A frequent suggestion for cutting transit costs is to use smaller buses--usually a misguided suggestion, as most of the expense comes from paying the driver rather than fueling and maintaining the bus. But there is one very good reason that we should use smaller buses in USA...
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...and that's to better handle tight corners and turns! I can't tell you how many times I've been on a bus that's struggled to make a 90 degree turn because of its size, waiting for cars in the oncoming lane to back up, etc...
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Replying to @380kmh
This doesn't make sense. Why would the most car-oriented and speed-oriented country in the world have corners so tight that buses cannot turn?
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Replying to @briedisunrepshe
Here's one that I deal with every day--Maple and Suffolk Streets in Holyoke MA. My bus home turns left here, but this involves swinging into the oncoming lane or driving over the curb, and is very difficult if there's any oncoming traffic.pic.twitter.com/OYVYNWiSLd
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RIGHT, sorry, not left--the bus turns right
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