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Originally Posted by Vin
As far as I know, Victoria's BC Transit has been using DD buses for years, and Ottawa just started not long ago I believe. Would love to see lots of them plying our streets like British cities, or in Hong Kong and Singapore.
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Ottawa has been using them since 2012.
As for the clearance questions, they are no taller than a transport truck, so any road that can accept trucks can accept double decker buses without any problems.
Regarding dwell times, it takes time for people to learn the proper etiquette, but you go up the stairs the stop after you board, and down the stairs the stop before you get off. On the pro side, they take up less curb space at busy stops, but on the con side they only have 2 doors.