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The Yelloway-Pioneer System (sometimes styled YellowaY-Pioneer) was a group of independently-owned intercity bus companies that operated the first transcontinental bus route in the United States. [3] [4] Proposed in early 1927, [3] the first transcontinental bus trip took place in 1928. [4]
Thus the Transcontinental Bus System (the Continental Trailways) acquired the other two-thirds of the ownership of the Tennessee Trailways (which had bought the Tennessee Coach Company in 1960) – through its purchase of the Virginia Trailways and the Smoky Mountain Trailways – in addition to the one-third share which already was the ...
Regular route bus ridership in the United States had been declining steadily since World War II despite minor gains during the 1973 and 1979 energy crises. By 1986, the Greyhound Bus Line had been spun off from the parent company to new owners, which resulted in Greyhound Lines becoming solely a bus transportation company.
Many tours also have a live guide. Tourists may board and leave the buses within their ticket's time limit at the different bus stops on the circular routes. This is called hop-on-hop-off. Many cities have more than one route to showcase all the different sights and attractions. On some routes, buses leave the city for suburban sights.
MTS Rapid lines including Park Boulevard Busway for Mid-City Rapid and two dedicated center-of-freeway bus stations within I-15 at El Cajon Blvd and University Avenue. San Francisco: Geary BRT and Van Ness BRT: Upgrades existing bus lines with dedicated on-street lanes for portions of the routes. Traffic signal priority is already deployed in ...
Salvador Bahia Bus in Santo Antonio da Barra Lighthouse, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The Needles "Breezer", Isle of Wight, England. A tour bus service is an escorted tour (sometimes a package holiday) or bus service that takes visitors sightseeing, with routes around tourist attractions.
Many of the oldest roadside attractions still can be visited today. When travel by car became more affordable for many Americans in the 1920s and 30s, road trips were invented!
The list excludes charter buses, private bus operators, paratransit systems, and trolleybus systems. Figures for daily ridership, number of vehicles, and daily vehicle revenue miles are accurate as of 2009 and come from the FTA National Transit Database.