Have you ever seen a double decker bus in America?

And making those tight turns by the Lincoln Memorial in DC to go over the bridge to the Virginia tourist stops, including Mt. Vernon. They just seem unbalanced/ready to tip over!

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mcfaite@reddit

...well, at least the top deck is amphibious.

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ehs06702@reddit

I've always wanted to play tourist the next time I go home and ride one of those ones that do tours of the Golden Age star homes.

They look fun, if kitchy.

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Previous-Space-7056@reddit

Specifically hollywood… see them daily

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ITrCool@reddit

Yeah I'd imagine the open-air top-deck ones are everywhere out there. Especially in the Hollywood and Vine part of town.

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StarMan-88@reddit

I was JUST on a double-decker tour bus in San Francisco. And the time before that I was in NYC.

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_Molj@reddit

Heh, there was one sitting in a field on Maui for years, the paintball field bought it 😆

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ImperfectTapestry@reddit

Oh and Seattle has commuter buses that are double decker. Beautiful views!

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RightYouAreKen1@reddit

Yep, Sound Transit uses double deckers on some routes in Seattle. https://www.soundtransit.org/blog/platform/new-double-decker-buses-have-arrived-carry-more-people-better-views

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LiqdPT@reddit

I love how that article headline is that double deckers are rolling out on the Eastside, and 4/6 routes are not the Eastside.

I commute between Mill Creek and Redmond, and I don't think I've ever seen one.

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snowmaninheat@reddit

I’ve mostly seen them going to Lynnwood or Everett.

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RightYouAreKen1@reddit

Ya most of the ones ive seen have been downtown or Northgate.

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DogsBikesAndMovies@reddit

Both Sound Transit and King County Metro (Seattle's two public transit systems) make extensive use of double-deckers. I ride them quite frequently.

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Oso_de_Panda77@reddit

I lived in Honolulu for 4 years. I never one saw a DD bus. Are they new?

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ImperfectTapestry@reddit

I don't think so, but I'm not sure I've seen one outside Waikiki. Definitely a tourist thing.

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MrDabb@reddit

I saw a few of them when I was in Waikiki a few weeks ago

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suboptimus_maximus@reddit

Yup, the ubiquitous Hop-On, Hop-Off. Open top too!

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libananahammock@reddit

We have double decker commuter trains (LIRR) as well!

Fun fact about the LIRR (Long Island Railroad). It is the busiest commuter railroad in North America and is also one of the world's few commuter systems that run 24/7 year-round

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When I was in HS, I worked in the city in the summer, took the train to work every day. We used to call it the Snailroad. It was jammed - usually no seats left when I got on - and not terribly fast - but still better than amy other way of getting into the city. It came into Penn Station, of course, and I worked almost directly across from Grand Central Station and the Pan Am building (yes I'm old) so depending on the weather, it was a brisk walk or a sardine-like and slow bus to where I worked. Growing up where everybody used public transportation as a matter of course (well, except the very, very rich) was interesting, and finding out that most other places didn't work that way was a disappointment.

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Interesting_Scar9493@reddit

Las Vegas has them on the strip

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EightOhms@reddit

This is where I've seen them. Wouldn't ride one to save my life.

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97PG8NS@reddit

May I ask why? I've ridden the double deckers on the strip in Vegas many times and they're always clean, fare is strictly enforced and security is very tight.

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EightOhms@reddit

This happened right after I moved to Vegas.

"Las Vegas Police arrest man accused of killing 1, injuring 1, barricading himself on bus"

https://www.fox4news.com/news/las-vegas-police-arrest-man-accused-of-killing-1-injuring-1-barricading-himself-on-bus

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amazingtaters@reddit

Only been once but rode the bus as well and found it to be convenient and comfortable. The one way fare is kinda high, but the day pass is reasonable if you use it more than twice. Beats walking in the heat anyway.

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97PG8NS@reddit

I get the $8 24 hour pass. Worth every penny.

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droid_mike@reddit

The only time I've ridden one there for a couple old ladies reminiscing about how great Las Vegas was when the mob was still running it.

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Aspen9999@reddit

And Austin

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No-Banana247@reddit

Yes they have one where it is Bridgerton tea party themed! Not officially Bridgerton but Regency era vibes.

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Western_Nebula9624@reddit

And Las Vegas.

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DogsBikesAndMovies@reddit

Seattle and LA have those same type of tour busses.

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Yibblets@reddit

Yes, we have televisions here in the U.S., ww have all seen them at one time.

Are the triple-decker ones called Big Macs?

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Doom_Corp@reddit

Also certain extended transit buses like Megabus. I took one from NYC to Toronto to go to a Transformers convention once. Was 60 bucks round trip but my god did it take forever (12 hours one way). I got a $180 round trip ticket on a small propeller 40ish person commuter plane the next year. You fucking feel that turbulence but I got there in about an hour.

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Professional-Spare13@reddit

And San Antonio

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Vyckerz@reddit

And Boston

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Looptydude@reddit

Yup, same in San Antonio.

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_badwithcomputer@reddit

There are also double-deck charter and cross country busses (like MegaBus) as well:
https://www.vdlvanhool.com/en/coaches

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11twofour@reddit

The Chinatown bus!

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DrearyBiscuit@reddit

Hop on Hop off

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Square-Wing-6273@reddit

And Buffalo

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peatmo55@reddit

And Los Angeles.

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Ritterbruder2@reddit

Specifically this company: https://city-sightseeing.com/en/home

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Melora_T_Rex714@reddit

And in Los Angeles.

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Astro_Birch_317@reddit

And Ketchikan, Alaska

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Top_File_8547@reddit

And Philly.

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dewey454@reddit

And Philadelphia

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Apprehensive-Ant2141@reddit

And New Orleans

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Additional-Software4@reddit

And Hollywood

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FreedomBread@reddit

Yeah, a food truck was converted from a classic British double decker.

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elena_ct@reddit

Yes, took them many times with Megabus. It was much easier to sleep, at least so I thought.

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basshed8@reddit

Yes San Luis Obispo uses them for city buses

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Embarrassed_Fig1801@reddit

I don’t know of any place that uses them for regular short distance commuting but some palaces have them for long commutes with limited stops. But most big cities have them for guided tours around the city.

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Donald_J_Duck65@reddit

Frequently

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soonerpgh@reddit

Yes, rode on one in D.C., but since I'm in a wheelchair, I was stuck to the bottom deck. Ex-wife and kids went up top to experience that.

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ToastetteEgg@reddit

Big city tour buses.

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Key_Improvement_9229@reddit

Disney World

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Ambitious-Guava-7947@reddit

No. Not in the area I live (mid-west)

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Spare_Flamingo8605@reddit

Chicago

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InsertDramaHere@reddit

Nope.

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Accomplished-Emu-591@reddit

Many double Decker commuter buses in Seattle-Everett area.

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alliquay@reddit

Yes. There was a double decker that went from Ludington to Pentwater in Michigan, we rode it a few times every summer when I was a kid

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Healthy_Business_69@reddit

Not the open top, 2 Decker buses. But there are 2 deck bused running from Snohomish County (Lynnwood, Everett Area among other) to King County (Seattle Area). And Return trip.

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DesertWanderlust@reddit

There's one I used to drive by all the time on Highway 1 as you're entering Half Moon Bay, California. It's parked in front of a British pub. I stopped at the pub once and the food was pretty terrible.

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cardifan@reddit

Nearly every day. Those hop on hop off buses.

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Obvious_Ship_7225@reddit

Los Angeles

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AtlasThe1st@reddit

I have not, but I also live in the middle of bumfuck nowhere

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xpunkrockmomx@reddit

Vegas have them on "the deuce".

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Alternative-Quit-161@reddit

San Fransisco

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Avelsajo@reddit

Came on here to say no.... Apparently we have them in a lot of big cities, but I haven't seen any!

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leannmanderson@reddit

Yes. We have a British place that serves pasties and they own a big red double decker bus.

