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{{Portal|Buses}}

Welcome to the '''Buses WikiProject''', a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|collaboration area and group of editors]] dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of [[bus]]es.

(For more information on WikiProjects, please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject]] and the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide|Guide to WikiProjects]]).

;Goals
*To cover bus routes in major cities and their history, including  [[streetcar line]]s. Note that minor routes do not need to have a separate article, but can simply be mentioned in a list.
*To cover bus models and their history.
*To determine which routes are suitable for a separate article rather than as part af a list.
*To create a common format for articles and lists of bus routes.

;Scope
*Anything related to buses and bus routes, including [[trackless trolley]]s, mostly in relation to public transport.

== Guidelines ==
*[[/Bus route list guide]]
*[[/Bus route article guide]]

== Open tasks ==
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{{To do}}
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== Participants ==

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Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

# {{User|Doc Dimaus}} (Ukrainian and Soviet buses and trolleybuses)
# {{User|MaynardClark}} (The emergence of the electric bus and trucks, and of electrified transportation and distributed drycharging infrastructure)
# {{User|Mingyu Tang}} (Buses in Germany and in the rest of Europe, sometimes in China)
# {{User|MTATransitFan}} (Buses in NYC and the surrounding areas. Occasionally different buses.
# {{User|NE2}} (New York City, and sometimes other cities)
# {{User|Alansohn}} (New Jersey, New York City, Long Island)
# {{User|The Port of Authority}} (New York City and various North American cities)
# {{User|Sebwite}} (Baltimore, and occasionally Washington, DC area)
# {{User|Kneiphof}} (primary buses in former Soviet Union and trolleybuses everywhere)
# {{User|Sparrowman980}} (Worldwide buses)
# {{User|Trulystand700}} (New York City Buses)
# {{User|Lamborghini man}} (MTA Maryland)
# '''<span style="font-family:Verdana;">[[User:Bluegoblin7|<span style="color:blue;">Bluegoblin</span>]][[User_talk:Bluegoblin7|<span style="color:gray;">7</span>]]</span>''' (London Buses)
# {{User|Dudleybus}} (Working on West Midlands stuff, plus anything to do with Rotala)
# {{user|Simply south}} UK Buses but generally London
# {{user|DocRushing}} [Greyhound and Trailways in the USA; local transit in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; I grew up at Greyhound; I'm a native of Nashville, a retired professor of business, a motor-coach historian, and a one-time second-generation Greyhound coach operator, long ago, based in Nashville and in Orlando, Florida, USA.]
#{{User|SteveCof00}} (School buses in the United States and Canada, and school bus models and school bus manufacturers)
#{{User|MetroFan2009}} [[Bi-State Development Agency]] in [[St. Louis]]
