The world's longest bus seats 256 people

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5. In theory, the fourth or fifth section

If this bus is usable, you could order one that has even more sections, including a dinning car. I can see a 4-5 section (or longer) bus of this type on the interstates. Ideally, given the size of such a bus, power would come from electrical overheads (i.e. a very long "Trolley Bus&quot . Several people have proposed overhead electrical lines on the Interstates to provided extra power to trucks going up long steep hillsides. i.e. A hybrid truck, that has a pantograph on top to connect to the over head wires, thus charging its batteries without the use of its diesel engine AND providing additional power to the electrical motors as the hybrid truck goes up hill. If you ever was behind a truck going up a long steep mountain side, you know how the hill climb just slows them down. If the truck used electrical motors for its propulsion and has access to electrical power from overhead wires, it could provide extra power to its wheel and go up the hills a lot faster. Both San Francisco and Seattle keeps Trolley buses on some of they steepest routes for this reason. Trolley-buses can go up steep hills faster then diesel or gasoline powered buses (San Francisco Cable cars go up even steeper hills, but at slower speeds. Going up steep hillsides is the advantage of the Cable car system over any other street running system.).

Side note: I use the term "any other STREET Running system, for funiculars, i.e Inclines, are even more efficient, but run on their own right of way).

Just a comment that this bus has some serious possibilities if you accept its limitations and understand it is NOT a substitute for Light Rail/Streetcars.