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Dry-Character-6331@reddit

Several big cities

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TattooedWenchkin@reddit

Never in my area of the U.S., you're lucky if your area even has a local bus service at all.

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a11encur1@reddit

Yes- the Megabus

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pvrkr@reddit

We have them in Seattle as regular commuter and rapid buses. Quite a normal sight up here as many people take them to get in, out, and around the city.

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RumpleDumple@reddit

I live in a college town (Davis, CA) that uses them for public transit around the city. Some are classic old buses from London. Some are shiny and new. Sometimes you see parents talking little kids to ride the upper level just for fun.

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IrishMo8@reddit

I was surprised it took so far down the responses to find this! Hi from Sacramento.

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Fantastic-Pear6241@reddit

The more I hear about Seattle the more Washington sounds like the UK more so than New England

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garden__gate@reddit

As a New England native who lives in Seattle, the two regions are surprisingly similar. But I would say New England is a lot more like the UK, especially once you get out of the urban cores. New England is full of old villages, while the areas outside the cities in the PNW are more American with sprawly suburbs and sparsely populated rural areas.

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Fantastic-Pear6241@reddit

The human geography of New England is much closer, but the meteorological geography of PNW seems more similar from what I've seen

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Top_Forever_2854@reddit

Yes, both on the west coast of continents, which has something to do with it as I vaguely recall from school

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garden__gate@reddit

Yeah, that’s true.

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AustynCunningham@reddit

Yeah we got them in Spokane last year, just from downtown out to Eastern Washington University in Cheney, I’m not a metro user but went down to take the maiden voyage out for a day of walking around and hitting up breweries.

A few months later it crashed into an underpass and was decommissioned for a month, but now it’s back up and running.

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Calculusshitteru@reddit

Since when? They didn't have these in Seattle when I left about 20 years ago.

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Airlik@reddit

And in Bellevue…

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gnirpss@reddit

Spokane has them too. I've never had the occasion to ride one (my usual route uses the long bendy buses), but I've always wanted to.

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Basicly-Inevitable@reddit

Same in the Bay Area. Company busses that pick up employees so they don't have to drive to work.

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SirAlthalos@reddit

They also use them a lot for the express buses that runs down to Lynnwood for the light rail into Seattle

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Traditional_Can_3983@reddit

I had a friend buy one and was planning to convert it to an RV. It was an old british one that needed excessive work but had good bones.

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kabilibob@reddit

In Ketchikan, Alaska, they use double decker buses to shuttle cruise ship passengers around

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Rhiannon1954@reddit

Also Philadelphia.

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Mindes13@reddit

Mexican tour buses like tornado

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Dorsai56@reddit

Seen one? Yes, but they are very uncommon.

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CoachOpen1977@reddit

Yes, tour buses.

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AzoriumLupum@reddit

San Diego Zoo uses them for tours

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hellogooday92@reddit

You ever heard of the awful thing that happened in Liverpool NY?

People still hit that bridge to this day.

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Conscious-Guest-8342@reddit

Vegas. But they’re open on top which makes no sense, at least from like April to at least October, roasting up there

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peoriagrace@reddit

Yes, we have them on Seattle.

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madame_de_la_luna@reddit

When I was a kid in the 1970s, there was a family in my home town who owned a double decker bus. We would frequently see it driving around town, and it really stood out. Ever since then, I mostly see them used as tour buses in cities like San Francisco.

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Spare-Anxiety-547@reddit

Yes, the Megabus is (or was when I rode it) a double decker bus. I rode it once from Minneapolis to Chicago. Looks like it has pretty limited routes now though.

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vt2022cam@reddit

I live in Boston, we have a verb that prevents mass casualties with double decker buses, “Storrowing”.

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YSoSkinny@reddit

Portland OR has one as a food cart

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CH11DW@reddit

When I went to the San Diego Zoo when I was a kid they had that took people on tours. No roof on the second deck. That was thirty years ago. Haven’t seen one since (in person)

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sun-raya@reddit

At the zoo

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NCErin@reddit

My knee jerk reaction was no, although I do actually recall seeing some sight-seeing double decker buses (without roofs, so they somehow don’t register in my head as being a double decker) in NYC.

To be honest, I’m from North Carolina and we barely have buses here. We do, but the time required to get anywhere on one is a bit excessive. They’re usually only used if there’s no other alternative.

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Motor_Inspector_1085@reddit

San Diego zoo uses them for tours.

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MarkTheDuckHunter@reddit

Yes. In New Orleans.

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Dazzling-Climate-318@reddit

In a farm yard a few miles from my home, it hasn’t moved in years.

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BigBlaisanGirl@reddit

Yes

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Lutastic@reddit

Sure. Most aren’t but they exist.

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Bright_Ices@reddit

Very rarely. Only in major tourist cities.

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No-Assistance476@reddit

Vegas

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Catsdrinkingbeer@reddit

Yes. Some of the regular city busses in Seattle are double decker. I've commuted on them.

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Ambitious-Elk5705@reddit

Not where I'm at. I have seen a recent classified ad for one locally. Joked to our teenager we'd get them that to drive. I know they are elsewhere in the US, but I haven't seen them in person until I was in the UK.

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Busby5150@reddit

Yes, for tourists in SF

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pook1029@reddit

Vegas baby.

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MortimerDongle@reddit

Tour buses yes, regular transit bus no.

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OfficeChair70@reddit

Washington state has double decker transit busses, but I don’t believe they are used basically anywhere else though.

Seattle mostly just has Alexander-Dennis Enviri500’s, some of them are labeled ‘the double tall’ and have a fun coffee motif

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washtucna@reddit

Spokane, too!

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thomsenite256@reddit

I didnt even know that. The regular KCM buses are are standard transits from what I've seen but I've never taken them outside of seattle region.

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OfficeChair70@reddit

As far as I know they still come into downtown, Sound Transit and Community Transit (Snohomish County) operate them, and they bring them all the way into Westlake. Usually the double deck busses operate on routes north of downtown from the U-District up to the southern end of Skagit County. It’s all coach busses and regular transit busses south of downtown and out into Pierce and Thurston Counties.

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thomsenite256@reddit

That makes sense. I dont think Ive ever been on a sound transit bus. But I am like a mile from a light rail station so I usually take that or the Rapid Ride if I need a bus.

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Fancy-Restaurant4136@reddit

Davis California, the university bus system has repurposed red double decker buses from London.

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cguess@reddit

right hand drive and all? Would seem like it could only load/unload on one way streets then

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Fancy-Restaurant4136@reddit

I rode them many times as a student, but it's been a while. There was a driver and there was a flag staff person who stepped down into the street first and kept an eye out for traffic.

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OfficeChair70@reddit

That’s really cool, I’m at Arizona State University and our campus busses are just bog standard coach busses, with big AC units.

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washtucna@reddit

My city has several as part of pur regular bus system (Spokane, WA)

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sublimesting@reddit

Every major city has them as tour buses.

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cozybear3636@reddit

Yes for traveling sometimes. I used to go from Philly to State College both are rather large cities. State college is smaller like 200-500k. Philly is like 2-5 million depending on how you count the population. So the buses were pretty full. We had double decker buses that go between the 2 cities.

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Imaginary_Cherry7966@reddit

Never in person

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Yeegis@reddit

Disneyland has one

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Fluid-Account3504@reddit

One time at George Washington’s house a school was there that took a double decker charter bus

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Grym0@reddit

Yes in NYC

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New-Sheepherder2239@reddit

Yes

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gregrph@reddit

Yes, they used to travel around World Showcase at EPCOT

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Key-Bodybuilder-343@reddit

Yes, mostly for tours.

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AncientGuy1950@reddit

Yes. A local Brit owned Fish and Chips place imported one as a food truck.

It lasted a year before the motor died and he couldn't get parts at a price that made any sense. So he remodeled it to be 'out door' seating for his main restaurante.

