Links

Here are some other web pages which I recommend to those interested in buses and public transit. Some have lots of photos, others contain information about transit systems. Each one will open a new browser window. Transit system websites can also be accessed by clicking on the system logos in the photo pages.

Ministries and Departments of Transportation

Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (Transit Systems in Ontario)

Le ministère des Transports du Québec (Transport en commun)

Michigan Department of Transportation (Local Bus Service Map)

New York State Department of Transportation (Public Transit Operators)

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (Public Transportation Map)

Vermont Agency of Transportation (Transportation Services)

Featured Transit Systems (in alphabetical order by city)

Capital District Transportation Authority – Albany, NY

Barrie Transit – Barrie, ON

Belleville Transit – Belleville, ON

CIT de la Vallée du Richelieu – Beloeil, QC

Broome County Transit – Binghamton, NY

Brampton Transit – Brampton, ON

Brantford Transit – Brantford, ON

Brockville Transit – Brockville, ON

Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority – Buffalo, NY

Burlington Transit – Burlington, ON

Chittenden County Transportation Authority – Burlington, VT

Transit Eastern Ontario – Casselman, ON

CIT du Sud-Ouest – Châteauguay, QC

Clarence-Rockland Transpo – Clarence-Rockland, ON

Cobourg Transit – Cobourg, ON

Corning-Erwin Area Transit System – Corning, NY

Cornwall Transit – Cornwall, ON

Cortland Transit – Cortland, NY

Deseronto Transit – Deseronto, ON

Commission de transport de Drummondville – Drummondville, QC

Chemung County Transit System – Elmira, NY

Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority – Erie, PA

Broward County Transit – Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Nassau Inter-County Express – Garden City, NY

Société de transport de l’Outaouais – Gatineau, QC

Greater Glens Falls Transit – Glens Falls, NY

Ville de Granby – Transport en Commun – Granby, QC

Guelph Transit – Guelph, ON

Metro Transit – Halifax, NS

Hamilton Street Railway Company – Hamilton, ON

Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit – Ithaca, NY

Chautauqua Area Regional Transit System – Jamestown, NY

CRT de Lanaudière – Joliette, QC

Kingston Transit – Kingston, ON

Grand River Transit – Kitchener, ON

CIT Le Richelain – La Prairie, QC

Société de transport de la Ville de Laval – Laval, QC

Société de transport de Lévis – Lévis, QC

London Transit Commission – London, ON

Transport for London – London, U.K.

Réseau de transport de Longueuil – Longueuil, QC

MiWay – Mississauga Transit – Mississauga, ON

Agence métropolitaine de transport – Montreal, QC

Société de transport de Montréal – Montreal, QC

Metropolitan Transportation Authority – New York, NY

NJ Transit – Newark, NJ

Niagara Falls Transit – Niagara Falls, ON

North Bay Transit – North Bay, ON

Oakville Transit – Oakville, ON

North San Diego County Transit District – Oceanside, CA

Orillia Transit – Orillia, ON

OC Transpo – Ottawa, ON

Régie autonome des transports parisiens – Paris, France

Peterborough Transit – Peterborough, ON

Clinton County Public Transit – Plattsburgh, NY

Port Hope Transit – Port Hope, ON

Réseau de transport de la Capitale – Quebec, QC

York Region Transit – Richmond Hill, ON

Viva York – Richmond Hill, ON

Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority – Rochester, NY

Russell Transit Service – Russell, ON

Société de transport de Saguenay – Saguenay, QC

St. Catharines Transit – St. Catharines, ON

CIT Roussillon – St-Constant, QC

Ville de St-Hyacinthe – St-Hyacinthe, QC

Ville de St-Jean-sur-Richelieu – St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC

