Cuba's Crazy (and Creative) Public Transportation System

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6 жыл бұрын

Buses, taxis, motorcycles, hitchhiking - there are plenty of ways to get around. But have you ever tried Cuba's infamous Camel Bus?
If you’re like most Cubans, you can’t afford a car. Prepare to do battle with Cuba’s infamous public transportation system!
On the upside, it’s heavily subsidized - just a few cents a ride
On the downside, it’s slow, hot, crowded, and incredibly unreliable.
Enter… the Camel Bus. The Cuban government’s unusual way to move people around in bulk - up to 300 of them at a time.
Unfortunately, the camel bus also has a downside.
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@centredoorplugsthornton4112 2 ай бұрын

I took a trip there in 1996 and saw the camel buses, leftover Crown Ikarus buses, second hand GM fishbowl buses from Canada, buses from Paris and other European cities.

@Kodiak_Brown_Bear 3 жыл бұрын

0:28 *That's an American-made school bus from canada.*

@OurHumanPlanet 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Someone pointed that out to me shortly after the series aired on PBS. Well done! Millions of people watched the doc and fewer than a dozen noticed that error.

@evandalen4227 3 жыл бұрын

@@OurHumanPlanet The yellow one at 0.22 is Dutch. A lot of second hand Dutch busses go to Cuba, often still driving around with Dutch destinations displayed on the front.

@miguelcardoso1903 3 күн бұрын

Lots of brasilian made semi and buses as well. And you entered inside a german-made O405G

@jaymayhoi 5 жыл бұрын

love this!

@cherrylsblog 4 жыл бұрын

Great video - I didn't know the government had made hitchhiking an 'official' mode of transportation - do drivers get some sort of official payment for this?

@OurHumanPlanet 4 жыл бұрын

They don't. Legally it's more of a stick than a carrot (they are required by law to pick up passengers) but the reality is that they usually know everyone in the area and are glad to help out in any way they can. Cuba is very friendly that way.

@cherrylsblog 4 жыл бұрын

@@OurHumanPlanet you're right, the people are very friendly and giving - thanks for the reply.

@dieseldragon6756 Ай бұрын

As a transport enthusiast with a keen hand in efficiency and cost-reduction whose native UK puts many barriers in place to his ever gaining work in the sector (ASD, non-straight sexuality and other characteristics „Aren't acceptable“ in folks of my generation) I would love to have the chance to see if I could make something _practical_ work within the constraints of a Cuban budget... 😇 (Starts digging around in Europes transportation recycle bin for all of those double-articulated VanHool buses the Hamburger Hochbahn used to use on the _MetroBus_ routes. At 200 pax by design (Probably 350 in high-performance service) That's 1,5x the capacity of a _Camel,_ right there! 🚌🚌🚌💨😇) And yes: Cuban roads are a little different to those in Europe. But a few French design principles - Make it _completely indestructible_ - Can always solve that problem! 🚄💪👍

@OurHumanPlanet Ай бұрын

I love it! Thank you, Dieseldragon6756

@scottsimpson423 5 жыл бұрын

Iv seen a camel bus been pulled by a modern VW truck tho.

@adoody28ify 3 ай бұрын

Sounds like British Trains

@dieseldragon6756 Ай бұрын

Just as crowded on rush-hour workings, that's for sure! 🚈🐟🇬🇧😉

@Novaflyer7000 3 жыл бұрын

Before this, they purchased Warsaw Pact/Soviet made buses. After the fall of the Soviet Union and the tightening of the American embargo, this is why Cuba is in bad shape sadly.

@fabi57iamracer 3 жыл бұрын

Why did you censor "school busses from America?" 0:26

@ovhni 3 жыл бұрын

The narrator says "with a scattering of cast-off French school buses thrown in". The school bus is not American, but (French-)Canadian, as Canada uses the same yellow buses as the US. At 0:31, you can see the back: "ÉCOLIERS" ("SCHOOL BUS"); "ARRÊTEZ AUX SIGNAUX CLIGNOTANTS" ("STOP WHEN LIGHTS FLASH").

@user-yg3io8ij1i 3 ай бұрын

Progressives in America should watch this

@thetrainguy1 2 ай бұрын

Why?

@MistahShootrES Ай бұрын

why

@freddylopez5526 3 жыл бұрын

This was a great video , Im a Cuban born in the island and I grew thru the 90's there , please let's invade Cuba and end communism

@hex2637 Жыл бұрын

You want cuba to become Haiti?

@dieseldragon6756 Ай бұрын

As a British whose understanding of Communism is based heavily on the СССР; How does Cuban communism compare to Soviet communism? Does the „All persons are equal... _But some are _*_more_*_ ,equal' than others_ “ problem apply there, too? 😇

@alexphelps7042 Ай бұрын

For the effects of American led coups on our neighboring & subordinate nations see pretty much anywhere in South America. It’s a VERY mixed bag with few winners. I would not take that risk