How long is a city bus?

Compared with things you know

• About 2.7 times as long as a family car (4.5 m)
• About 1.6 times the width of a full-size football goal (7.32 m)
• About 17% as long as a Boeing 747 jumbo jet (70 m)

Did you know?

A standard city bus is about 12 m long; bendy articulated buses stretch to about 18 m.

More sizes

• Cessna 17211 m · 36.1 ft wingspan
• Articulated lorry16.5 m · 54.1 ft long
• Full-size pickup truck5.9 m · 19.4 ft long
• Family car4.5 m · 14.8 ft long
• Motorcycle2.1 m · 6 ft 11 in long
• Jumbo jet (Boeing 747)70 m · 230 ft long

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