イギリス文化の影響を受けているインドでは、二階建てバスもよく見かけます。
やや古びれてるなぁと思って調べてみると、戦後から導入され、ピークは約240台、今は120台、メンテコストや燃費の問題からあと3年くらいの寿命らしいですが、大切に大切に使われています。確かにボディのペンキは厚塗りですが、交通渋滞のひどい都市では一つの解決策でもあるんですよね。
We come across to see double decker bus as India is to some extent influenced by British culture.
Bus looks very vintage so I googled it. Double decker was installed after WW2, at the peak 240 buses were operating but now only 120. Due to maintenance cost, it assumed to be finished its operation in next 3 years. If we look at the bus very carefully, we can identify many layers of painting, meaning this bus has a long history. To cope with bad traffic in India, double decker seems one of the resolutions.