A bus ( /ˈbʌs/; plural "buses", /ˈbʌsɨz/, archaically also big car, omnibus, multibus, or autobus) is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker rigid bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are used for longer distance services. Bus manufacturing is increasingly globalised, with the same design appearing around the world.
Buses may be used for scheduled bus transport, scheduled coach transport, school transport, private hire, tourism; promotional buses may be used for political campaigns and others are privately operated for a wide range of purposes.
Horse drawn buses were used from the 1820s, followed by steam buses in the 1830s, and electric trolleybuses in 1882. The first buses powered by internal combustion engines were used 1895[citation needed] and this is still the most common power source. Recently there has been growing interest in hybrid electric buses, fuel cell buses, electric buses as well as ones powered by compressed natural gas or bio-diesel.
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Set in the Bronx, BABYGIRL is a bitter-sweet drama about teenager LENA who, since she can remember, has watched her mom LUCY squander her life on a series of deadbeat men. When VICTOR, her mom's latest boy toy, starts hitting on her Lena sets up an elaborate honey-trap, hoping to show her mom what a scumbag the guy really is. But the plan backfires. Trapped in a twisted love-triangle between Victor and her mom, Lena finally realizes that the only way out is to stand up and finally confront some difficult home truths.
Keywords: bronx-new-york-city, hispanic, latino, mother's-boyfriend, new-york, new-york-city, nuyorican, one-word-title, puerto-rican, single-mother
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Set in the Bronx, BABYGIRL is a bitter-sweet drama about teenager LENA who, since she can remember, has watched her mom LUCY squander her life on a series of deadbeat men. When VICTOR, her mom's latest boy toy, starts hitting on her Lena sets up an elaborate honey-trap, hoping to show her mom what a scumbag the guy really is. But the plan backfires. Trapped in a twisted love-triangle between Victor and her mom, Lena finally realizes that the only way out is to stand up and finally confront some difficult home truths.
Keywords: bronx-new-york-city, hispanic, latino, mother's-boyfriend, new-york, new-york-city, nuyorican, one-word-title, puerto-rican, single-mother
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Your Guide Around NYC is a 30-minute DVD which is a licensed product of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City Transit and is the first of its kind on the market. This entertaining program teaches visitors and newcomers to New York how to use New York City's mass transit system. It covers the subway system, the buses and the AirTrain. It also gives general navigation tips for getting around the city as well as a visual overview of the city's highlights and tourist destinations. Those who have viewed it have found it to be highly entertaining as well as a valuable educational tool.
Keywords: bus, new-york, non-fiction, subway-train, transit-bus
Learning the ABC's of Navigating New York City's Mass Transit System
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Ida and her family live on a beet farm in 1965. She is almost 12, that means she has only one last summer until she has to work with her older sisters on the farm. Due to the increased acreage of the farm this year, Ida's father hires a group of Mexican immigrants to help out with the farm. Among them is Oscar, a boy close to Ida's age. They spend the summer together, teaching each other many lessons along the way while trying to overcome the prejudice that Oscar and his family experiences from the rest of the town.
Keywords: family-relationships, independent-film
A place where kindness triumphs over differences.
You need to take that bus
Goodbyes aren't all that good
Mother is in a mess
What are you gonna do if nothing happens?
Nothing happens
Nothing happens
Nothing happens around here any more
Leaving the girls behind
Goodbyes aren't all that good
Daddy says you'll be fine
Written by Kevin Bacon
";Finally broke down and wrote a road song. Or is it a love song to a Prevost?"; KB
She comes from Nashville, Tennessee
But she's not too country, not too me
She's got a Janis Joplin heart and Aretha Franklin soul
I love to feel her rock and I love to feel her roll
When I'm standing in the rain she takes me for a ride
She's says you don't need that raincoat baby you can come inside
I've known a hundred thousand boys who are just like you
You don't need to say a word
Just let me do like I do, like I do, like I do
I got a good woman
God knows nothing's gonna come between the two of us, yeah
I love that woman, god knows, I love that bus
CD, DVD, VCR, and a satellite dish and an open bar
She don't even care if my homies hang out
Doesn't bitch doesn't moan, doesn't whine, doesn't pout
And all the wannabees wanna date her
All the bluemen and the space invaders
She's got a Graceland sparkle and a Vegas style
She looks like she's ready to roll mile after mile
I got a good woman
God knows nothing's gonna come between the two of us, yeah
I love that woman, god knows, I love that bus
Well I thought I'd seen the world and I thought that I was wise
But she showed me other colors just by looking through her eyes
There's thunder in the west and there's lightening in the east
In the eye of the storm in the belly of the beast
Where she gonna take us to today
It don't really matter, if we get a chance to play
Something that was lost has now been found
She can keep those worn out wheels goin' round and around
I got a good woman. God knows nothing's gonna come between the two of us, yeah
I love that woman?God knows, step up baby
It's just you and me honey and the twelve of us
Yeah, I love that woman, God knows, I love that bus
February, 2001: For the band and crew, a pivotal moment in history on the bus somewhere in Indiana.
Written by Kevin Bacon
"Finally broke down and wrote a road song. Or is it a love song to a Prevost?" KB
She comes from Nashville, Tennessee
But she's not too country, not too me
She's got a Janis Joplin heart and Aretha Franklin soul
I love to feel her rock and I love to feel her roll
When I'm standing in the rain she takes me for a ride
She's says you don't need that raincoat baby you can come inside
I've known a hundred thousand boys who are just like you
You don't need to say a word
Just let me do like I do, like I do, like I do
I got a good woman
God knows nothing's gonna come between the two of us, yeah
I love that woman, god knows, I love that bus
CD, DVD, VCR, and a satellite dish and an open bar
She don't even care if my homies hang out
Doesn't bitch doesn't moan, doesn't whine, doesn't pout
And all the wannabees wanna date her
All the bluemen and the space invaders
She's got a Graceland sparkle and a Vegas style
She looks like she's ready to roll mile after mile
I got a good woman
God knows nothing's gonna come between the two of us, yeah
I love that woman, god knows, I love that bus
Well I thought I'd seen the world and I thought that I was wise
But she showed me other colors just by looking through her eyes
There's thunder in the west and there's lightening in the east
In the eye of the storm in the belly of the beast
Where she gonna take us to today
It don't really matter, if we get a chance to play
Something that was lost has now been found
She can keep those worn out wheels goin' round and around
I got a good woman. God knows nothing's gonna come between the two of us, yeah
I love that woman? God knows, step up baby
It's just you and me honey and the twelve of us
Yeah, I love that woman, God knows, I love that bus