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  • '''Murrays Coaches''' is an Australian [[bus]] company, providing services in New South Wales, including: Murrays has six [[Bus station|depots]] located in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coa
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  • ...ly produced only van bodies. In 1955, it was renamed the Riga Experimental Bus Factory (Russian: Рижский Опытный Автобусный Зав RAF’s first product was the RAF 251, a 22-seat local bus, based on a [[GAZ-51]] chassis. From 1958 the factory started to produce RA
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  • ...t of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Foden Trucks''' was a British [[truck]] and [[bus]] manufacturing company which has its origins in Sandbach, Cheshire in 1856 |publisher=Transport News Network
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  • ...8, only two base models, the Albion Clydesdale truck and the Albion Viking bus were continued. Production of these was moved to the Leyland plant at Bathg ...e company announced that estate cars were available again based on a small bus chassis, it is not known if any were actually made.
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  • ...mong those are the Truck of the Year award in 2006 as well as in 2008, the Bus of the Year award 2006, and recently, the German business Innovation Prize
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  • ...ticians, by large companies to transport executives, or by broadcasters to transport guests. Most stretch limousines, however, operate as [[vehicle for hire|liv ...by a coach company named [[Armbruster]]. These cars were primarily used to transport famous “big band” leaders, such as Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman, and
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  • When they first appeared in the 1920s, ''colectivos'' were small [[bus|buses]] built out of smaller vehicle chassis (cars, vans, etc.) and, later, ...resque style until 1990, when the urban fleet was modernized with real Bus-Bus units (with motors in the back of the unit) and much of the charm was lost.
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  • {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Iveco''' is an Italian [[truck]], [[bus]], [[SUV]] and [[diesel engine]] manufacturer, based in Turin, Italy. It is ...vehicle and [[engine]] markets, and is near the top for sales of passenger transport and 3.5 ton light vehicles.
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  • '''New Flyer Industries Inc.''' is a [[bus]] manufacturer in North America, headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canad ...s name to '''New Flyer Industries Limited'''. Den Oudsten Bussen B.V was a bus manufacturer in its native country, the Netherlands.
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  • ...led a [[carpool]], though the term HOV includes buses and vans. However, [[bus lane]]s may not necessarily be intended for use by [[carpool]]s. An HOV or ...ers widened in 2003 and 2004 respectively, so they serve a dual purpose as bus lanes and accident lanes. Although full HOV lanes are available for carpoo
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  • ...>, and he is also commemorated in the Morris Motors Museum at the [[Oxford Bus Museum]]. Morris also has a building named after him at Coventry University [[Category:Transport in Oxford|Morris, William, 1st Viscount Nuffield]]
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  • ...in which the car was beaten by a bicycle, a boat on the Thames and public transport, and Car vs. Boat, in which the boat won, but James May would still prefer ...rostar and the TGV. Hammond and May walked two miles to a bus stop, took a bus to Guildford railway station and went on a train to London Waterloo. From t
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  • ...roduction alongside the new product for a further year. In August 1931, a bus [[chassis]] was added to the range, and was designated WHB and WLB. ...models respectively. Bedford continued to develop its share of the light transport market, with the introduction of the 8 cwt ASYC and ASXC vans, a close
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  • ...n's economy by virtue of the Master Agreement with all significant freight transport companies. ...- Thomasbuilt Buses, of High Point, NC, producer of all classes of school bus bodies, and forward control chassis.
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  • ...nic system for buses and coaches. These gearboxes have a place in [[public transport]] as they have been shown to significantly reduce fuel consumption.