#<b>[[User:Joelrussell|<span style="color:#ff0000;">Joel</span>]]</b>[[User:Joelrussell|<span style="color:#0000ff;">Russell</span>]] - <small>[[User talk:Joelrussell|Talk]] [[Special:Contributions/Joelrussell|Contribs]]</small> I'm in [[Poole]], [[Dorset]], [[England]]. If anyone from outside my area needs an article improving in dorset, tell me on my [[User_talk:Joelrussell|Talk Page]]
# {{User|Folklore1}} (MTA Maryland and Washington DC Metrobus)
# {{User|Welshleprechaun}} [[Cardiff]] and [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]
# {{User|Colonel Warden}}
# {{User|Hanjie}} Pittsburgh Buses
# {{User|Useddenim}} Toronto, London, bus manufacturers
# {{User|Triglav 2000}} Bus service in Slovenia
# {{User|Rcsprinter123}} England bus services
# {{User|SmrtBusesLuver}} Singapore Buses (SMRT & SBS Transit)
# {{User|Mark999}}, Bristol UK
# {{User|Checkmatechamp137}}, New York City, NY and surrounding suburbs
# {{User|Orsd}}, NFI, Orion Ind.,Novabus,Vancouver (Translink),Orange County (OCTA),LA Metro, West Vancouver Blue Bus
# {{User|Adam mugliston}} (UK, lists of bus routes)
# {{User|Wilbysuffolk}} Any East Anglian pages
# {{User|Davey2010}} Generally buses in [[England]] / [[Kent]]
# {{User|WWGB}} Sydney, Australia
# {{User|Coachcapt}} Queensland, Australia
# {{User|Stephen Allcroft}} UK bus manufacturing and imports into the UK (not routes) and especially now-defunct manufacturers and coachbuilders.
# {{User|Packerfan386}} Midwest, lists of bus routes
# {{User|Kiewii}} Dundee and Angus buses
# {{Admin|WikiLeon}} Bay Area based bus routes specializing in Solano and Napa counties.
# {{User|DJ MC CJ}} (Florida buses including bus models and numbers.)
# {{User|C16sh}} NYC and DC metro areas
# {{User|Ibadibam}} Seattle, Washington, interested in [[bus rapid transit creep]]
# {{User|SBS9834C}} Singapore and Hong Kong buses in general. Also interested with London and Australia urban buses
# {{User|Sni56996}} (Anything about [[Bus transport in Singapore|Singapore bus network]].)
# {{User|Bren Harding}} (Buses in England, Essex)
# {{User|Balablitz}} (Bus transport in [[Tamil Nadu]] and elsewhere)
# {{User|BFerson}} (Arriva Northumbria buses)
# {{User|Drumlineramos}} (Bus Services in New Mexico, mostly [[ABQ RIDE]], but working on the rest of the state too)
# {{User|KevinCuddeback}} US Passenger Buses
# {{User|SounderBruce}} Seattle-area transit
# {{User|Arbustum}} Polish buses including Solaris, including writing [[Solaris Urbino 18 Hybrid]] from the very beginning.
# {{User|TwilightKing81}} Connecticut-area buses (they're essential for the area economy to work), including [[Connecticut Transit|CT''transit'']] and [[CTfastrak|CT''fastrak'']].
# {{User|Æthelred}} (England & Wales buses, mostly [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]])
# {{user|Ryan 868}} Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Happy to know that there are other freaks like me out there. Also, I am the 50th member :)
# {{user|RES2773}} I do bus list and company page edits in [[MTA Regional Bus Operations|New York City]], [[Nassau Inter-County Express|Nassau County]], [[Suffolk County Transit|Suffolk County]], and [[Bee-Line Bus System|Westchester County]], all in New York.
