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a vehicle so honest it tells you exactly how long until your patience dies
means a large road vehicle that carries many passengers along a fixed route for a fare.
from A wonderful linguistic shortcut: "bus" is all that survives of "omnibus," Latin for "for all" (the dative plural of "omnis," meaning "all"). The story goes that an early French horse-drawn public coach service was nicknamed the "voiture omnibus" — the carriage for everyone — and over time speakers clipped away everything but that humble plural ending. So when you ride the bus, you're literally riding the "for-all," the vehicle whose very name promises it belongs to no one in particular and everyone at once.
- origin word
- short for Latin omnibus, meaning for all
- space saver
- one bus can replace forty parked cars
- red icon
- London's double-deckers were once chocolate brown
- bunching effect
- buses physically clump together due to feedback delays
greyhound — largest intercity bus network in north america, operates since 1930
routemaster — iconic london double-decker bus, 2,876 built from 1956-1968
volkswagen transporter — german van/bus produced continuously since 1950, over 12 million sold
school bus yellow — standardized us school transport color since 1939, 480,000 vehicles in operation