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Buses developed according to local needs, with technologies like air conditioning or bicycle mounts added based on the climate or passenger needs. After World War 2, manufacturers from Europe and Asia expanded to other continents, influencing previously local bus types. Political alliances also impacted bus usage, as Commonwealth nations followed Britain's lead in sourcing from British manufacturers. The types of buses found in a country often reflect the quality of roads and population density.

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Cycle: Citation Needed Dubious Discuss

Buses developed according to local needs, with technologies like air conditioning or bicycle mounts added based on the climate or passenger needs. After World War 2, manufacturers from Europe and Asia expanded to other continents, influencing previously local bus types. Political alliances also impacted bus usage, as Commonwealth nations followed Britain's lead in sourcing from British manufacturers. The types of buses found in a country often reflect the quality of roads and population density.

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Historically, the types and features of buses have developed

according to local needs. Buses were fitted with technology


appropriate to the local climate or passenger needs, such as air
conditioning in Asia, or cycle mounts on North American buses.
The bus types in use around the world where there was little
mass production were often sourced second hand from other
countries, such as the Malta bus, and buses in use in Africa.
Other countries such as Cuba required novel solutions to import
restrictions, with the creation of the "camellos" (camel bus), a
specially manufactured trailer bus.

After the Second World War, manufacturers in Europe and the


Far East, such as Mercedes-Benz buses and Mitsubishi
Fuso expanded into other continents influencing the use of
buses previously served by local types. Use of buses around the
world has also been influenced by colonial associations or
political alliances between countries. Several of
the Commonwealth nations followed the British lead and
sourced buses from British manufacturers, leading to a
prevalence of double-decker buses. Several Eastern
Bloc countries adopted trolleybus systems, and their
manufacturers such as Trolza exported trolleybuses to other
friendly states.[citation needed] In the 1930s, Italy designed the
world's only[dubious discuss] triple decker bus for the busy route
between Rome and Tivoli that could carry eighty-eight
passengers. It was unique not only in being a triple decker but
having a separate smoking compartment on the third level. [22]

The buses to be found in countries around the world often


reflect the quality of the local road network, with high floor
resilient truck-based designs prevalent in several less
developed countries where buses are subject to tough
operating conditions. Population density also has a major
impact, where dense urbanisation such as in Japan and the far
east has led to the adoption of high capacity long multi-axle
buses, often double-deckers while South America and China are
implementing large numbers of articulated buses for bus rapid
transit schemes.
Bus expositions[edit]

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