# {{user|Bergenga}} Bus/coach and chassis models from the [[Nordic countries]] and Germany, with a worldwide perspective
# {{user|Class455fan1}} British Buses, mainly London Buses
# {{user|Pianist4}} Canberra and Sydney buses
# {{user|KU}} Kansai region and Tokyo, Japan
# {{user|Buttons0603}} Sheffield and surrounding areas, and UK bus and coach models and manufacturers
# {{user|TJH2018}} Greater Los Angeles area, and anything involving the [[LACMTA]]
# {{user|Imahesh3847}} [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Telangana]] regions.
# {{user|Bumbl loid}} Proud member of Pinoy Bus Fanatic, the largest bus enthusiast group in the [[Philippines]]
# {{user|Cnvery}} [[Malaysia]]
# {{user|Kew Gardens 613}} NYC area buses
# {{User|Toreightyone}} - [[Brampton Transit]], [[Miway]], [[TTC]], and other [[Golden Horseshoe]] agencies
# {{User|DreamLinker}} Bus transport in [[Delhi]] but also other places as required at AfD
# {{User|Commyguy}} Bus transport in the UK, in particular [[Stagecoach Group|Stagecoach]] and [[Stagecoach Gold]] services as well as transport around the Oxfordshire area
# {{User|Vanstrat}} Covers [[Edmonton]] [[Alberta]] [[Canada]] bus routes operated by [[Edmonton Transit Service|Edmonton Transit]]
# {{User|Saltn'Pepper}} Public transportation in Canada, especially in [[Vancouver]].
# {{User|MediKron}} Hungarian buses, mostly [[Ikarus]].
# {{User|Map Collector}} Indian and UK Buses, specially Double - Deckers.
# {{User|Schoolbus777}} School buses, as evidenced by my username.
# {{User|Central Corridor}} [[Minneapolis-Saint Paul|Twin Cities]] and Minnesota, Chicago
# {{user|SBS2828S}} Singapore bus enthusiast
# {{user|Grandtubetrains}} England bus services
# {{User|Exodus662}} Bus routes in London and Cumbria, also bus types in the UK
# {{User|Vkem}} Bus routes in Finland
# {{User|Hullian111}} General clean-up of bus-realted articles in UK, though my special focus is on buses in the Hull, East Yorkshire and perhaps greater East Midlands area.
# {{User|Caleb M1}} Bus Routes in the Midwest
# {{User|BOO109}} No Description Avalible
# {{User|DMJames98}} Bus transport in the UK, particularly in the West Midlands.
# [[User:Quoll662|Quoll662]] ([[User talk:Quoll662|talk]]) 11:51, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
# [[User:DestinationFearFan|DestinationFearFan]] ([[User talk:DestinationFearFan|talk]]) 17:00, 21 January 2021 (UTC) - Bus Transport in China and Japan.
# [[User:Jon Alten]] US municipal bus systems
# [[User:SK2242|SK2242]] ([[User talk:SK2242|talk]]) 10:35, 29 January 2021 (UTC) - UK related bus articles
# [[User: AirFan19]] Mainly buses in Singapore, occasionally Shanghai
# {{user|Berrely}} almost exclusively London buses!
# {{user|Geof Sheppard}} South West England and UK open top services
# {{user|TheTransitFanNY}} [[New York Metro Area|Tri-State area (NYC)]] and North America in general.
# {{user|MJ9674}} South East England, particular focus on Sussex.
# {{User|عُثمان}} buses in [[Baltimore]] and their parent streetcar lines but interested in anything and everywhere
# {{User|NotOrrio}} buses in [[Melbourne]] and other parts of [[Australia]]
# {{User|296cherry}} [[Dallas Area Rapid Transit|DART]] bus system and other systems in general 
# {{User|TheWiki93}} Bus services in the [[metro area|New York metropolitan area]] of [[New York]].
# {{User|S5A-0043}} Shanghai, Wuhan & Singapore based
# {{User|Mwsmith20}} UK, using book collection to add refs/citations and expand articles
# {{User|Transitsylveonkpop}} (New York City, and surrounding areas)