RTC de Ste-Julie – Ste-Julie, QC

Le groupe Autobus Auger Inc. – St-Nicolas, QC

St. Thomas Transit Service – St. Thomas, ON

Metropolitan Transit System – San Diego, CA

Sarnia Transit – Sarnia, ON

Sault Ste. Marie Transit Services – Sault Ste. Marie, ON

County of Lackawanna Transit System – Scranton, PA

Régie de transport en commun de Shawinigan – Shawinigan, QC

Société de transport de Sherbrooke – Sherbrooke, QC

Greater Sudbury Transit – Sudbury, ON

Central New York Regional Transportation Authority – Syracuse, NY

Niagara Region Transit – Thorold, ON

GO Transit – Toronto, ON

Toronto Transit Commission – Toronto, ON

Société de transport de Trois-Rivières – Trois-Rivières, QC

TransLink – Vancouver, BC

BC Transit – Victoria, BC

Victoria Regional Transit System – Victoria, BC

Wasaga Beach Transit – Wasaga Beach, ON

Watertown CitiBus – Watertown, NY

Welland Transit – Welland, ON

Durham Region Transit – Whitby, ON

The Bee-Line System – White Plains, NY

Luzerne County Transportation Authority – Wilkes-Barre, PA

Woodstock Transit – Woodstock, ON

Fan Pages

Canada

All-Time List of Canadian Transit Systems – An historic resource listing the history of every transit system in Canada.

Barp.ca – The former TMX site has been rebuilt. A Calgary-based photo page with many photographs, mostly from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Barraclou.com – Has a lot of photos of trains and buses from Canada and New England.

Bus Drawings and Photos – Peter McLaughlin’s Vancouver-based website, with a lot of bus drawings and BC Transit photos.

Bus History Association – Founded in 1963, the Bus History Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to recording and preserving bus industry history.

Busfan Place – A Quebec City-based website with many current and historic photos, including a photographic all-time roster for the RTC and all its predecessors.

Canadian Public Transit Discussion Board – A forum discussing transit-related topics by enthusiasts all over Canada and the United States. Also has a Wiki section containing lots of fleet and route information about transit agencies across Canada.

Canadian Transit Heritage Foundation – A non-profit group dedicated to preserving Canada's urban transit heritage. Has a large links section.

ETS Photo Express – A photo page dedicated to the Edmonton Transit System, as well as having photos from transit systems across Canada.

First Capital Transit Society – A Kingston-based website detailing the whereabouts of many Kingston and Belleville buses, including a lot of photos of withdrawn vehicles.

Hank’s Transportation Page – Mostly truck pictures, but there is a section for buses.

Inter-Bus – A French-language website with photos and details about transit buses and charter coaches all over Quebec.

Janboic’s Photostream – Jan Boic has created a Toronto-based photo gallery on Flickr, with a transit photos from across Ontario.

Mike’s Transit Stop – A different point of view: this site contains pamphlets, maps, statistics, etc., for the TTC, but it also has a growing photo gallery.

Montreal by Metro – The most comprehensive site about the Montreal Metro, including a station-by-station guide to the attractions, history and architecture of this unique system.

Montreal Commuter Rail and Public Transit – Provides details of public transit on the Island of Montreal, including an all-time roster for the STM and its predecessors.

Mystic’s Transit Fan Network – A Montreal-based site with transit rosters and photos and links to several related galleries.

The Next Stop – Has an all-time roster for BC Transit, Vancouver, and Coast Mountain Bus Link.

OC Transpo Enthusiast Page – Has lots of information about Ottawa’s bus system.

Orion 4’s Transbus Gallery – Andrew Aikman-Levac’s gallery featuring transit photos from all over Ontario.

The Raymond Langlois collection – The photo collection of an STO bus driver, with lots of old photos of streetcars and buses in Ottawa and Hull.

Rollsign Gallery – Joseph Chemerys has assembled an online collection of bus rollsigns from Canada and the United States, mostly from Ontario transit systems.

Steve’s Transit Site – A gallery concentrating on Montreal and other Quebec cities, along with some Ontario and Vermont galleries.

Toronto Buses – Highlights current TTC bus allocations and rebuilds, with a number of good photos.

Transit Canada – Alan Gryfe’s page containing current and historic fleet rosters for almost every Canadian transit system, as well as many manufacturer rosters.

TransitHub.net – A Toronto-based fan page with pictures from the GTA and surrounding area.

Transit Toronto – A website where transit fans have gathered a large amount of historic and current information about the TTC. Photos are evenly distributed between surface transit and subway cars.

TTS Online – The website of the Toronto Transportation Society, a group of transportation enthusiasts who share a common interest in streetcars, buses, subways and railways.

Eastern USA

Antique Motor Coach Association of Pennsylvania – AMCAP is a museum dedicated to preserving Pennsylvania’s transit history.

