low-floor

Many transit officials came to Vancouver just to see the Olympic line as the Flexity is the first example of a 100% low-floor vehicle in North America.

Bombardier presentation to the Transport Action Group « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

Another very helpful innovation are the low-floor buses that make boarding a lot faster, especially when someone in a wheelchair gets on or off.

Matthew Yglesias » Wanted: Better Buses 2008

Left, low-floor buses at a bus depot in New Delhi, January 27, 2010.

Getting Ready for The Games 2010

I think there is more support for buses in metro vancouver than we realize, but if there is still some stigma wrt the bus, that has to change. again translink has made a lot of work wrt renewing the bus fleet, having GPS-linked automated stop announcers and low-floor buses.

Province pushes Evergreen Line ‘aggressively’ « Stephen Rees's blog 2010

I have been told that cities which first introduced low-floor trams saw a big increases in ridership, especially with young families with babies in prams, where taking public transport became easy and convenient.

Drivers face tax of up to $100 to fund transit, roads « Stephen Rees's blog 2009

In the 1980′s low-floor cars were considered revolutionary, today, they are a necessity.

Drivers face tax of up to $100 to fund transit, roads « Stephen Rees's blog 2009

This operates modern low-floor articulated tramcars, based on a design for Cologne in Germany, on three routes in South London.

TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY: Top 5 Cities For Public Transit | Inhabitat 2007

It very soon became evident that low-floor cars were a boon to the mobility impaired, a largely forgotten customer base, but another segment of the population saw the low-floor tram as a positive and that was people with babies with prams.

Drivers face tax of up to $100 to fund transit, roads « Stephen Rees's blog 2009

With low-floor cars, one simply walked on the tram and walked off.

Drivers face tax of up to $100 to fund transit, roads « Stephen Rees's blog 2009

The low-floor tram, which heralded a revolution in public transport including low-floor buses, was first conceived not to cater to the mobility impaired, but to speed loading and unloading on trams, to reduce dwell times.

Drivers face tax of up to $100 to fund transit, roads « Stephen Rees's blog 2009