Monday, November 11, 2024

A breath of fresh air on the streets of Dirty-Old-Dublin

The Dublin Bus fleet includes

An all-electric Dublin Bus vehicle
An all-electric Dublin Bus vehicle
280 hybrid vehicles and 100 all-electric buses.

The all electric buses (code named EW) have no external mirrors, they are replaced with cameras with in-cab monitors, which gives all the necessary information to the driver.

If you are a cyclist it is actually a pleasure  and a new experience to behind one of the all-electric vehicles if it is stopped in traffic, at traffic lights or at a bus stop. There is not a hint of any billowing fumes. Even the most modern buses with combustion engines are no friends to cyclists.


No comments:

Featured Post

Scotus puts Potus firmly in his place

Maureen Dowd’s column in The Irish Times yesterday. Having his tariffs struck down as unconstitutional by the supreme court has not sat well...