thanks for the video! It was really interesting to watch! :)

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Just last night I had a drunk hassle me about stopping when I was running hot. I just smile and nod. That’s it.

what i do notice when you compare the interior of the bus you drive is definitely the handicap spots and lack of wheelchair accessable spaces. the european busses have the handicap/wheelchair spots near the rear doors, hench the wide space there. also they come with built-in wheelchair ramps that slide out from underneath the floor at the rear door

That bus from Benz looks like it could be used as an Airport Bus, but even in Germany or Austria, it would not survive a day in Berlin or Vienna. Like it would be sprayed on and windows kicked in etc on its first ride.

Europeans are making a big deal about stop request cords? Wtf? I find them much more easier compared to a button imo

It's not matter what pretty city bus you use in europe (Isuzu, Solaris, Mercedes etc.) if outdoor temperature is 86F you are dead. Even if some buses have climatization system stupid passangers open windows an f-up air for all.

@BusDriverLife I work as a Public Transport bus driver in the Netherlands and I noticed that the floor isn't one low level in the entire bus, which is a feature that is mandated by the provinces in the Netherlands that handle Public Transport demands and decide which company will get the next (usually a 10 year contract with an option for 5-7 more years) mandate to provide PT in a certain region. This limits the amount of bus production companies able to provide busses. Right now, three bus companies are able to meet that demand and it's VDL, EbusCo and BYD. Fun fact about the Mercedes bus: The area that you see the bus driving in is actually my area and it's driving in the bus lane created for the 300 line going from Haarlem NS to Amsterdam Bijlmer NS and v.v.. The location is between the Spaarne Hospital in Hoofdorp and Vijfhuizen. Because Google does not do loactions on the reserved bus lanes, this is the closest to the location I can provide with the Google Map location: www.google.nl/maps/@52.3351859,4.6739818,3a,75y,75.94h,68.29t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soo5p-bCud6-7hFpSXXrhvA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu I am just wondering if the steering wheel in your bus is adjustable?? I am assuming so, but I wasn't sure by looking at the steering collumn. I have to admit I greatly like the bike carrying device on the front of the bus 👍

I am a truck driver and I love driving! As a truck driver I make 2200 a week and I know bus drivers who are making 32 dollars an hour and they are living a good lifestyle.

New owners always think they have a better way of doing things. Time will tell, however, I'm sure it will cause hassles for the bus drivers.

Izuzu? No. There is no bus manufacturer, called Izuzu. What you're thinking of, is Isuzu. That's an S. Not a Z.

Oakland, where I live, acquired plenty of Van Hool buses in the early 2000s but then switched back to Gilligs and New Flyers, for political reasons. The Gilligs, even brand new, look 30-40 years older than the 20-year old Van Hools.

SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority), formally known as the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC)

I won't use Greyhound Bus anymore. It is a shell of what it once was.

A rude ghetto queen, who would believe it?

I rode the Grey Dog when i was in college in NYC 45 years ago. Likely the same bums still riding...

AC Transit’s Richmond division has the diesel version of these double deckers.

Imagine paying extra for 1 or more seats. Then when you get there, the company double booked the seats and/or get kicked off. I seen it happened online.

As a fellow bus driver hoping to make it big one day, (currently paratransit and training for school bus to get company provided training, hoping to make it to transit bus), we have enough garbage put on us. We are somehow expected to both be on schedule while following all traffic laws to a tee, which is like driving on a narrow bridge glazed with black ice...to say we have no time for idiots would be putting it lightly.

The first buses looks angry

Man I don't know how your video made it to my suggested list, but I'm glad that I clicked, I subbed, you never know when that G Klass will come!

Stay classy, Dublin. That's the 83 that I take to work lol

SOLARIS MADE in POLAND 😎👍🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱

J'ai conduit des bus a Paris pendant des années et votre bus américain me fait pensé au bus que j'avais en france au début des années 2000 Je suis curieux aussi de connaître la puissance et la consommation de votre bus. Sa pourrai étre interessant

Please visit Trondheim Norway 😅 double jointed buses 😊

9:43 Now that we have a lot of "asylum seekers" from countries with one political religion of conquest, the situation is the same here too. Everything is destroyed and messed up.

