I was one of those millions. The great thing was that it was not only the main arteries, Budapest for example has literally hundreds of lines that were served by 260s and 280s, and while they weren’t the most comfortable rides compared to models that were 30 years younger, the very fact that you could get shitfaced in downtown Budapest and get home safely with one of these to your home in the middle of nowhere even late at night, no matter where from, no matter where to, was awesome. All for the price of like 15 EUR a month, with unlimited rides.
Same with countryside buses, you can get from any small village to any other small village pretty easily and the network is still reasonably dense despite the people running it being equally very dense.
Yes, exactly. Mass public transit’s value isn’t in how comfortable the seat is. It’s that it can move you from almost any place to any other place, “autonomously” in a reasonable amount of time and at low cost.
I didn’t mean to imply that only main arteries were served, just that in Bulgaria for example the main arteries used the articulated 280s instead of the 260s. :D But yes, they were everywhere. There were Chavdars too in less busy areas:
Ikarus provided great public transit service to millions in the Eastern Bloc. The 280 hauled massive numbers of people across the main arteries.
I was one of those millions. The great thing was that it was not only the main arteries, Budapest for example has literally hundreds of lines that were served by 260s and 280s, and while they weren’t the most comfortable rides compared to models that were 30 years younger, the very fact that you could get shitfaced in downtown Budapest and get home safely with one of these to your home in the middle of nowhere even late at night, no matter where from, no matter where to, was awesome. All for the price of like 15 EUR a month, with unlimited rides.
Same with countryside buses, you can get from any small village to any other small village pretty easily and the network is still reasonably dense despite the people running it being equally very dense.
Yes, exactly. Mass public transit’s value isn’t in how comfortable the seat is. It’s that it can move you from almost any place to any other place, “autonomously” in a reasonable amount of time and at low cost.
I didn’t mean to imply that only main arteries were served, just that in Bulgaria for example the main arteries used the articulated 280s instead of the 260s. :D But yes, they were everywhere. There were Chavdars too in less busy areas:
No I’m sorry but public transit can only function in ultra dense urban cores. You’re eityer mistaken and actually just drove drunk or are lying.