Baltimore Transit Archives – Dedicated to telling the story of Baltimore’s transit system, with photos, maps, rosters and other detailed information.

BusProwler’s MiamiDadeTransit.com – Has some nice pictures of buses in Miami and other Florida cities, along with some historic Miami bus pictures.

BusTalk III Surface Transportation Galleries – A New York City-based transit gallery with thousands of photos the northeastern United States.

Coach Information Network – This company sells manuals for bus owners, but also has production information for several makes of buses and coaches.

Colby’s Corner – Brian Colby’s website about transit in Boston, MA, with lots of roster info.

Commonwealth Coach and Trolley Museum – A bus museum in Roanoke, Virginia, that has a fleet of historic buses.

Frankford Terminal – A photo and roster page about transit in Philadelphia.

Motor Bus Society – The home page of the organization dedicated to collecting and publication about the history and development of the bus industry.

Museum of Bus Transportation – Has a large collection of historic buses from the 1930’s to the 1980’s.

NJ Transit Bus Fan Page – Dave Mackey’s New Jersey page fleet information, photos and history for NJ Transit and its predecessor, Public Service Coordinated Transport (PSCT).

Oren’s Transit Page – Features over 3000 transit photos from subway and bus systems in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Rob’s Transit Trips – Has photos of trolleybuses and streetcars from several North American transit systems.

Streetcar Mike – Michael Strauch’s page, mostly concerned with New Orleans, but also has photos from Texas and California.

The Northeast Bus and Rail Gallery – Photos and rosters from around the Northeastern US, as well as one of the largest collections of Philadelphia bus photos on the web.

Trams Stop Here! – The home page for a self-admitted “tram buff”. Has photos from Philadelphia, Newark, Boston and Toronto.

TransiTALK Transportation Media Group – A New York-based website with lots of photos and videos from across Canada and the United States.

www.HOPE-TUNNEL.org – Has photos of NYC subway cars and buses from the New York and the northeastern US, especially Rhode Island.

www.nycsubway.org – Historic and current photos, mostly of New York subway cars. Also has an historic bus photo section.

Central USA

Campus Bus Service Coaches – A page about the transit service at Kent State University, Ohio, including an historic fleet roster.

Chicago Transit & Railfan Website – Lots of information about transit in and around Chicago, as well as bus photos from across the USA.

Detroit Transit History – A comprehensive history of public transit in Detroit, from the horsecar era to the present day.

Ohio Museum of Transportation – This museum has a collection of buses from Ohio, as well as complete production lists for several transit bus manufacturers.

The Transport Company Web Station – Has historic information about transit in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Western USA

Busdude’s Page O’ Buses – Lots of pictures of buses from Washington State, with special emphasis on Seattle and the surrounding area.

Chaffee’s Buspage – Numerous bus photos from Los Angeles and southern California.

Dreamliner Bus Leasing and Service – Has a large historic fleet of GM New Looks, some of them for sale.

Northern California Bus Fans – The website of a group of bus fans from California. Has a forum and a large historic photo archive.

The Pacific Bus Museum – Has several preserved buses, including a 1955 TDM4512 once owned by Peerless Stages.

Rapid Transit Press – A publisher of transit books, with lots of photos.

Western Transit – A bus newsletter association highlighting transit in and around Los Angeles. This website also has a searchable manufacturers’ database for many bus models.

International/Transcontinental

American Public Transportation Assocation – The official page of APTA, with web links to every transit system in North America.

Bus Memories – A nice website with hundreds of historic Trailways and Greyhound pictures.

Bus Rosters on the Web - A. J. Reinschmidt’s online list of transit rosters from Canada and the United States.

BusWeb - Buses on the Web – A list of links for almost every aspect of the transit industry.

Buses For Sale Online.com – A web resource with links to sites selling buses, split by manufacturer.

Canadian Urban Transit Association – The official page of CUTA, highlighting the transit industry in Canada.

Classic Bus Depot – Bernie Lopez’s website with contributed photos from around the world.

Dave Colton’s Transit Site – Lots of vintage transit pictures from across Canada and the United States.

Mike’s Home Page – Has historic pictures of GM New Looks from across the US and a few from Canada.

North American Bus Explorer – Bus pictures from across North America, divided by manufacturer.

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