[sustran] Re: Chennai battles for sustainable transport

[Jain Alok]

> The total number of buses in Chennai is 2773,
> out of which 1294 are more then 8 years old. That
> means Chennai has only about 1500 workable buses.

Buses more than 8 years old are non-workable? That seems a bit odd. I
have seen buses older than 10 years working perfectly well. In Hong Kong
the useful life of the buses is taken as 14 to 17 years, depending on
the body frame.

Alok




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