== Articles ==
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=== Promoted content ===
*[[O-Bahn Busway]] [[File:Featured article star.svg|20px]]
*[[Kelvin Scottish]] [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|20px]]
*[[London Country North East]] [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|20px]]
*[[Tillingbourne Bus Company]] [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|20px]]

A selection of bus-related ''Did you know'' articles may be viewed at [[Portal:Buses/Did you know]].

==== Candidates ====

* <!-- Anything applicable to the project that's already listed at [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidates]], [[WP:FPC|Featured picture candidates]], or [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidates]] -->

===Review===

;[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Buses/Assessment|Assessment]]

{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Bus transport articles by quality statistics}}

=== Collaboration ===
* [[Electric bus]]
* Create and expand [[Hybrid bus]] (mainly from [[diesel-electric]]).
* The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject buses/UK bus operator quality drive|UK bus operator quality drive]]
* The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject buses/UK bus route quality drive|UK bus route quality drive]]

==Templates==
*[[Template:WikiProject Buses]] for talk pages

Note that new stub templates should be proposed before creation at [[WP:WSS/P]].

==Stubs==
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''Instead of using the standard {{tl|stub}} template, you may want to use one of the following more specific [[:category:vehicle stubs|vehicle stub]] tags, some of which are:''

*'''{{tl|vehicle-stub}}''' for stubs about general automotive topics.  Unfortunately, this category contains many articles, so use of one of the more targeted subcategories is recommended:
**'''{{tl|bus-stub}}''' - for stub articles about [[bus]]es<br><br>
**'''{{tl|motorvehicle-company-stub}}''' - for stub articles about automotive companies
**'''{{tl|auto-factory-stub}}''' - for stub articles about automotive factories
**'''{{tl|automotive-part-stub}}''' - for stub articles about automotive parts or components
**'''{{tl|automotive-tech-stub}}''' - for stub articles about automotive technologies<br><br>
**'''{{tl|road-stub}}''' - for stub articles about general [[road transport]]

== Categories ==
*[[:Category:Bus transport]]
*[[:Category:Bus routes in England]]
*[[:Category:Lists of New York (state) bus routes]]
*[[:Category:Bus Transport Articles in Draft Stage]]

== Resources ==
Note that most of these are not [[Wikipedia:reliable sources|reliable sources]], but may be good "starting points" for narrowing down what to look for.
;United States
*[http://www.chicagorailfan.com/other.html Chicago Transit & Railfan]: histories of bus routes in many cities
*[http://www.btco.net/index2.html Baltimore Transit Archives]
*[http://www.phillytrolley.org/ Philadelphia Trolley Tracks]

== Ideas ==
* Is there a bus-specific infobox?  If not, that would be a good addition to have, since the Infobox automobile allows for some information to be displayed, but buses differ from cars in other ways that the automobile one doesn't do a bus justice. [[User:SteveCof00|SteveCof00]] ([[User talk:SteveCof00|talk]]) 09:30, 12 April 2010 (UTC) 
:There is one for an overall bus service, [[Template:Infobox bus transit]], and one for individual bus routes, [[Template:Infobox busline]].  &mdash;<em style="font-family:Lydian MT">[[User:Onore Baka Sama|Onore Baka Sama]]<sup>([[User talk:Onore Baka Sama|speak]] | [[Special:Contributions/Onore Baka Sama|stalk]])</sup></em> 13:26, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
::While those two are useful for articles about bus routes and services, there are articles being written about the vehicles themselves...[[Template:Infobox UK Bus]] is somewhat of a starting point, but it probably isn't used much outside of UK-related bus articles (for obvious reasons), and it seems to be more specific about buses on a specific route than a vehicle type.  I was wondering if there was interest in an developing a bus specific infobox or using the automobile one for article like the [[Gillig Phantom]], [[GM New Look]], [[Blue Bird All American]], etc...-[[User:SteveCof00|SteveCof00]] ([[User talk:SteveCof00|talk]]) 22:24, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
:::[[:Template:Infobox UK Bus]] was moved to  [[:Template:Infobox bus]], which is now a redirect to [[:Template:Infobox automobile]].  [[:Template:Infobox bus]] may be considered the less confusing name to use, now.  All&nbsp;the&nbsp;best: ''[[User:Rich Farmbrough|Rich]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Rich Farmbrough|Farmbrough]]'',<small> 16:53, 29 August 2016 (UTC).</small><br />
* Is there any standard format for fleet lists/rosters? (The ones I've seen on different Wikipedia pages seem to be a slap-dash mash-up of the very detailed information that appears on bus-specific web sites.) [[User:Useddenim|Useddenim]] ([[User talk:Useddenim|talk]]) 21:55, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
* (add yours)
* Proposal to add a draft articles section so others can help and give advice to articles which have not yet been created related to bus [[User:NotOrrio|NotOrrio]] ([[User talk:NotOrrio|talk]]) 2:15, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

== Related projects ==
Related WikiProjects: [[WP:TWP|Trains]], [[WP:WikiProject Transport|Transport]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Streetcars|Streetcars]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Rapid_transit|Rapid transit]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Environment/Green vehicle task force]] ([[electric bus]]es); [[Commons:Commons:WikiProject BSicon]].




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