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VW Bus Tuesday: Eugene's VW Transit Buses
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Paul Niedermeyer
(IC: employee)
Published: April 13th, 2010
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The VW Bus’ history in Eugene isn’t just tied to the counter culture. In the early sixties, Eugene’s privately-owned bus service was shrinking, like everywhere during the car boom. No longer able to afford the maintenance and fuel for the old large transit buses, a radical decision was made in a last-ditch effort to keep the buses rolling, and a small fleet of VW buses was purchased. Here they are, lined up and ready to roll, with their snappily-attired drivers, just a block or two away from where today’s CC bus was sitting. Not surprisingly, it didn’t pan out, but I’m sure these buses went on to have a colorful second life.
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Published April 13th, 2010 1:29 PM
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Minibus services are still viable and popular all over the third world (Africa, SE Asia, Mid east, Central/South America). Typically, 14 passenger Toyota Hiaces.
Yea, but think how much they slowed traffic. Better than traffic cameras.
Have to assume there was never a serious accident involving one of those. To think of the litigation . . .
There are thousands of minibuses (mostly Toyota made) in Hong Kong. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_light_bus