But buses do sometimes get into the news. Here’s a selection of old black and white pictures from the Evening News archives featuring buses, bus drivers, bus conductors, the bus station and more.
Scroll through and get a flavour of what it was like on the buses in the 1970s.
1. New Street bus garage
The old Lodekka-style buses standing idle at New Street bus garage in Edinburgh in March 1970. | TSPL Photo: Gordon Smith
2. Bus lane
An Edinburgh bus turns into Hanover Street from Princes Street on the new bus lane in June 1977 - police are there to direct the car traffic. | TSPL Photo: Bill Stout
3. Pay protest
Bus drivers demonstrate for a £3 rise outside Edinburgh City Chambers in August 1972. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
4. Horse-drawn tram
A horse-drawn tram or bus in Princes Street to publicise the Edinburgh City Transport Open Day in November 1974 | TSPL Photo: Stan Warburton