Advertisements on the outside of city buses?
A lot of interest in this article about whether buses should have full-wrapped ads. There's no bus that comes within a mile of my house, so I'm not too concerned one way or the other.
https://bsquarebulletin.com/2024/09/19/whose-bus-is-that-bloomington-transit-mulls-ads/
Dedicated bus lanes improve safety
"They studied the impact of BRT infrastructure on vehicle speeds and found significant decreases along the corridor, even without buses running. Overall, 85th percentile speeds dropped 11.5% from 32.3 mph to 28.6 mph. This suggests, “that the BRT infrastructure is especially effective at limiting excessive speeding"
Honolulu buses, when you let them merge, light up with a flashing shaka
"It must be the only bus in the world that makes you smile when it merges in front of you. In Hawaii, when you let the bus in, a rectangular LED screen on the back lights up with a flashing shaka, followed by the Hawaiian word “mahalo” (thank you).
The digital shakas appearing on the City and County of Honolulu buses are as cute as they are useful"
https://www.sfgate.com/hawaii/article/hawaii-bus-shaka-honolulu-19376091.php
The Bus Rapid Transit Act would allocate $12 billion per year for five years to BRT projects, funneling dollars directly to transit operations and helping cities invest in the design and construction of new BRT systems, including overhauls of current bus routes.
