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China is predicted to have the largest fleet of buses in the world by 2022 with *. Every region is predicted to increase their fleet of heavy-duty transit busses between 2015 and 2022. However, the bus fleet in India is expected to grow more, increasing to * buses from * in 2015.

Heavy duty transit buses

Heavy duty transit buses are buses of more than **** meters in length, and metric tons in gross weight, which are used to provide public transport services within cities or greater urban areas. It is predicted that a significant portion of the new buses purchased by 2022 in every region will be running on either electricity or some form of hybrid technology.

Urban bus networks globally

Latin America has a far higher urban bus ridership than any other region, reaching nearly ** million daily riders in 2015. In terms of individual cities, the Brazilian megacities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro top the list of the world’s busiest urban bus networks. Only *** of the cities this list – Guangzhou – also figures on the lists of busiest and longest metro rail networks. This suggests that a large urban bus network if often a result of lower levels of investment in other forms of public transport infrastructure than simply population.