Also a good resource is fellow passengers. I personally don’t know all the schedules but for the majority of routes in south king county (Seattle area) I know the frequencies and span of service. Also if customer service is closed a lot of times drivers will call dispatch or supervisor for help. Our drivers do the best they can. But like you said they don’t know everything. All you know is the trips your scheduled that day and when they start. Within each trip you know the major time points too as they happen. That’s it.

The vast number of dangerous incidents aren't even reported by driver's, they are common.

I'll be honest. Depending on how my day is going, my response could be, "Well, come and "sit" your...'behind😏'..in this seat for a month, then talk to me." These people who ride the buses daily can visually observe what Bus Operator's do every day, and they often will compliment and show concern for what Operator's go through. But, they can only know the rest by sitting in that seat. Those in management who were former Operator's need a full day of refreshment "route driving" once per year. Things change. You can loose perspective out of that seat for too long while making decisions.

Hope you get your G-Class anytime soon. :-)

My fav Greyhound thing. Those Entitlement ppl think they keep all their junk on tve empty seat next to them. Like they oaid for it & go full on ghetto when they have to move it

Don't mistake this ultra modern peace of art with the regular busses that run here on the road. Sure - there are some very modern busses, but there are also some from the late 70s on the road. Especially the small companies who do the school transport or the small villages don't have the money to buy new material.

I think i ll just forget my comment youtube You re too sensitive What i had to say is n t anything bad

Long live the Orion VIIs!

Not only busses. I'm amazed how out of date your trucks are. I have seen brand new ones that uses round stock from the shelf VDO instruments on a wood dashboard. That's more like second WW2. No wonder no one outside US buy them.

Hello, I just saw your video it's interesting, I came to the United States in 2017 and I had the opportunity to use the buses and actually to be honest I didn't find them very beautiful and the system for getting a user in a wheelchair is not good and the rear doors are not wide enough, they seems old, on the other hand what is good about you is the bike rack at the front Here in Europe our buses are much prettier and perhaps better adapted, I worked 27 years at the RATP in Paris and suburbs as a bus driver and since 2013 I have made a large number of videos, I am providing you with 2 links so that you can see the interior of the buses and the width of the doors, I will be delighted to discuss with you on this subject, friendly (fisrt link is an IVECO 18 meters and the second link is a Heuliez 12 meters) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Kc-73czyz1I.htmlsi=xn4TP_IdjkF2txJ8 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GAGC6pOu1yw.htmlsi=XHx0v2ytqeWG5LsM

😅 Greyhound is already doomed just like Trailways.. TERRIBLE SERVICE HORRIBLE

Maybe he paid but they just didn’t show that part. And how is a heartfelt person singing breed bad behavior?? Does action movies breed more fighting?? You can’t blame one commercial on the entirety of a culture

Im sorry to say that, but even about busses, is Europe more developed than USA….

Solaris is from Poland and also has a bus running on hydrogen cells, and Mercedes Benz is only a prototype, an illusion of the modern European Union

GUESS WHAT??? No More Greyhound no more. SAD!

Jesus Christ you’re making it even worse.

Man that driver compartment in your buss looks like something European busses had in the 70's - 80's. Of course its n ot fair to compare 2020's busses to a 2015 but even back then busses here was a lot better both outside and inside with comfortable seating's for driver and passenger, and also focused on safety. And how tiny the doors on the NA buss are. Can barely filt a wheel chair. Busses now is on another level. though i thought that Isuzu didn't look particularly good inside, nut i guess its fairly standard for "city" busses. Her in Norway we got a lot of Express busses (what you call coach) moving people from further outside the cities. Those are real nice inside✌

As a non american, i am suprised that V8 Hemi Big block busses arent a thing tbh (for generally PT)