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thomsenite256@reddit

funny theres a similar one in portland I think its like a bar

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MyUsername2459@reddit

It's a pity it only lasted a year, because I would imagine that wasn't cheap to import.

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LendogGovy@reddit

My buddy did the same thing, but was able to get a school bus shop out a Cummins engine in from an old bluebird bus and now the thing has serious power.

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G00dSh0tJans0n@reddit

Yes, if you mean Megabus

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that-Sarah-girl@reddit

Clarifying for non Americans, Megabus is a long distance bus service from city to city.

And yeah, all their buses seem to be double deckers. Luggage downstairs and the bathroom and driver and a few seats. And then the whole upstairs is seats.

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thomsenite256@reddit

They have megabus in some other countries.

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Broad_Pineapple727@reddit

Has anyone seen one of these recently? Their parent company went bankrupt a couple years ago and I don't believe they are still operating any routes in the USA. They will still sell you tickets on other bus lines, but those aren't double-deckers.

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hayleybeth7@reddit

Huh. I still get emails from them all the time because I’ve used them a handful of times.

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sleepthetablet@reddit

yes! used to take them between Chicago - Detroit. Used to just book random weekend trips way ahead for the $1 or whatever + a couple dollars in fees. amazing\~

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thomsenite256@reddit

Tour buses mostly we dont use them for transit. We do have some double decker trains.

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Bitter_Ad_9523@reddit

yes, the owner turned it into a mobile coffee bar. Its pretty cool.

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Bitter_Ad_9523@reddit

Also Vegas

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LionCM@reddit

Commuter buses in the SF Bay Area.

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wairua_907@reddit

Yes , we have them as tour buses here in SE Alaska for cruise ship people

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Able-Sheepherder-154@reddit

The Wig & Pen restaurant / bar in Coralville IA used one as a free weekend night shuttle to the downtown Iowa City club zone and back. Ran for years.

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NickElso579@reddit

Yes, over decade ago my local county fair did a Beatles theme and they bought some old London Busses to ferry people between the parking lots and the fair grounds

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crazycardigans@reddit

yes, there is one in Asheville NC that is a coffee shop lol. I think they are only in big cities and used as tour buses here. https://doubledscoffee.com/

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EBweB76@reddit

In Las Vegas

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thetonytaylor@reddit

Bar parked on the street in pdx

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robertwadehall@reddit

I’ve seen one out in the desert outside Phoenix and one in Long Beach

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mltrout715@reddit

Yes. Been on some

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lfxlPassionz@reddit

Yes but I'm more likely to see an accordion bus since a lot of roads have bridges that double Decker busses can't fit under.

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RWMaverick@reddit

Okay, I have a different answer! The town of Beaufort, North Carolina has an actual 1967 red London double decker bus that they use for tours of the local historic district! I used to love taking that tour when vacationing there as a kid.

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mylocker15@reddit

Aside from the tourist ones I have seen old fashioned ones repurposed also. There is one called Ministry of Food I’ve seen at the Scottish festival.

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smorones@reddit

Disneyland

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Express_Leading_4840@reddit

Tmz

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Ambitious-Break4234@reddit

Also charter busses for large group trips.

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mikegalos@reddit

Only tour bus use

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judijo621@reddit

Tour buses in Hollywood (TMZ) has them. I've seen them in Manhattan.

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ByronScottJones@reddit

Yes we have them in many cities as you can see. The ones used for tours often have no roof on the upper deck for better visibly. But I've seen some of the UK tour busses here. They are uncommon, but generally our street lights and other obstructions must be high enough for a full double decker bus.

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LogicalFallacyCat@reddit

The San Diego zoo has them. My kid loved riding on the top deck

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LaSerenita@reddit

Long Beach CA.specifically Belmont Shore area.

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skspoppa733@reddit

Tour buses in Niagara Falls back in the late 70’s - early 80’s.

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Sea_Squirrel1987@reddit

Yes.

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iHaveLotsofCats94@reddit

They turned one into a coffee shop in Asheville, North Carolina. That's my favorite bus

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IrateMormon@reddit

We used to have them in Atlanta. They were owned by Massey Business College and were used for student transportación. The college owned 2 buses.

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poWdereddonUtsplz@reddit

Yes, but they're not very common. You will see them generally as tour vehicles in large cities. In general I think they may only be allowed/used in those places because their clearance wouldn't make it under some overpasses. (That's just a guess though.)

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Fun_Committee1478@reddit

No

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fast_farmer4u@reddit

Never seen one.

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Justmakethemoney@reddit

I was in a random tiny town in Illinois, and there was a legit AEC Routemaster (antique London bus) just sitting in a parking lot.

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IRegretBeingHereToo@reddit

The campus transit at UC Davis

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rivers-end@reddit

We have a company called Megabus that has double decker buses. I live a few hours north of NYC and they do regular runs to and from.

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grassesbecut@reddit

There was a guy in the Phoenix area who imported one from London and would take people on Christmas light tours around the city. I don't know if he still does. The first time I saw it, he was driving it past my house and I thought I was hallucinating.

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r2k398@reddit

Yes in Las Vegas and also at the English pub style restaurants.

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DMTrious@reddit

I was at a winery and they had one, I don't know if it drove or was just there for photo ops

Ive seen a double decker party bus too

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foodweneedfood@reddit

“Hop on! Hop off!”

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2quila@reddit

America.. not that I recall... only one I've ever seen/riden on was in Mexico City.

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cmadler@reddit

The University of Kentucky ("UK"—get it?) had an old 1950s bus from the UK from the early 1970s until maybe 2008, it was named "Old Blue" and used for campus tours.

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heybud_letsparty@reddit

Yes. There used to be (maybe still is) a company called megabus that offered super cheap bus fare around the country. I used it a lot in my late teens/early 20s. Bus trips were usually $10-20 each way. I used it a lot to go from San Francisco to LA and all around the midwest. Great way to travel cheap when I was young and broke. But they were all double decker busses.

The most memorable time was going from SF to LA and I sat next to a guy who just got done with a 20 year prison sentence. He had nothing to his name and was heading to live with a family member. I had just got an iPod shuffle with the touch screen that I used while skateboarding and had an old regular iPod shuffle that was loaded with punk rock and rap. So I gave the old one to him with some headphones. Dude was so appreciative and happy to kick back for that bus ride with some music.

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Mumchkin@reddit

Yes many touristy cities have them.

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mountednoble99@reddit

Not that I recall

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Aggravating-Corgi700@reddit

Our local sports radio station had one for years.

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aannoonnyymmoouuss99@reddit

All the time in nyc also took one from nyc to dc, they run daily

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elsongs@reddit

A number of cities have them, primarily as express commuter buses (which don't make very many stops). They're also much larger and longer than the UK version (which are made for everyday urban transit that stops several times along the route).

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Ravenna178@reddit

Yes they have those as tour buses in Los Angeles

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tuson77@reddit

Yes, they tried a few briefly in San Francisco maybe 25 years ago. Sitting in the upper deck was cool but the seats were narrower than that a regular bus and the 2 passengers were uncomfortably close.

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badtux99@reddit

The modern double decker buses are widely used in the SF Bay area. Aside from the Google buses most of which are double decker, for example AC Transit runs double decker buses from Alameda County to the TransBay Terminal in San Francisco. MegaBus and FlixBus also run them from the Central Valley to San Francisco where they dump you off near the TransBay Terminal. They look nothing like the quaint tourist buses so you may have overlooked them.

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tuson77@reddit

I haven't lived in the Bay Area since 2003 and I only remember the red ones running on Geary Blvd. It was a funny experience sitting so close and people were bemused. Thanks for the info ..

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ThrowawayMod1989@reddit

Yep! We have an actual double decker from London that does tours here in Beaufort NC

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WowsrsBowsrsTrousrs@reddit

Megabus between DC and NY - see them on I-95 frequently.

