ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY.

Motor bus with six men on the roof and one passenger inside

On this day in 1901, the town’s first motorbus was introduced in Acmetonia, Pennsylvania. Only one passenger could be found brave enough to ride on the inaugural trip, but union rules required that the vehicle be staffed by a motorman, a brakeman, a pilot, a conductor, a supervisor, and an executive producer.

Comments

  1. horse named doge says:

    Looks top-heavy — bus and staffing both.

    (Surprising how quickly that new means of transit got unionized — and a union with enough clout to dictate crew number.)

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