American Bus Driver Reacts To European City Buses!

Thanks, Kewan. Seems like European specs have fewer seats and many more doors. Wonder if their riders are "less distructive." 😂

hey, i just wanna say, no matter what equipment you use, your job is essential for modern city life, love directly from a european bus rider

I think North American buses designs aren't updated because public transit in the North America is regarded as a cheap service for the poor only. So the only goal is to make it cheap, and cheap to repair when vandalised. On the other hand public transit in European cities is used by every class of society, and often is even one of the icons of a city. For example London's iconic red buses or the underground. So look matters.

Wow, finally someone in the U.S. who says NORTH America, not just AMERICA.

European bus side mirrors hang from the top allowing the driver to see pedestrians in the crosswalk when turning. In North America the side mirrors are mounted low and pedestrians get killed by turning buses. I just missed getting hit by a turning bus.

As a European I found the City busses in the US odd. As a passenger I took a minute to realize what the cables along the windows are for (we have buttons every other row that can easily be reached by passengers sitting and passengers standing in the aisle). One feature I wish we could get in Europe are the bike racks on the front. On most transit systems you can't take bikes on busses. Very few systems have bike trailers, but for those the driver has to leave his seat and walk back the whole length of the bus.

Did you notice the extra doors on Euro buses? This allows faster access & egress, thus shorter dwelling at stops, and a faster ride overall for the passengers.

Solaris has plans to enter the US market in 2026 with a design developed specifically for the North America. Apparently you can't just transplant European busses to the US without some changes. With all the nice things you said about Solaris in the video, if you contact the manufacturer they might give you a test ride. You would have to travel all the way to the factory in Poland though.

Thumb up for all Bus Driver all over the whole world

Have you ever noticed how the buses and trucks in the European markets look so much sleeker than the ones we have here? I mean, just take a look at those headlights - they're on a whole other level!

Solaris is a Polish company where when you order a bus you wait up to two years for delivery. The company where I work has 200 11-year-old Solaris buses. There are 100 in the garage where I work. Solaris delivers buses with different engines, Mercedes, MAN, DAF. And equipment inside for the drivers. They also have electric buses with different battery capacities and they don't have external mirrors, but in the driver's cabin on the display.

I'm a part time bus driver in Germany and I have driven the production version of the Citaro-e. We only have one of these as a test for the bus company, but it's really nice. It doesn't drive itself, that's just a gimmick and it has a proper bus interior designed for people to use. No different than the regular Citaro C2 and C2 hybrid. The cockpit area is amazing. It's very comfortable, ergonomic, practical and elegant with no weird switches, or dials that look out of place. The electric Citaro-e is just quieter. The standard Citaro is quiet, unlike MAN and Solaris, where you get a headache after a shift from all the noise. In a Citaro, I feel like I could drive from one end to Europe to the other and still feel good. And Citaros have so many luxury features. Seriously, the Citaros, or at least the ones at my company have - heated and ventilated seats, radar cruise control, blind spot monitoring, brake assist, rear camera, A/C and a radio with bluetooth functionality for calls, or music. In a city bus... I'm Bulgarian and when I grew up in the 90s, buses were these loud and obnoxious things, spewing clouds of black smoke, very cold in the winter, very hot in the summer, uncomfortable and the drivers had nothing. Hell, damn things were manual, so the drivers had to change gear constantly. Mercedes Benz make the best cars, best vans and best buses. As for trucks, sorry... I'm a Benz guy, but that title goes to Scania. (ex part-time truck driver... Scania rocks)

Let me make a correction, Isuzu is Japan brand but Isuzu's which appeared in this video are Anadolu Isuzu which is Turkish-Japan manufactured.

Here in Switzerland we have lots of bi-articulated trolleybuses from HESS, a local manufacturer. They are 25 meters long (about 80 feet). These are really fun to watch, especially in a tight curve. If you aren't used to them, you see the second section and think that's the end, only for even more bus to show up. The newer models have a huge rear window, so the best seats are at the back of these buses. You can look backwards to see everything behind the bus or look forwards to get a view of the extra bendy interior.

I went to Europe for the first time about 3 months ago. A lot of their stuff over there is much more technologically advanced then here. Their busses are out of this world. But even there airports are better than here in the US

Nice to see that #2684 Solaris bus from my city (Brno, Czech Republic) in your video. It was filmed in Medlanky depot which is shared with trams, you can see one of the Skoda 13T trams there plus also few Dekstra minibuses based on Iveco Daily van for less busy bus lines. Keep up the great work...

Solaris is a company based in Poland, with quite an amazing history. Their buses can be seen in most of the Polish cities now. They do have an effective international market strategy, so I can see the buses in Brussels, and I have seen them in some French cities. Now that company was a family company, set up in 1990s by an engineer who worked at Neoplan in Germany, then he imported Neoplan buses to Poland, and on that foundation he built a company of his own. He ran it successfully, together with his wife till their retirement age, and they sold the company to Spanish CAF. The model shown in the video is very popular in Poland, and it is not the most recent one, more of a workhorse, here shown in Wroclaw, probably for the Czech market. Please do feel invited to Poland, if there are commercial and testing visits, there might be export to America perhaps. Also, ten years is a long time, but it's true even the modernised driver’s post is not really too modern.

5:56 That is actually Brno in the Czech Republic, so its not just for the Turkish market

the mercedes one was a concept from a few years ago. the production version is called eCitaro. we have a few of them here in norway. really nice and comfortable to ride on.

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