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Broad_Pineapple727@reddit

See in the present tense? I don't think they've run since 2024 when the company went bankrupt. But I could be wrong; I just know they don't run near me anymore. (The company will sell you tickets still, but on the east coast they're just Peter Pan buses, single-decker.)

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logaboga@reddit

They exist in a few cities. Not at all common.

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silverwolfe@reddit

Yeah we have them in Seattle.

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DBDG_C57D@reddit

When I was going to school in Denton, Tx 12+ years ago I remember seeing a food truck built into a double decker bus around the campus a couple times. I have no idea if it’s still around though.

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Snarkan_sas@reddit

MegaBus

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HikeRobCT@reddit

Just went to a restaurant inside one in upstate New York/ Catskills area. Last weekend.

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trustingfastbasket@reddit

Tour bus in Chicago

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Ok_Two_2604@reddit

They were all over my college town. Iirc they had the first electric conversion.

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Not_A_Crazed_Gunman@reddit

Not in the US, but they're a very common sight in the Toronto area. They're operated by GO Transit which is the regional authority (covering the entire metropolitan area), and they're so common I forget that other places don't have them.

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kitesurfr@reddit

The robot heart bus at burning man is a double decker.

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PA_MallowPrincess_98@reddit

NYC, Disney World, and Universal

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Prestigious-Wolf8039@reddit

Las Vegas had them but it's been a while since I saw them.

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SL13377@reddit

Yes I live in a tourist city and those city tour buses are all Over the place

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rufos_adventure@reddit

yes, i fairhaven, wa. it was a 'chips' shop, then a advert for a restaurant.

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Chrestys@reddit

I get coffee in one in Portland (Tov). There's another one that's a bar (Rachel & Rose).

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ac7ss@reddit

Seattle had aneighboring transit system that used the "double tall" name for their coaches. I don't know if they still run them though.

Victoria BC has English double decker coaches for a tour line.

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TheLizardKing89@reddit

As an open air tour bus in Hollywood.

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SouthCotton1979@reddit

Chicago and Nashville

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strictmachines@reddit

Davis, California (a college town west of Sacramento) is famous in California for having double-decker buses in service.

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Turdle_Vic@reddit

A few times. It’s kinda odd to see them not bright red

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EmmalouEsq@reddit

I used to see them go by my apartment in DC all the time

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Parking_Champion_740@reddit

Yes, UC Davis has them for campus transport. One of my friends learned to drive one

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Penguin_Scout@reddit

Yes, there are buses that will drive long distance between cities. I’ve seen them used a lot by college kids going home on weekends. I’ve personally ridden one between St Louis and Chicago and another from Milwaukee to Minneapolis.

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WhichSpirit@reddit

Open top tour buses. For regular transit, my state has double decker trains.

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Prize_Chemistry_8437@reddit

Yes. In several places. Usually for tours

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69Nova468@reddit

Big no in the Detroit area

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2b-Kindly_@reddit

Las Vegas has them

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No-Heat-436@reddit

Yes!

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MicheleAmanda@reddit

I was thinking that I had seen a 2 deck tour bus in Provincetown, Massachusetts. I looked. I was wrong. So much for memory.

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icebox_Lew@reddit

Yeah outside the local British pub. Looks clapped out and like it wouldn't go anywhere without a tow, though!

Also there's the triple decker bus at Universal Studios. Again, stationary

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StanUrbanBikeRider@reddit

Yes. I live in the Art Museum area of Philadelphia and I see double decker tour buses practically every day.

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Consistent-Shame-171@reddit

Yes, I went to UC Davis. The student union operated a fleet of double decker busses in the city. Students rode "free".

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unicornhunter202@reddit

I just took a double decker commuter home tonight.

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the-lovely-panda@reddit

Megabus! I have gone to NYC in it and sat in the front on the top deck. Pretty cool.

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mewikime@reddit

Vegas has them. Vegas also has them as sight seeing buses. LA too

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schoolydee@reddit

yes

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Grouchy-Stand-4570@reddit

Besides tour buses. There is one near this British Pub near my house

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Bogside_Bibliophile@reddit

For tourism. I don’t think I’ve seen any commuter buses that are double decker.

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evart29bum@reddit

Boise Idaho

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hippymom77@reddit

Washington DC

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PracticalApartment99@reddit

Las Vegas strip.

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hibbitydibbitytwo@reddit

I saw three today. All in the Florida Keys.

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Calm-Maintenance-878@reddit

Just in NYC I think

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Erik0xff0000@reddit

employee busses in Silicon Valley

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Maurice_Foot@reddit

Huh. Have only hitchhiked through SF, Chicago, and Seattle (different trips). Never saw such busses.

I did see some cities have amphibious duck boat tours.

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dontlookback76@reddit

Las Vegas had several busy bus routes that use a double decker. I like sitting up top in front of the window.

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Federal-Membership-1@reddit

Philly

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EmploymentEmpty5871@reddit

Vegas.

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MentalOperation4188@reddit

Disneyland

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BigPapaPaegan@reddit

A campground my family used to go to every summer in Old Orchard Beach, ME had a double-decker bus that would transport guests to the pier and downtown.

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giraflor@reddit

As others have said, tour buses. I ride the get on/off all day ones at least once when visiting a new city multiple days for fun. The guides tend to be knowledgeable and it’s a chill day if I’m a bit jet lagged.

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FreddyKrueger32@reddit

I saw one in my neighborhood in Phoenix during Christmas. That neighborhood went bonkers for Christmas and people would come from everywhere Christmas eve to see the lights

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hardiniowa2002@reddit

Yes

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PuzzleheadedLemon353@reddit

Tour bus in Washington DC has them.

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RainyAlaska1@reddit

Yes, in big cities. I took one last year in San Francisco.

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Golf38611@reddit

As a novelty party rental for tours in Collierville, TN.

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Responsible-View-804@reddit

Yes but only in super touristy areas.

First time I did was LA

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Sowf_Paw@reddit

I've ridden on one! Megabus had double decker busses. Megabus is missed, they either folded or just pulled out of my area.

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CheeseMongoNJ@reddit

New Jersey Transit operates a number of them on certain routes.

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Random_Reddit99@reddit

Sure. James Corden and Prince Harry toured Los Angeles on one..

They're not municipal buses but used as tour buses in many major cities.

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badtux99@reddit

Modern transit double decker buses don't look at all like the tourist buses you are talking a out and I am sure there are LA double decker transit buses you ignore because they don't look like the tourist buses. eg scroll halfway down the page to see a modern double decker transit bus: https://www.actransit.org/transbay

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Random_Reddit99@reddit

No, there aren't enclosed municipal double decker buses in LA because they don't have the volume of passengers that the unique East Bay commuter population requires with protected stops where a bus can idle long enough to give upper deck passengers enough time to get on and off.

LA has determined that they need more buses running at a greater frequencies, and stopping at more stops because there isn't a single mass of residents going to a single downtown area at predictable times. They use extra-long articulating buses with more doors to allow for quicker boarding along its busiest corridors.

Double decker buses are a novelty in LA, used for events, filming, or tours. they're not practical as municipal public transport.

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badtux99@reddit

MegaBus and FlixBus beg to differ. As does Foothill Transit, which operates electric double-decker buses, specifically on the Silver Streak line that connects San Gabriel/Pomona Valley to Downtown LA. You are correct that transit agencies in the US prefer bendy buses for faster boarding and better handicapped access, but bendy buses aren't appropriate for long distance high speed limited stop routes because of their slower top speed (they top off at around 55mph) and cumbersome handling (they have a tendency to jackknife at higher speeds).

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Random_Reddit99@reddit

I'll concede to Foothill Transit as a public transit line that I didn't realize had added double deckers to their fleet (even if their route is more of an inter-city model)...but Mega and Flix are private companies exclusively running inter-city routes and charters, rather than the scheduled urban municipal routes as I was talking about.