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  • A '''van''' is a vehicle used for [[transport]]ing goods or groups of people. It is generally a rather box-shaped vehicle ...n]]s which were patterned in size after the [[Volkswagen Type 2|Volkswagen Bus]]. The [[Corvair]] based entry even aped the rear mounted air cooled engine
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  • ...ritics claim that Sloan was also instrumental in the demise of public city transport throughout the United States; see [[General Motors streetcar conspiracy]] f ...ican Ground Transport: A Proposal for Restructuring the Automobile, Truck, Bus and Rail Industries. Report presented to the Committee of the Judiciary, Su
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  • ...] systems throughout the United States were dismantled and replaced with [[bus]]es in the mid-20th century as a result of alleged illegal actions by a num | title=Streetcar and Bus Ownership: Holding Companies
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  • ...n network of Metro Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, including public transport and major roads and bridges. ...ity of West Vancouver owns and operates the [[West Vancouver Blue Bus|Blue Bus]] system serving West Vancouver and Lions Bay. The schedules, fares, and ro
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  • ...ss crowd,so it shades a part of its image as a workhorse into an executive transport/family hauler
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  • ...rior to its 1988 sell-off to [[British Aerospace]]. In 1987 the truck and bus businesses were sold off. The remaining volume car business was sold to [[ * 1987 Leyland Bus floated off; bought by [[Volvo Buses]] in 1988
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  • ...f [[road]]s to provide information to road users. With increasing speed of transport, the tendency is for countries to adopt pictorial signs or otherwise simpli *fluorescent yellow-green for school zone, school bus stop, pedestrian, playground, and bicycle warning signs
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  • ...xclusion Unit, Office of the Prime Minister (UK)}}</ref> The [[sustainable transport]] movement focuses on solutions to these problems. ...he industry is also facing increasing external competition from the public transport sector, as consumers re-evaluate their private vehicle usage.<ref>[http://w
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  • ...1.9 litre diesel instead of the typical 7.0 litre engine in a traditional bus demonstrates the possible advantages of serial hybrids in extremely traffic This characteristic offers many potential advantages for Bus services:
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  • '''Roadway air dispersion modeling''' is the study of air pollutant transport from a roadway or other linear emitter. Computer models are required to co ...ispersion models to characterize the impacts of new and expanded roadways, bus terminals, truck stops, and other sources.
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  • The '''Toronto Transit Commission''' ('''TTC''') is a [[public transport]] authority that operates buses, streetcars, subways, and rapid transit lin ...average daily ridership exceeds 2.54 million passengers: 1,296,300 through bus, 275,200 by streetcar, 38,400 by intermediate rail (RT), and 927,800 by sub
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  • ...orsport/f1/news/172209-0/public_transport_only_to_donington_gp.html Public transport only to Donington GP]</ref> ...2008-12-15}}</ref> The owners are also in support of any future light rail transport to East Midlands Airport itself.
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  • ...orized vehicle, such as a motorcycle, [[automobile|car]], [[truck]] or a [[bus]]. Due to most Americans and Canadians possessing valid driving licenses, ...s of 3&nbsp;500&nbsp;kg. Special licenses can also be required in order to transport hazardous materials. The cost of taking the series of tests and examination
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  • ...(or simply '''amphibian'''), is a [[vehicle]] or craft, that is a means of transport, viable on land as well as on water – just like an amphibian. ...unpowered, ranging from amphibious bicycles, ATVs, [[Automobile|cars]], [[bus]]es, [[truck]]s, [[Recreational vehicle|RVs]], and [[military vehicle]]s, a
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  • ;'''[[Hearse]]''': A converted [[luxury car]] usually used to transport the dead. Often longer and heavier than the vehicle on which they are usual ;'''[[Minibus]]''': Designed to carry fewer people than a full-size bus, generally up to 16 people in multiple rows of seats. Passenger access in n
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  • ...re also used on generator sets, forklifts, mining equipment, [[truck]]s, [[bus]]es, trains, and other engine-equipped machines. A catalytic converter prov *[[Transport Canada]] - Canada (trains and ships)
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  • ...Yellow Coach, helped create Greyhound bus lines, replaced intercity train transport with buses, and established subsidiary companies to buy out streetcar compa ...hicle]] development, building Diesel-electric trains since the 1930s and [[bus]]es since the 1990s (but without stored energy recovery), but did not intro
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  • ...t would be good to link to, or provide, a table of efficiencies of various transport technologies, say space shuttle, aeroplane, rail-train, maglev, ICE car, HE ...ies pose any greater risk than is currently accepted for fossil fuel based transport. Petrol and diesel powered transportation cause significant environmental d
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  • | Aux2 = Bus jumping over bikes | Aux2 = London Race - Car vs. Bike vs. Public Transport vs. Speedboat
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  • ...creation of [[steam power|steam-powered]] [[automobile]]s capable of human transport<ref>Eckermann, Erik (2001). ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=yLZeQwqNmdg ...{{rp|p.27}} and [[Walter Hancock]], builder and operator of London steam [[bus]]es, in 1838 built a four-seat steam [[phaeton (carriage)|phaeton]].<ref na
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  • ...kson (or one of the other presenters) driving a car against other forms of transport. The challenges usually involve Hammond and May taking the same journey by ...enges and short stunt films, typically based on absurd premises, such as a bus jumping over motorcycles (as opposed to the more typical scenario of a moto
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  • ...d principally for retail sale to consumers, for their personal use, and to transport people on public roads (no commercial or industrial vehicles are eligible); *First hybrid [[bus]] - 1997 [[Hino Motors|Hino]] (Japan)
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