Local bus
A local bus , village bus or municipal bus served within communities public transport ( PT ). It is part of the local traffic and connects the individual districts with one another.
Depending on the volume of traffic (depending on the population density), a distinction must be made between:
- Bus route , minibus route
- Call line (on- call bus , shared call taxi )
- Citizen bus line , a minibus line operated ( voluntarily ) by a citizen's association
The regular service with large buses is mostly limited to school, business and commuter traffic , because 60 to 80 percent of the passengers in the local area of rural communities are schoolchildren. Also, regional buses can take on important tasks in the community bus, then ask the same time to connect to the nearest large town, city or a train station here. At such transfer stops, local buses can be coordinated with the higher-level regional traffic to ensure connections.
The line network can consist of ring lines around the town center or diameter lines, depending on the layout of the municipality . Vehicles, stop equipment and tariff structure are similar to the offer of a city bus route . Minibuses have advantages because of their maneuverability - they can also reach districts via narrow, poorly developed roads, for example in mountainous regions.
