Transit Bus - Specifications

Specifications

Generally, a transit bus will have:

• large and sometimes multiple doors for ease of boarding and exiting
• minimal or no luggage space
• bench or bucket seats, with no coachlike head-rests
• destination blinds / displays such as headsigns or rollsigns or electronic dot matrix/LED signs
• legal standing-passenger capacity
• fare taking/verification equipment
• pull cord or bus stop request button

Modern transit buses are also increasingly being equipped with passenger information systems, multimedia entertainment/advertising, and passenger comforts such as heating and air-conditioning (as opposed to historically where actually necessary). Some industry members and commentators promote the idea of making the interior of a transit bus as inviting as a private car, recognising the chief competitor to the transit bus in most markets.