News tagged with bus
Ultracapacitors Make City Buses Cheaper, Greener
(PhysOrg.com) -- A fleet of 17 buses near Shanghai has been running on ultracapacitors for the past three years, and today that technology is coming to the Washington, DC, for a one-day demonstration. Chinese ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 21, 2009 |
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'Super bus' could cure Beijing traffic woes
China's capital Beijing, recently named along with Mexico City as having the worst traffic jams in the world, is looking for solutions. One could be the elevated "super bus". ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 24, 2010 |
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City buses turn to sewage for 'clean' fuel
Can the key to "clean" energy be found down in the sewer? That's the idea in Oslo, where city officials soon plan to introduce buses that run on biofuels extracted from human waste.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 22, 2009 |
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Arctic Whisper - First fast-charging hybrid electric bus debuts in Sweden
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Spanish "green" technology firm, Opbrid, has delivered a new kind of diesel-electric hybrid commuter bus to the northern Swedish town of Umea for initial testing of its over-head fast ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 19, 2011 |
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More chip cores can mean slower supercomputing, simulation shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- The worldwide attempt to increase the speed of supercomputers merely by increasing the number of processor cores on individual chips unexpectedly worsens performance for many complex applications, ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 14, 2009 |
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S.Korea unveils 'recharging road' for eco-friendly buses
South Korean researchers Tuesday launched an environmentally friendly public transport system using a "recharging road" -- with a vehicle sucking power magnetically from buried electric strips.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 09, 2010 |
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Magnetic leaves reveal Bellingham's most polluted byways
Tree leaves may be powerful tools for monitoring air quality and planning biking routes and walking paths, suggests a new study by scientists at Western Washington University in Bellingham. The research will ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Nasa's new carbon-counting instrument leaves the nest
(Phys.org) -- Its construction now complete, the science instrument that is the heart of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) spacecraft - NASA's first mission dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 11, 2012 |
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GPS keeps track of school bus riders
Josh Case climbed aboard the yellow school bus Tuesday, lifting his backpack to scan an ID card that had been assigned to him on his first day of kindergarten.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 03, 2010 |
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Slotted buses keep passengers cool
A simple redesign of public buses used in hot and dry climates could make passengers more comfortable without the need to use extra fuel running air conditioning, according to a study published in the International Journal of ...
Jul 20, 2009 |
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London bids to be world's greenest by 2012: mayor
Mayor Boris Johnson outlined plans to make London "the cleanest, greenest city on earth" by the 2012 Olympics and called for commitments from other world cities at a climate change conference.
May 18, 2009 |
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Used frying oil to power MIT shuttles
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you catch a whiff of french fries this fall when an MIT shuttle rolls past, it won't be a coincidence. Part of the fuel in its tank may have come out of a kitchen deep fryer just a few ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 23, 2009 |
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New Web site lets you compare bus tickets
(AP) -- Intercity bus travel has taken off in the last few years. Now a new Web site makes it easier for riders to find their routes.
May 11, 2009 |
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Fitting squares into circles
Particle filters are standard in the basic fittings for cars. Construction machines, city buses and garbage trucks must now follow suit. This can be achieved effectively and inexpensively thanks to a new material ...
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Feds weigh cell phone ban for bus, truck drivers
(AP) -- Safety investigators told federal regulators three years ago that it was dangerous for bus drivers to talk on cell phones while driving and recommended a ban.
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Bus
A bus (archaically also omnibus, multibus, or autobus) is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus seat a maximum of 8 to 300 passengers. Buses are widely used public transportation.
The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses. A luxury bus is called a coach. A bus is powered by a combustion engine, although early buses were horse drawn and there were experiments with steam propulsion. Trolleybuses use overhead power lines. In parallel with the car industry bus manufacturing is increasingly globalised, with the same design appearing around the world.
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