MegaBus actually tried pitching their double deckers to the studios as a shuttle, but like municipal fleets, we generally need smaller vehicles running more frequently that a single van can take off with one passenger rather than waiting for 50 people to board, as well as being able to access residential neighborhoods....and if for use as a picture vehicle, we're more likely going with a typical red London bus unless they're specifically paying for a brand integration.

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badtux99@reddit

I thought this was a thread about buses in general, not just buses running local on-city routes.

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Much-Parsnip3399@reddit (OP)

Appreciated!

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Ill-Secretary8386@reddit

Yep. My father used to drive one as a promotional for a restaurant in Grand Traverse Mi.

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specialpb@reddit

Yes, Big Red Bus in Las Vegas

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mykepagan@reddit

There are double decker tour buses in Quebec City (I rode one as a tourist)

I work in NYC and there are double decker tour buses tour buses there too.

The ones I have seen in North America are all circulator tour buses, not commuter mass transit.

New Jersey Transit has double-decker TRAINS for commuter service to NYC. That’s howI get to work when I need to go in.

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AlexV348@reddit

Yes, I've ridden one: the deuce in las vegas

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JoePNW2@reddit

Yes.

Sound Transit (greater Seattle) runs double decker buses on some of its express bus routes.

There's a pic in this link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Transit_Express

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GlobalTapeHead@reddit

Boston

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wifespissed@reddit

I've seen them in Seattle.

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JamesMarM@reddit

Not a true double decker, but almost! Scenicruiser!

I rode on these sometimes when I was in high school.

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soobuuun814@reddit

There are a ton of double decker tour busses in San Francisco

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Accomplished_Will226@reddit

Yup

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Powerful_Image6294@reddit

Foothill Transit in the San Gabriel Valley area of Greater LA has them

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IntelligentWay8475@reddit

Yes

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pinaple_cheese_girl@reddit

Yes, but mostly only as tour buses in big cities (NYC, San Francisco, etc). I think there are also double decker buses for long-haul rides, like across state. I don’t think we have any for regular transit.

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Ok_Coconut_3364@reddit

Yes as a tour bus.

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Carrotcake1988@reddit

Glad I read the other responses first. They reminded me that I have seen them as tour groups.

Because my first thought? Was no, but I’ve seen double tractor trailers, I’ve even seen triple tractor trailers

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dallen@reddit

Y

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Sorry-Government920@reddit

Yes there is an Irish pub in Madison that uses it a shuttle bus for Badger football games

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ImtheDude27@reddit

They are rare in comparison to other countries but they do exist yes.

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Happy_Confection90@reddit

No. But I've ridden in a double decker train.

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iowanaquarist@reddit

Yes, I have seen and riden on a novelty tour bus.

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SchwillyMaysHere@reddit

We used to ride them when I was little around Plymouth, MA.

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circa68@reddit

Yes, NYC

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am_I_invisible_@reddit

Yes lots of cities have them. Hop on, hop off tour buses. These buses are open on the upper level.

There used to be a bus that took you to different cities called megabus.

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Apprehensive-Pop-201@reddit

Yes. Someone had a junk one I used to drive by.

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cubester04@reddit

We’ve got a double decker bus that’s permanently parked and set up as an ice cream shop close to where I live.

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laynechanger@reddit

I haven’t seen one in action, but there’s one decommissioned that sits outside of this pub in eastern NY close to the Vermont boarder.

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glendacc37@reddit

Tour busses in cities all over the USA have them.

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wieldymouse@reddit

No

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Amazing_Economics_63@reddit

Yes. Former BIL had a bachelor party on one. Denver,CO. The idea was to have the driver, drive us around town bar hopping while having strippers on the bus as well. But one of the strippers got car sick and we had to go to one of the friend’s house. It was a normal bachelor party there until his friends stole the money the girls were making (stole the hat full of cash). Then my BIL starts a fight with their scrawny bouncer who couldn’t hurt anyone. And they call the cops. So we high tail it outta there on a double decker bus. There’s like 30 of us too. I have no idea what happened to the strippers either. But we ended up in LoDo and my friend and I bailed. Later found out a couple of those dudes got arrested, but not for this, but for peeing off the rooftop of LoDo Bar and Grille, and ultimately peeing on people waiting to get in. So yes we have double decker busses.

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tcrhs@reddit

Yes

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JazzRider@reddit

With no driver on the top.

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goblin_hipster@reddit

Yes, some big fancy coach buses.

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SilverB33@reddit

Once when I lived in California but it wasn't a running bus, just kinda out in front as a smoking area for a British themed pub out in Pacifica iirc

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Carlpanzram1916@reddit

There’s some tour buses in Los Angeles with an open second deck

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Soundtracklover72@reddit

Yes. Your busses in the bigger cities.

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LomentMomentum@reddit

NYC. Even colored red.

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Individual_Slice_234@reddit

Yes.

UC Davis, CA imported some English tram buses (don't remember why) and used them as public transportation. So I rode on them when I was attending UC Davis. I think they're still using them.

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Waisted-Desert@reddit

In Las Vegas we have The Deuce, a transit line that runs the strip and has a ridership of about 4.2million people each year and utilized modern double deck buses. https://www.lasvegasdirect.com/guide-to-the-deuce-transit-bus-system/

We also have a private tour line that stops at primary attractions along the strip using open top double decker buses. https://www.bigbustours.com/en/las-vegas/las-vegas-bus-tours

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Lilylake_55@reddit

Tour buses in Hollywood or tours of stars’ homes.

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magic592@reddit

Yepper. My favorite watering hole back in the late 70s early 80s had one it use to cart people to the bar. Pierce Street Annex long since closed.

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maybach320@reddit

NYC and Chicago for tourists. There was a city to city bus company that ran them as well.

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Sylent09@reddit

Well... it wasn't built that way. An old school bus where they chopped the roof off and built a deck looking structure on top that you could stand on.... I live in the south, I've seen some things. Like someone who lives in a houseboat that aint nowhere near any water.

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SlyHutchinson@reddit

The University of California at Davis has several classic style double deckers imported from England. They are being replaced with modern ones due to ADA compliance and safety standards.

https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/double-deckers-old-and-new

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IKnowItCanSeeMe@reddit

Yeah, Megabus often has them. They're just not very common to see.

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Icy-Cardiologist-958@reddit

Yes, and I’ve been on one. It was probably like 3 decades ago, a guy in my hometown was a collector of old vehicles, one of them being a DD bus.

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dobbydisneyfan@reddit

Yeah, the tour buses in NYC.

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Fantastic-Pop-9122@reddit

In Albany NY.

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catiebug@reddit

Mostly as tour buses in large cities.

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SkepticalJohn@reddit

One selling doughnuts in Albuquerque.

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somecow@reddit

Yes, but not for mass transit.

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Zealousideal_Draw_94@reddit

Yes. The a local college (SCAD) bought a small fleet of them from the UK, and used them in the late 80’s & early 90’s. It got to many students and fazed them out in the late 90’s

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autiebynature@reddit

Spokane has them, despite many low bridges throughout the city. Exactly what you think happens, happens.

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Alternative-Law4626@reddit

Tour buses in major American cities everywhere.

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bananapanqueques@reddit

Tour buses.

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Sharp_Anything_5474@reddit

Im 38, almost 39, and just saw one for the first time a couple days ago.

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WiscoBrewDude@reddit

Vegas

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i-touched-morrissey@reddit

And if a double decker bus crashed into us, to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die.

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Direct_Researcher901@reddit

Yes my friend has a British bus in Colorado

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Fecapult@reddit

In the 1980s Busch Gardens in Williamsburg used them to shuttle people from the England parking lot over to the entrance to the park. For the uninitiated, Busch Gardens in Williamsburg is themed to imitate the countries of Europe.

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CaptainSwift11@reddit

Yeah I think I saw one once, wasn't on the road though

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marklikeadawg@reddit

Yes

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Building_a_life@reddit

Only as a tourist thing for city tours, and even that is extremely rare.

