The Bus By jlockwood Jan 1, 1662 Blaise Pascal used a horse drawn carriage to transport people Jan 1, 1830 Steam powered buses appeared Jan 1, 1905 Motorized buses took over Jan 1, 1936 Buses started using diesel engines Jan 1, 1948 the first 50+ passenger was created Jan 1, 1960 the first low floor buses appeared as airport apron buses Jan 1, 1984 Orion introduced the first low floor bus for public transportaion Jan 1, 1992 New Flyer created a new bus model called the D40LF it was the first heavy duty standard sized low floor bus Jan 1, 1994 12 transportation agencies in the United States and Canada were using low floor buses