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01-07-08 | 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by patc

What about the bike's width?

You could use Greyhound-style buses with the luggage area re-configured for bikes (not sure if that could work) but that would go against the trend of using low-floor, fully accessible buses.

I like the idea of bike racks on buses... the implementation seems to be really problematic, however.

Now that is an idea...leave the doors off and have rails for the bikes to slide into...but with human nature being what it is, you would probably end up with a wino or two sleeping in the open compartment

Aaron

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