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LupercaniusAB@reddit

It’s not rare. At all.

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gnirpss@reddit

We have double-decker city buses here. They were introduced last fall and one promptly made headlines by crashing into a train overpass.

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Vulpix_lover@reddit

They're usually tour buses, but I haven't seen one in person

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Unusual_Memory3133@reddit

Here in Seattle they are regular commuter buses.

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gnirpss@reddit

We have double-decker city buses here. They were introduced last fall and one promptly made headlines by crashing into a train overpass.

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RockShowSparky@reddit

I finally got to try Beat the Street US last year. It was pretty good.

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Substantial-Peak6624@reddit

Yes

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Look_its_Rob@reddit

In portalnd OR there was a coffee shop from a double decker bus. The bus is still there but its no longer a Cafe.

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ContributionDapper84@reddit

Long-haul coaches for Megabus

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chronic_ill_knitter@reddit

Just on the "hop on, hop off" tours in major cities.

I lived in the UK for 11 years and saw them all the time in London, of course. I want to say there were some in Bristol too, but I'm not certain. Loved riding on the top deck in the warmer months.

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mrgraff@reddit

The Las Vegas “ Deuce” is a double-decker that goes up and down The Strip, as part of the regular city transit.

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Traditional_Trust418@reddit

I don't live in a large city, so they don't exist around me. Where I live there isn't even a regular bus system, not even school buses. Super small town, super small K-12 school. Everyone walks to school.

I've probably seen a double decker bus as a small child. We lived in Chicago for about a year, but I was young and don't remember

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Adorable_Dust3799@reddit

San Diego zoo. They send their drivers to the school the London drivers go to. Or they used to, that was a few years ago

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silvermoonhowler@reddit

Yup, most of them are tour buses though there are some that are ones used for travel; one of those companies that springs to mind for me is that of Megabus

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Responsible_Side8131@reddit

Yes. There are many in NYC

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Evening-Artichoke750@reddit

Spokane Washington

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LopsidedGrapefruit11@reddit

Yes, there are some in San Diego that people rent out for events. The transit authority does not have them in their fleet though. They used to have these double long ones that had an accordion thing between the two halves but they kept catching on fire lol

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hobbes747@reddit

Does Hot Wheels count?

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judgingA-holes@reddit

Any tourist city that has a hop-on, hop-off bus. There aren't any that I've seen that are just regular city transportation busses.

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badtux99@reddit

Cities prefer the articulated bendy buses for the most part when they need more capacity than a standard bus because of handicapped access concerns. They kneel and have extendable wheelchair ramps, and a lot of floor area for the mobility impaired. But they do use the modern double decker transit buses for long distance express routes. These are sleek modern buses mostly imported from the Netherlands, not the stubby UK style buses, and at first glance you don't realize they have two seating levels. It takes a second glance to realize that.

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loseunclecuntly@reddit

Tour buses in Miami

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ElevatorOrganic5644@reddit

Sure I watch bbc

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SpiteFar4935@reddit

AC Transit (one of the transit agencies for the East Bay in the San Francisco Bay Area) has a number of routes with double-decker buses, mostly to/from San Francisco. My wife commutes on one to work. Sometimes they swap in a single deck bus and it is much more crowded and uncomfortable.

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Much-Parsnip3399@reddit (OP)

By any chance have a photo of one? Thank you.

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SpiteFar4935@reddit

This link has info on the buses and a photo - https://www.actransit.org/double-decker

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Initial_Fill_2655@reddit

Yes- one of my incidental goals has been to try as many modes of transportation as I can - from horse to helicopter

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RickySlayer9@reddit

The only time I’ve seen them, they’ve been open top, and only in San Francisco.

I’m sure they exist elsewhere but that’s where I saw them

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badtux99@reddit

If you wee in San Francisco you saw plenty of double decker buses, but they were modern sleek transit buses, not the stubby UK style tour buses. The Google buses are everywhere in SF and FlixBus, MegaBus, and AC Transit run double decker into the city too for their long distance express routes. You look at them and at first glance they're just modern transit buses. It takes a second glance to realize they have two levels of seating.

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Upstairs-Object-6683@reddit

Rode a double decker charter from Washington, DC to Baltimore and back once.

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RockShowSparky@reddit

He droned that terrorist’s American kid in Yemen.

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Away-Squirrel2881@reddit

Yes I have, but not very often

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

Only in Hollywood doing tours

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gaymersky@reddit

I used to drive one in Washington DC is a giant pain in the ass to drive those things..

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Healthy-Brilliant549@reddit

Dead show. Bunch of them

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Spiel_Foss@reddit

These buses are common in tourist areas which do motor-tours.

Big Bus LA is a major company.

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BlueEyedSpiceJunkie@reddit

The odd tour bus, but very rarely. There is a coffee and ice cream place in my city that’s in an old double decker bus but it doesn’t move.

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helikophis@reddit

Yeah they’re around, they’re just not used for municipal transit.

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badtux99@reddit

They actually are used for municipal transit though typically only for long distance express routes. Eg https://www.actransit.org/transbay

Scroll halfway down the page for a picture of one of their sleek modern double decker buses used for the route between Alameda County and San Francisco. Just one example, most agencies I. the Bay Rea use them for their express routes, as well as MegaBus and FlixBus using them for their routes from the Central Valley.

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jessek@reddit

Yeah they exist, usually as tour buses. They're not used for public transit.

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Kevin7650@reddit

Seattle uses them as commuter buses from downtown to some suburbs. SoundTransit Express.

There’s also one that runs along the Las Vegas strip.

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MSPdude7@reddit

The ones run by Community Transit that run to Snohomish County north of Seattle are (or maybe were) called the Double Tall, as a nod to Seattle’s coffee history.

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5hallowbutdeep@reddit

Yes

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Deadbeat699@reddit

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and yes. Anytime I’m in the city they are around.

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badtux99@reddit

There are a huge number of double decker buses in San Francisco that are not tourist buses. The Google buses are mostly double decker as are the FlixBus and MegaBus buses that come in from the Central Valley. Most transit agencies in the Bay Area also use them for express routes, like AC Transit from Alameda County to the TransBay Terminal. These are modern sleek enclosed buses so you might not realize they are double decker at first glance. But they are.

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TransportationOk3469@reddit

There are several private company coaches in the Bay Area that are double deckers. Apple, Google, Facebook and others use them all the time for the heavy commute routes.

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TehWildMan_@reddit

The Deuce along the Las Vegas strip! Been on it a few times, absolutely cheapest way of getting around

Also, in my college days, I was no stranger to midnight Megabus departures. It was a pretty decent deal, an overnight bus that drops you off early in the morning, basically saving a hotel night

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Electrical_Ice6302@reddit

Daily

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StupidLemonEater@reddit

Yes, Washington D.C. has them.

I've ridden up top. This city has a lot more low-hanging branches than you might expect.

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Zoilo2@reddit

Yes. North Dakota. Rode in it.

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PrimaryHighlight5617@reddit

Yes! I commuted on one into SF from Berkeley in CA

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Vyckerz@reddit

Tour buses in Boston

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ritchie70@reddit

They're used with some frequency for tour buses. Much less common for regular mass transit.

Disney World has some very small, old fashioned looking ones that run inside the Magic Kingdom and used to have them at Epcot.

Metra and Amtrak (and I assume other companies) have some double decker train cars, if that does anything for you.

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Much-Parsnip3399@reddit (OP)

Thank you.

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OrangeToTheFourth@reddit

My hometown has double Decker busses now. I couldn't get over it when I saw them, but it makes sense because the town has been eaten by a growing university, there's not a lot of housing around campus, and the area is mountainous so lots of students needing rides in.

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Much-Parsnip3399@reddit (OP)

How interesting! Thanks!

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hamburgerbear@reddit

Mega bus in New England always had em

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notthatkindoflibrary@reddit

Same in the Midwest. Great deal but they make me nauseous.

