Word: bus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard-Radcliffe shuttle bus service will add a bus and extend its routes to cover the Brattle St., Divinity School and Peabody Terrace areas, beginning next Monday. Buses will also run at more frequent intervals...
Previously undefeated Harvard loses to Yale in a 3-0 upset after Harvard's team bus mistakenly leaves the football team at Dartmouth stadium: Yale scores its one field goal late in the third quarter...
Cost Headache. Buses are a major concern for most districts. Fulton County (Atlanta) plans to eliminate 10% to 15% of its 5,000 school-bus stops, making children walk up to half a mile to catch their buses. Like many systems, Penn Hills, Pa., has eliminated all activity trips and is jamming athletic teams into one bus, though they once commanded two. In Philadelphia, buses that carried student fans to sports events have been eliminated. But many Pennsylvania districts are retaining late buses for students who stay for extracurricular activities. One high school principal reasons: "If you eliminate the bus...
Buses cannot roam all over the place either, but they can reach many more points than a rail system can, and Detroit is now moving to upgrade bus transportation. GM, the nation's largest maker of city buses, is spending $32 million redesigning theirs to provide more comfortable seats, a smoother suspension, wider doors and better visibility for both driver and passengers. Chrysler and American Motors both have Government contracts to develop new buses...
...possibility is computer-controlled, driverless buses running along expressway lanes reserved exclusively for them. Another is "dial-a-bus" systems. These would employ small vehicles that would run frequently along fixed routes but have no set stopping points; a passenger would simply dial a central office and the next bus would stop at his corner to pick him up. Of course, the best answer to urban transportation problems will be a mix of buses and rail-based systems...