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Welcome to the Buses WikiProject, a collaboration area and group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of buses.

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Goals

• To cover bus routes in major cities and their history, including
  streetcar lines
  . 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 trolleys
  , mostly in relation to public transport.

Guidelines

• /Bus route list guide
• /Bus route article guide

Open tasks

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Buses: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2022-02-02 Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Coach (vehicle), Recognize Redirect-class WPBus articles  • Add {{Portal|Buses}} to relevant articles, which creates the portal link:

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1. Doc Dimaus (talk · contribs) (Ukrainian and Soviet buses and trolleybuses)
2. MaynardClark (talk · contribs) (The emergence of the electric bus and trucks, and of electrified transportation and distributed drycharging infrastructure)
3. Mingyu Tang (talk · contribs) (Buses in Germany and in the rest of Europe, sometimes in China)
4. MTATransitFan (talk · contribs) (Buses in NYC and the surrounding areas. Occasionally different buses.
5. NE2 (talk · contribs) (New York City, and sometimes other cities)
6. Alansohn (talk · contribs) (New Jersey, New York City, Long Island)
7. The Port of Authority (talk · contribs) (New York City and various North American cities)
8. Sebwite (talk · contribs) (Baltimore, and occasionally Washington, DC area)
9. Kneiphof (talk · contribs) (primary buses in former Soviet Union and trolleybuses everywhere)
10. Sparrowman980 (talk · contribs) (Worldwide buses)
11. Trulystand700 (talk · contribs) (New York City Buses)
12. talk · contribs
    ) (MTA Maryland)
13. Bluegoblin7
    (London Buses)
14. Dudleybus (talk · contribs) (Working on West Midlands stuff, plus anything to do with Rotala)
15. Simply south (talk · contribs) UK Buses but generally London
16. DocRushing (talk · contribs) [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.]
17. SteveCof00 (talk · contribs) (School buses in the United States and Canada, and school bus models and school bus manufacturers)
18. MetroFan2009 (talk · contribs) Bi-State Development Agency in St. Louis
19. JoelRussell - Talk Contribs I'm in Poole, Dorset, England. If anyone from outside my area needs an article improving in dorset, tell me on my Talk Page
20. Folklore1 (talk · contribs) (MTA Maryland and Washington DC Metrobus)
21. Welshleprechaun (talk · contribs) Cardiff and Newcastle upon Tyne
22. Colonel Warden (talk · contribs)
23. Hanjie (talk · contribs) Pittsburgh Buses
24. Useddenim (talk · contribs) Toronto, London, bus manufacturers
25. Triglav 2000 (talk · contribs) Bus service in Slovenia
26. Rcsprinter123 (talk · contribs) England bus services
27. SmrtBusesLuver (talk · contribs) Singapore Buses (SMRT & SBS Transit)
28. Mark999 (talk · contribs), Bristol UK
29. Checkmatechamp137 (talk · contribs), New York City, NY and surrounding suburbs
30. Orsd (talk · contribs), NFI, Orion Ind.,Novabus,Vancouver (Translink),Orange County (OCTA),LA Metro, West Vancouver Blue Bus
31. Adam mugliston (talk · contribs) (UK, lists of bus routes)
32. talk · contribs
    ) Any East Anglian pages
33. Davey2010 (talk · contribs) Generally buses in England / Kent
34. WWGB (talk · contribs) Sydney, Australia
35. Coachcapt (talk · contribs) Queensland, Australia
36. Stephen Allcroft (talk · contribs) UK bus manufacturing and imports into the UK (not routes) and especially now-defunct manufacturers and coachbuilders.
37. Packerfan386 (talk · contribs) Midwest, lists of bus routes
38. Kiewii (talk · contribs) Dundee and Angus buses
39. WikiLeon (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) Bay Area based bus routes specializing in Solano and Napa counties.
40. DJ MC CJ (talk · contribs) (Florida buses including bus models and numbers.)
41. C16sh (talk · contribs) NYC and DC metro areas
42. Ibadibam (talk · contribs) Seattle, Washington, interested in bus rapid transit creep
43. SBS9834C (talk · contribs) Singapore and Hong Kong buses in general. Also interested with London and Australia urban buses
44. Singapore bus network
    .)
45. talk · contribs
    ) (Buses in England, Essex)
46. Balablitz (talk · contribs) (Bus transport in Tamil Nadu and elsewhere)
47. BFerson (talk · contribs) (Arriva Northumbria buses)
48. talk · contribs) (Bus Services in New Mexico, mostly ABQ RIDE
    , but working on the rest of the state too)
49. KevinCuddeback (talk · contribs) US Passenger Buses
50. SounderBruce (talk · contribs) Seattle-area transit
51. Arbustum (talk · contribs) Polish buses including Solaris, including writing Solaris Urbino 18 Hybrid from the very beginning.
52. CTfastrak
    .
53. Æthelred (talk · contribs) (England & Wales buses, mostly West Midlands)
54. Ryan 868 (talk · contribs) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Happy to know that there are other freaks like me out there. Also, I am the 50th member :)
55. talk · contribs) I do bus list and company page edits in New York City, Nassau County, Suffolk County, and Westchester County
    , all in New York.
56. Bergenga (talk · contribs) Bus/coach and chassis models from the Nordic countries and Germany, with a worldwide perspective
57. talk · contribs
    ) British Buses, mainly London Buses
58. Pianist4 (talk · contribs) Canberra and Sydney buses
59. KU (talk · contribs) Kansai region and Tokyo, Japan
60. Buttons0603 (talk · contribs) Sheffield and surrounding areas, and UK bus and coach models and manufacturers
61. LACMTA
62. talk · contribs) Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
    regions.
63. Bumbl loid (talk · contribs) Proud member of Pinoy Bus Fanatic, the largest bus enthusiast group in the Philippines
64. Cnvery (talk · contribs) Malaysia
65. Kew Gardens 613 (talk · contribs) NYC area buses
66. Miway, TTC, and other Golden Horseshoe
    agencies
67. DreamLinker (talk · contribs) Bus transport in Delhi but also other places as required at AfD
68. Commyguy (talk · contribs) Bus transport in the UK, in particular Stagecoach and Stagecoach Gold services as well as transport around the Oxfordshire area
69. Vanstrat (talk · contribs) Covers Edmonton Alberta Canada bus routes operated by Edmonton Transit
70. Saltn'Pepper (talk · contribs) Public transportation in Canada, especially in Vancouver.
71. MediKron (talk · contribs) Hungarian buses, mostly Ikarus.
72. Map Collector (talk · contribs) Indian and UK Buses, specially Double - Deckers.
73. Schoolbus777 (talk · contribs) School buses, as evidenced by my username.
74. Twin Cities
    and Minnesota, Chicago
75. SBS2828S (talk · contribs) Singapore bus enthusiast
76. Grandtubetrains (talk · contribs) England bus services
77. Exodus662 (talk · contribs) Bus routes in London and Cumbria, also bus types in the UK
78. Vkem (talk · contribs) Bus routes in Finland
79. Hullian111 (talk · contribs) 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.
80. Caleb M1 (talk · contribs) Bus Routes in the Midwest
81. BOO109 (talk · contribs) No Description Avalible
82. DMJames98 (talk · contribs) Bus transport in the UK, particularly in the West Midlands.
83. Quoll662 (talk) 11:51, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
84. DestinationFearFan (talk) 17:00, 21 January 2021 (UTC) - Bus Transport in China and Japan.[reply]
85. User:Jon Alten US municipal bus systems
86. SK2242 (talk) 10:35, 29 January 2021 (UTC) - UK related bus articles[reply]
87. User: AirFan19 Mainly buses in Singapore, occasionally Shanghai
88. talk · contribs
    ) almost exclusively London buses!
89. Geof Sheppard (talk · contribs) South West England and UK open top services
90. Tri-State area (NYC)
    and North America in general.
91. MJ9674 (talk · contribs) South East England, particular focus on Sussex.
92. عُثمان (talk · contribs) buses in Baltimore and their parent streetcar lines but interested in anything and everywhere
93. NotOrrio (talk · contribs) buses in Melbourne and other parts of Australia
94. 296cherry (talk · contribs) DART bus system and other systems in general
95. New York metropolitan area of New York
    .
96. S5A-0043 (talk · contribs) Shanghai, Wuhan & Singapore based
97. Mwsmith20 (talk · contribs) UK, using book collection to add refs/citations and expand articles
98. Transitsylveonkpop (talk · contribs) (New York City, and surrounding areas)