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badtux99@reddit

Same in California. Most of the big transit agencies also have them for long distance t. e El. These are modern sleek enclosed buses not the old UK style open top buses.

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ALoungerAtTheClubs@reddit

There used to be one parked outside of a British-themed pub just north of St. Augustine, Florida. I'm not sure if the bus is still there, since the building was sold, and a new pub has opened in its place.

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weaverlorelei@reddit

University of California, Davis student transport.

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ruat_caelum@reddit

Midland Michigan Baymont Motel has one in the parking lot.

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D3moknight@reddit

Yep. I used to ride the Megabus sometimes between Chicago and Detroit. Those were double-deckers and I liked riding up front at the top.

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Much-Parsnip3399@reddit (OP)

Thanks!

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CaptUncleBirdman@reddit

Yeah, most of the big cities have double decker open top tour busses.

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badtux99@reddit

Furthermore they have modern double decker transit buses that look nothing like the open top tourist buses. eg https://www.actransit.org/transbay

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Odd-Guarantee-6152@reddit

Yeah, I lie in a small town and we have double decker public transport buses. No idea why.

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minicpst@reddit

If you’re in Western WA and they are 500 route buses it’s because they come into Seattle and are commuter buses from the suburbs.

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HyperXanadu@reddit

Regular city busses are double in Las Vegas that run the strip.

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ATLien_3000@reddit

Tour buses.

I don't know that they're in active use for transit anywhere.

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TankDestroyerSarg@reddit

Yes, even rode one. Went under a bridge while I was on the top deck; pretty freaky as a kid.

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rawbface@reddit

Yes, in every major city they are used as tour buses.

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badtux99@reddit

And transit busses but they don't look like the tourist busses. eg scroll halfway down the page to see AC Transit's new double decker TransBay buses. https://www.actransit.org/transbay

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russki516@reddit

No. I'm surprised at at the overwhelming yes answers!

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ReallySmallWeenus@reddit

There are a bunch of English style double decker buses around Eastern Tennessee / Western North Carolina that are scattered and used for various businesses. They are old and none of them run, they are just used I guess to draw attention. There is a cafe in Asheville NC that is built in one, a crepe shop in Chattanooga TN that had one outside, and at least one but possibly a few tubing places that uses one as a billboard. I don’t know how or why they got here…

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Much-Parsnip3399@reddit (OP)

Thanks!

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chattytrout@reddit

Used to live in Washington, and yes, Sound Transit has double deckers for a handful of routes. I would take one to get to the light rail station which would then take me either into Seattle for a hockey game, or to SeaTac International Airport.

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Much-Parsnip3399@reddit (OP)

Thank you.

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inbigtreble30@reddit

Only tour buses. I've never seen one used for general transport. The really long ones that bend in the middle are much more common (and easier to make ADA compliant.)

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Much-Parsnip3399@reddit (OP)

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Tree_Weasel@reddit

Only those “Hop On, Hop Off” bus tours. Sometimes the big motor coaches will have two levels but be fully enclosed.

Open air double deckers? Just for tours.

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Appreciate it! (:

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Olderpostie@reddit

Not sure if Canada is considered to be America in this context, but there is quite a fleet of regional transit double decker buses, my guess would be 250 or more, in the Greater Toronto area, operated by Metrolinx. These are not city buses per se, but routes up to 30 miles typically.

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Aggravating_Fishy_98@reddit

Yes. I’ve ridden on them before too. The ones I’ve ridden were out of south station in Boston. They’re just double-decker coach busses. Not like the red ones in London

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Much-Parsnip3399@reddit (OP)

Thanks.

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badtux99@reddit

Yes. The Big Tech companies in the SF Bay area use the big double decker buses to haul their slaves err workers around, and the transit agencies use them for the long distance express buses.

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princesspooball@reddit

I rode one in Philadelphia

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richbiatches@reddit

Yes

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cmcrich@reddit

Yes, at a theme park.

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MadDadROX@reddit

Yes, in Michigan.

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wild-panda77@reddit

Where?

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Intelligent-Dot-8969@reddit

The town of Ludington used to run one in the summers.

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MadDadROX@reddit

In front of a hotel in Midland. Found this: https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g42469-d279289-i228728126-Baymont_by_Wyndham_Midland-Midland_Michigan.html

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MsNyleve@reddit

I went to UC Davis, and they famously use double deckers in their bus system

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Darryl_Lict@reddit

Yeah, was going to mention it. Plus, the city transportation system is run by ASUCD. Great spot to start building your political power base.

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figsslave@reddit

A few in Denver years ago

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Efficient_Advice_380@reddit

Yes, tour busses in major cities, NYC, Chicago, D.C., and LA all have them. Ive even seen someone convert a double decker bus into an RV

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GSilky@reddit

Yes.

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OfficeChair70@reddit

Yeah, the Double Tall and some of the ST Express busses in Seattle.

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Bluemonogi@reddit

I have not. They are not common to see in the middle US.

There are some in certain cities for tours I guess but I have not seen them.

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Thereelgerg@reddit

Yes

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yankeescrewdriver@reddit

In-city tour buses, and intercity buses (MegaBus)

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donuttrackme@reddit

Tour buses are the most common to see, and those gigantic coach buses occasionally too.

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Medajor@reddit

Ive used them as a commuter bus from oakland/berkeley to san francisco

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iaminabox@reddit

There's one that's a restaurant/caterer named Julian's in Providence, RI. It's pretty badass.

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HairyDadBear@reddit

I seen one in Chicago.

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bkinstle@reddit

Sam Francisco has some

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dmazzoni@reddit

In California some big companies have shuttle buses as one option for employees to commute to their campus, because the public transportation isn't very good and the tech campuses are not near transit hubs. That includes tech companies like Google but also biotech companies like Genentech.

Many of those shuttle buses are double-decker.

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honeycomb_doc@reddit

I used to ride one to work

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chevy42083@reddit

Nearly ever week.
They just aren't cool looking convertibles/topless.

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Low_Attention9891@reddit

Yes, tour busses. But I think a lot of places opt for articulated busses instead due to wider roads.

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Rail1971@reddit

All the time. Sounds Transit has many of them.

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MythicSageCat@reddit

When I was taking the public bus (RTD) to Art School back in the 1980s, the Regional bus between Boulder and Denver was sometimes a double-decker for times expected to be higher occupancy.

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Outlaw_Josie_Snails@reddit

Yes I have

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PapaTua@reddit

Yup. I ride it frequently too.

https://www.soundtransit.org/blog/platform/new-double-decker-buses-have-arrived-carry-more-people-better-views

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whatintheactualfeth@reddit

We have one in Spokane Wa

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OkPerformance2221@reddit

Yes. A biker bar (the orthodontists on Harleys sort of bikers) near where I once lived had a double decker Drunk Bus to drive people home at the end of the night. They could come back the next day to pick up their motorcycles.

I've known several churches and, oddly, Greek restaurants that have had them. They were often sidelined pending repair, but were popular additions to parades when running.

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GuairdeanBeatha@reddit

A local daycare center had a British double decker bus that they used occasionally. When they went out of business, it was sold to a private individual and he drives it to car shows.

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rjtnrva@reddit

Yes. Local tour companies use them.

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clunkclunk@reddit

I grew up in Davis, California and the bus system (run by UC Davis but covers a lot of the city in general) has six imported UK double decker buses that they use for general passenger service. Three are vintage 60s buses, and three are newer UK double deckers.

When I was a kid, I think there was ~8 red painted double deckers, all right hand drive. It was kinda normalized to me, but apparently it's super unique.

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rhinocerosjockey@reddit

Yes https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/mar/24/theyll-be-doomed-sta-was-warned-ahead-of-double-de/

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Which-Service-5146@reddit

Yes. My local transit authority runs them on certain routes.

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pickledplumber@reddit

Plenty of times.

