However, the accessibility of a low-floor vehicle can also be utilised from slightly raising portions of kerb at bus stops, or through use of level boarding bus rapid transit ' stations ' or tram stops.

The Ultra Low Floor tram ( ULF ) is a low-floor tram operating in Vienna, Austria and Oradea, Romania, with the lowest floor-height of any such vehicle.

: The low-floor wheelchair access is by means of a bridge plate that extends from the vehicle to the platform ( which requires that the platform have been upgraded to match ).

This was the integral N4016 from German manufacturer Neoplan and although somewhat primitive in comparison to today's low-floor buses this pioneering vehicle made bus operators and manufacturers in the UK sit up and take notice – most notably London Buses and Wright's.

The Pathfinder on low floor Dennis Lance SLF and Scania N113CRL chassis was unveiled towards the end of 1993 and was the first low-floor vehicle to be offered.

In May 2005 Plaxton announced its return to the service bus market, launching the Centro, a low-floor single-deck vehicle initially to be offered on VDL SB120 chassis, in 10. 7 m length, with the first bus completed in February 2006.

An accessible platform-level floor in a tram can be achieved either by using a high-floor vehicle serving high-platform tram stops, or with a true low-floor vehicle interfacing with kerb level stops.

Though such technology has been available and in use on high-floor buses since the 1970s, it is of significant utility on low-floor vehicles only where it enables less-mobile passengers to board and leave the vehicle without help from others.

The NABI era saw the introduction of the Alero low-floor minicoach in 2001, filling a gap in the market for a low floor vehicle for use on low intensity services such as demand responsive transport, already covered at the higher capacity by the Solo.

The name " Solo " is a play on the low-floor status of the bus, the manufacturer believing its vehicle having an entrance that is " so low " from the floor, namely 200 mm with kneeling suspension.

The Siemens S70 or Avanto is a low-floor light rail vehicle ( LRV ) or tram manufactured by Siemens AG.

However, they are now increasingly of low-floor design and optionally also ' kneel ' air suspension and have electrically or hydraulically extended under-floor ramps to provide level access for wheelchair users and people with baby carriages.

Limiting car access to the city center, building new tram lines ( including Poznański Szybki Tramwaj ) and investing in new rolling stock ( such as modern Combino trams by Siemens and Solaris low-floor buses ) actually increased the level of ridership.

Services 7, 8 & 9 are normally operated by modern low-floor easy access buses.

At rapid transit systems, vehicles generally have floors in the same height as the platforms but the stations are often underground or elevated, so accessibility there isn't a question of providing low-floor vehicles, but providing a step-free access from street level to the platforms ( generally by elevators, which are somewhere restricted to disabled passengers only, so that the step-free access isn't obstructed by healthy people taking advantage ).

In contrast to other low-floor trams, the floor in the interior of ULF is at sidewalk height ( about 18 cm or 7 inches above the road surface ), which makes access to trams easy for passengers in wheelchairs or with baby carriages.

A recent focus on road transport by the council has improved bus travel in the Wrexham area, with most buses being low-floor and with slightly elevated bus stops to allow easier access.

With this upgrade, low-floor streetcar service is available on all branches of the Green Line, and all 2-car trains are supposed to contain at least one low-floor streetcar, although as noted above, this is actually usable for wheelchair access only at a minority of stations ; single-car trains may still lack low-floor access, and in actual practice, occasional 2-car all-high-floor trains do run in service.

The raised platforms can accommodate up to four-car trains of low-floor trolleys for handicapped access.

The Flexity Swift family comes in two distinct versions with a 70 % low-floor version to allow access to those in wheelchairs without requiring the construction of high platforms in city streets and a high-floor version with level boarding at raised platforms in order to retain compatibility with stations built for older trams or trains.

Due to their public transport role, transit buses were the first type of bus to benefit from low-floor technology, in response to a demand for equal access public service provision.

With a unique design of a front axle forward of the door, it allowed a low-floor layout in a very short bus, and also came equipped with kneeling suspension for even greater access.

50 new low-floor trams will begin arriving in late 2012 from Bombardier, who have also been awarded the contract to provide their maintenance until 2017 as part of the purchase.

The project included construction of new bus lanes, including guided bus lanes, construction of new bus waiting shelters and provision of electronic real-time passenger information and a fleet of new low-floor buses for Metrobus ( part of the Go Ahead Group )

A Dennis Trident 3 | Dennis Trident with Duple Metsec DM5000 bodywork, part of the newer fleet of low-floor buses, in Singapore.

A low-floor tram is a tram that has no stair steps between one or more entrances and part or all of the passenger cabin.

Prior to the new design, pivoting bogies could only be used under high floors, hence such trams could only be part low-floor, with high-floor sections over the pivoting bogies.

A low-floor bus is a bus that has no steps between one or more entrances and part or all of the passenger cabin.

Many low-floor buses are low-floor over only a part of the bus, with the rear section raised to accommodate powertrain equipment.

The move to the low-floor design has all but eliminated the mid-engined design, although some coaches still have mid mounted engines.

Dualis is a strictly modular partial low-floor car, with all doors in the low-floor sections.

In 1997, the TriMet board decided that all buses purchased in the future should be low-floor type and equipped with air-conditioning.

Although it started only on three routes, this service has been expanded to include routes 1, 2, 4, 7, 12, 14, 85, 95, 96, 97, 99 101, 102, 105, 118, the O-Train, all articulated ( long ) buses and several new Invero low-floor buses ( in addition, bike racks do randomly end up on other routes from time to time ).

A new corporate white, pink and indigo livery was introduced for all new low-floor buses, nicknamed ' Barbie ', now the UK bus company standard, while further bus company acquisitions continued.

During the extension of the route from Burwood to Vermont South, all new stops were constructed as wheelchair accessible, low-floor platforms, with many other stops along the route converted to accessible platforms.

A recent all low-floor bus network is the Metrobus system.

It was one of the ALX-series, which accounted for 5 different models ( 100 / 200 / 300 / 400 / 500, all except ALX100 featured the same designs on the front and rear panels ), built for new generation ( mainly low-floor ) bus chassis produced since late 1990s.

The current fleet is composed of 232 buses, all low-floor buses.

It was one of the ALX-series bodywork, all of which ( except the ALX100 ) featured the same designs on the front and rear panels that were originally designed for the new generation of mainly low-floor bus chassis produced since the late 1990s.

It was one of the ALX-series, which accounted for 5 different models ( 100 / 200 / 300 / 400 / 500 ), all of the models except the ALX100 featured the same designs on the front and rear panels that were originally designed for the new generation of mainly low-floor bus chassis produced since the late 1990s.

* Level boarding: Many BRT systems also use low-floor buses ( or higher boarding platforms level with the floor of buses without low floors ) to speed passenger boardings and enhance accessibility to disabled passengers.

The three steps this entails make life difficult for passenger with baby buggies or suitcases, even though the new low-floor trams themselves are accessible to wheel-chair users.