20 Photos of What a Bus Ride Looked Like in the 1960s
Buses are so great that they have been around for many decades, taking people from one end of the city to the other or even to greater distances through highways and more. They're still a key element of an attractive city, and you could ride a bus anywhere in the world and immediately understand the etiquette, no matter where you are going. Taking a bus in the sixties was exciting, but it could also be an awful experience, depending on where you were in the world.
New models brought amenities and refreshed what taking a bus ride meant, with double-deckers popping up all over the world with innovative designs that promised a bright future. And long-distance travel became a great part of any vacation, thanks to bigger and better buses that completely changed the game, and then disappeared.
So, here are some photos of what a bus ride looked like in the 1960s.
Brooklyn Bus
Probably on a hot summer day.
Bus Gossip
Buses brought people together, and when you do that, gossip follows.
To the 1964 World's Fair
Photos from the '60s show mostly women taking the bus.
Rural School Bus
Buses came in many different shapes and forms.
Salem, Oregon in 1966
Buses haven't changed much on the outside, but it's the inside that counts.
School Bus
Just goofing around.
Freedom Riders
In 1961, Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States to protest.
Cityrama Bus
This was the craze in Paris in the sixties.
Senior Citizen Special Bus
Another place full of gossip.
Waterloo Street Bus Terminal in Glasgow
That's where double-deckers go to sleep.
Los Angeles Greyhound Bus Terminal
For long-distance buses, people could wait at the terminal in chairs with pocket TVs and ashtrays.
Philadelphia, PA in 1962
The bus frequency in the ‘60s wasn’t great, so the queue was always long.
London Clippies
Agatha Hart in South West London in 1962.
Providence, RI in 1965
A brave woman waits for the bus in the sunlight.
Greyhound Scenicruiser
The luxury of traveling in an American double-decker.
Stockholm, Sweden in 1962
Men go to work taking the bus.
Auckland, New Zealand in 1968
No cellphones, only people living in the moment.
Iran in 1960
A rural bus driver takes a picture with his passengers.
Russian Bus
That's what a Russian bus stop looked like in the '60s.
Merry Pranksters
If you were anywhere near Ken Kasey and the Merry Pranksters, you were here, high as a kite.