Quote Originally Posted by gRomoZeka View Post
"State" buses, trolleybuses, etc. always stop at predefined stops without asking. Only smallish "marshrutkas" ('taxis for poor') tend to skip small or "unpopular" stops and prefer to stop there on demand only, which is nice, since it makes the ride faster.
OK, where i reside there're no 'state' buses, the 'state' trolleybuses run once an hour on two routes only, the rest is fixed-route taxis many of which technically are buses, and these do not like to stop on demand preferring to do so at fixed bus stops (another law violation) which still need to be requested, and skipping them if nobody requests or waives from the bus stop, sometimes they don't stop despite being thumbed
under passenger seat at the back you're likely to find a wheel or a tire

over here it's the trolleybuses which can be called 'for poor' as the fare is lower and the ride is slower, i believe this should apply for everywhere since trolleybus and trolley depots are state owned

Quote Originally Posted by LXNDR View Post
i rode once a Germany manufactured bus which i don't believe doesn't have climate control system, the day was hot but still it wasn't on

... We tested new buses on an exemplary Artiom street. Talked to a cashier and he confessed that buses made in Lvov (a Ukrainian city one of Euro-2012 hosts) constantly go out of order. From him we also found out the secret of the climate system, an issue which bothers many Donetsk residents, namely why the air conditioning being ostensibly present, doesn't actually function. It turned out that having spend the finances on the air conditioner the orderer (that is the city council) saved on the pipes which channel the cold air across the cabin.


source: Архив журналиста - Европатруль в Донецке, часть 1 (19 фото, 5 видео)
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Quote Originally Posted by gRomoZeka View Post
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I'd say the system is pretty straightforward.
that was said about life in general



another very interesting custom is painting border stones white near houses on the eve of festal days that goes along with lime daubing of trees trunks