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pumpinnstretchin@reddit

Las Vegas has a bus called The Deuce that runs 24/7 up and down the Las Vegas Strip. https://rtcws.rtcsnv.com/routepdf/deuce.pdf

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kartoffel_engr@reddit

Various private charters and specialized transit in larger cities, but for the most part, no. Most buses are just one level of seating.

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V48runner@reddit

Took a ride on one after we walked from the financial district out to the Golden Gate and across to Marin County. It took us way longer than expected and got lost a bunch of times, because this was before Google maps etc.

We were clearly exhausted and the driver of one of those tour busses noticed and said if we threw some cash in the tip jar, he'd get us back to San Francisco.

It was a 1970s London double decker that had certainly seen better days, but it was a fun impromptu ride that got us back to a nice pub.

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Unusual_Memory3133@reddit

Seattle area has them

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SabrinaFaire@reddit

Yes, tour buses, not public transportation.

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NationalMyth@reddit

I took one from Baltimore to NYC like 10 years ago. It was like $15. Bolt Bus, or Megabus

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Amazing_Divide1214@reddit

There's one in asheville, NC that's a coffee shop. I'm pretty sure it's a double decker.

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wormbreath@reddit

Yes. It was a food truck.

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Electrical-Ad1288@reddit

City tours in Salt Lake City

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Reasonable-Company71@reddit

Waikiki

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The12th_secret_spice@reddit

Those hop on/hop off red or blue tour buses are probably the most common in the USA.

There are nice coaches for longer trips. Bathrooms, reclining seats, tvs, etc.

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stuck_behind_a_truck@reddit

Yes, and they are always tour buses.

I’ve only seen functional double deckers in London.

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ApolloJupiter@reddit

Yes. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. There are open top ones in San Francisco for tourist tour. There are also fully enclosed ones that are operated by big companies as employee shuttles.

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usr_pls@reddit

Yes! Seattle's SoundTransit has some

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largos7289@reddit

Yes in NYC doing the city tours.

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emschick9@reddit

Yes for tour busses and one was converted into a restaurant that was in the town I lived in for a bit.

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Several_Celebration@reddit

They're common in most major cities.

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mr_lockwork@reddit

There is one in my town that was converted into a mobile pizza place. They built a wood fired oven inside it.

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Low-Engineering-7374@reddit

We use them in Washington, north of Seattle.

Otherwise I mostly just see them as tour busses

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izlude7027@reddit

I pass by a food truck made out of one every day on the way to work.

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mamimumemo2@reddit

I ride one to work in the Seattle area 😊 They are common here.

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Write_Now_@reddit

Yep, used to commute on one in Seattle.

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xnatlywouldx@reddit

Yes, the city I live in has several double-decker tour buses. They're not for public transit but I see 'em all the time.

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RobotShlomo@reddit

In NY and Vegas.

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meltsaman@reddit

Yeah and it crashed into a low bridge & some people died

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bangbangracer@reddit

Yes, but generally not as like a normal bus. I've seen them in really touristy areas as a gimmick tour thing. I think the last one I was on was an architectural tour of Chicago.

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No-Profession422@reddit

Yes, tour buses.

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apcb4@reddit

Yes. In any major cities that does tours.

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Phantomtastic@reddit

Yes.

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Nodak70@reddit

Actually, the university town of Davis California has a few original London double-decker that’s still run some routes. The local legend is that they were originally acquired to spur interest and use of the bus transportation system

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kanakamaoli@reddit

I seem to recall them on the Vegas strip.

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cwcam86@reddit

The deuce in Vegas

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greendogufo@reddit

Mega bus and similar traveler bus options will be double decker here in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Aggressive-Emu5358@reddit

I have not no. People don’t “tour” this area

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Murderhornet212@reddit

Sightseeing buses

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Blue387@reddit

The MTA tried out double deckers for regular bus service in 2008 but it was only a temporary experiment

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MrRaspberryJam1@reddit

Vegas used double deckers

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tex8222@reddit

Tour buses in many major cities. The upper seating area usually does not have a roof.

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thatonebitchL@reddit

Megabus. Super cheap.

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North_Artichoke_6721@reddit

Yes for tourists. Not for public transit.

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BrettScr1@reddit

I’ve been on double decker MegaBuses

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shammy_dammy@reddit

Yup.

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Interesting_Debate57@reddit

Yep, tour buses

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hc600@reddit

Oxford Mississippi has several operating British style red double deckers: https://thedmonline.com/2018-double-decker-history-of-the-double-decker-bus/

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JolyonWagg99@reddit

I used to drive them when I was at UC Davis.

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sparflak@reddit

In Los Angeles there's the hop-on, hop-off buses and the new ones from Foothill Transit. I believe they're commuter buses

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alicat777777@reddit

Not in my area. There might be your buses in bigger cities but I have not personally noticed them.

Obviously common in Europe.

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AuggieNorth@reddit

Of course. They use them to cart tourists around on bus tours in my city. I was actually in one recently. I was staying at a shelter, and every morning a double decker bus comes by at 7:30 am to give clients a ride to the train station.

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sleepygreendoor@reddit

Yes. Large cities typically have them for tours, rural areas will sometimes have them to transport people doing white water rafting

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SensibleBrownPants@reddit

When American pro sports teams win a championship there is often a parade in which the players wave to the crowd from the top of a double decker bus.

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sneezhousing@reddit

I have not I've been to NYC and supposedly some there but I never saw one

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sessamekesh@reddit

We have them all over in the Bay.

Most of them are company shuttles though.

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Myfreakinglyfe@reddit

Yes. Corning, NY.

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Financial_Island2353@reddit

Yes, they have them in my state, in Oxford!

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Birdywoman4@reddit

No

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Kaurifish@reddit

The casinos use them for trafficking their victims.

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TechnicalDot9@reddit

Just tourist buses on tv in NYC

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EntrepreneurNo4138@reddit

No I haven’t.

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einsteinGO@reddit

Yes all the time

Every city I’ve lived in: DC, Boston, NYC, San Francisco, here in Los Angeles

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weeniehutjunior1234@reddit

Yeah, Megabus. Took me from Philly to my hometown 2 hours away and back.

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gerardkimblefarthing@reddit

Ridden those in Las Vegas, they shuttle up and down the Strip.

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HarlequinKOTF@reddit

Only as tour busses in big cities.

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rsrxciii@reddit

Yeah, saw one in Charlotte, NC.

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BayYawnSay@reddit

There is a coffee shop in Asheville, NC that is built within a stationary double decker bus from London

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MuppetManiac@reddit

Yes. It was converted into a food truck and sold fish and chips.

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lackaface@reddit

I have once or twice, couldn’t tell you where to save my life.

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Patrickosplayhouse@reddit

Of course. CHI.

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DachshundNursery@reddit

There used to be one in Massachusetts that was a red double decker converted to be a travelling ice cream parlor with seating on top.

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beautiflywings@reddit

Yes. My friend owns one and likes to enter it into car shows.

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Embarrassed-Cause250@reddit

Yes in AK- it was immobilized and used as a restaurant.

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Individual_Check_442@reddit

More commonly those hop on hop off your buses

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DOMSdeluise@reddit

I don't want to say that I have definitively never seen one, but I can't think of a time that I have. But the prospect of a double decker bus seems pretty unremarkable so that's one of those things that's, like, why would I remember?

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YoshiandAims@reddit

Yes. Tour bus businesses use them. Double decker boats too.

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silverstoner4@reddit

I’ve been on one in San Francisco, it was a great time.

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CroweBird5@reddit

I've seen them in Canada, but not the US

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Wesmom2021@reddit

Tour busses in DC and NYC, LA

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machagogo@reddit

Yes. Typically they are tour busses.

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gnartothecore@reddit

I used to go see punk shows at a British pub in south Florida (the owner was a British expat) and they had 2 broken down double-deckers in their parking lot. We'd occasionally sneak inside them to drink our BYOB liquor or smoke weed. They eventually became glorified toilets for the homeless in the area and we're eventually scrapped.

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