Promoted content

• O-Bahn Busway
• Kelvin Scottish
• London Country North East
• Tillingbourne Bus Company

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

Candidates

Review

Assessment

Bus transport articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA			2	1			3
FL				1			1
GA		1	2	59			62
B	3	9	33	66		6	117
C	18	23	91	362		19	513
Start	13	28	141	1,634		267	2,083
Stub		2	45	1,105		247	1,399
List	1	7	25	102	2	1	138
Category					678		678
Disambig					7		7
File					89		89
Portal					1		1
Project					25		25
Redirect	1	1	4	145	412		563
Template				1	303		304
Other				1	17		18
Assessed	36	71	343	3,477	1,534	540	6,001
Unassessed						237	237
Total	36	71	343	3,477	1,534	777	6,238
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 21,330			Ω = 5.11

Collaboration

• Electric bus
• Create and expand
  diesel-electric
  ).
• The
  UK bus operator quality drive
• The
  UK bus route quality drive

• Template:WikiProject Buses for talk pages

Note that new stub templates should be proposed before creation at

Instead of using the standard {{stub}} template, you may want to use one of the following more specific vehicle stub tags, some of which are:

• {{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:
  • {{bus-stub}} - for stub articles about buses
    
    
  • {{motorvehicle-company-stub}} - for stub articles about automotive companies
  • {{auto-factory-stub}} - for stub articles about automotive factories
  • {{automotive-part-stub}} - for stub articles about automotive parts or components
  • {{automotive-tech-stub}} - for stub articles about automotive technologies
    
    
  • {{road-stub}} - for stub articles about general road transport

• Category:Bus transport
• Category:Bus routes in England
• Category:Lists of New York (state) bus routes
• Category:Bus Transport Articles in Draft Stage

Note that most of these are not reliable sources, but may be good "starting points" for narrowing down what to look for.

United States

• Chicago Transit & Railfan: histories of bus routes in many cities
• Baltimore Transit Archives
• Philadelphia Trolley Tracks

• 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. SteveCof00 (talk) 09:30, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is one for an overall bus service,

Template:Infobox busline. —Onore Baka Sama^{(speak | stalk)} 13:26, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply

]

While those two are useful for articles about bus routes and services, there are articles being written about the vehicles themselves...

GM New Look, Blue Bird All American, etc...-SteveCof00 (talk) 22:24, 18 December 2010 (UTC)[reply

]

Template:Infobox bus may be considered the less confusing name to use, now. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 16:53, 29 August 2016 (UTC).[reply

]

• 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.) Useddenim (talk) 21:55, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• (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 NotOrrio (talk) 2:15, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

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