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Coinciding with their seating configuration, school buses have a higher seating capacity than buses of a similar length; a typical full-size school bus can carry from 66 to 90 . In contrast to a transit bus, school buses are equipped with a single entry door at the front of the bus.
[2] [3] In early 2005, Alexander Dennis launched a 12.5 metres (41 ft) school bus variant, branded as the 'sCOOLbus', capable of seating 60 seatbelted passengers or 54 with the addition of a wheelchair bay in a three-plus-two seating configuration. [4] [5]
Adapting the Wright Eclipse into a high-floor design for school bus use, the SchoolRun was a 66-passenger bus, with 2+3 seating (most full-size American school buses have 3+3 seating) along with a side wheelchair lift (standard on the final 50 examples produced).
Using the same body as the school bus, the APC 2000 was designed with a variety of different seating types as well as interior luggage storage. Geared more towards transit and shuttle use (in line with the Q-Bus), the CS featured a number of exterior modifications to the body; a TransShuttle version based on the TC/1000 was designed with an ...
Maximum Seating Capacity 30 (school bus) 25 (commercial bus) 20 (school bus) 12 (commercial bus) 14 (MFSAB) 25 (school bus/MFSAB) Notes Introduced in 2005, replacing MB-IV as DRW product line; Replaced Blue Bird Micro Bird under Micro Bird joint venture; An Electric version of Micro Bird G5 Built on ford E450 chassis set to commerce production ...
From the 1950s to the 1960s, advances in chassis design allowed for school buses to grow in size, with the average conventional-style school bus growing to a seating capacity of 60 passengers. As certain school bus routes remained in need of smaller vehicles, operators sought smaller vehicles.
Since producing its first school bus in 1936, virtually all Thomas school bus bodies had been produced in the "conventional" style: a body mated to a cowled truck chassis. [citation needed] While the design was the most popular configuration, the transit-style configuration allowed for a higher passenger capacity (up to 90 passengers). In the ...
Gillig offered the Phantom School Bus in two body lengths during its production: 37 feet (78 passenger capacity) and 40 feet (84 or 87 passenger capacity). As federal regulations of the time did not permit the use of a 102" width body for a school bus, the Phantom School Bus used the narrower 96" body width of the Phantom (discontinued in 2004).