Road-based public transport, from ordinary buses and trolleybuses to bus rapid transit. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the mode a bus, trolleybus, bus rapid transit or public transport. It excludes private road transport. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members. It is one of the groups under the Road Mode subcategory of the Transport atlas, which has its own browse page listing every group and member.
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Wikipedia: Coach (Bus)
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A coach (also known as a motorcoach or coach bus) is a type of bus built for longer distance service
Wikipedia: Bus Rapid Transit
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Bus rapid transit (BRT), also referred to as a busway or transitway, is a trolleybus, electric bus, or bus service system designed to have higher capacity, reliability, and other quality features than a conventional bus system.
Wikipedia: Trolleybus
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A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tram (in the 1910s and 1920s), road tram or simply trolley) is an electric bus that draws power from dual overhead lines (generally suspended from roadside posts) using spring-loaded or pneumatically raised trolley poles.
Wikipedia: Bus
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A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport.
Wikipedia: Public Transport
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Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) refers to forms of transport made available for use by the general public.
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