There are all sorts of buses - double deckers, coaches, minibuses, open-top buses, vintage buses, play buses and, when it comes to elections, campaign buses.
Here are 29 old photos selected from the Evening News archive, giving a taste of life on the buses in Edinburgh around four decades ago.
Scroll through the pictures to bring back memories and get a taste of Capital life in the 1980s.
13. Bus station plan
It was proposed that the roof of Edinburgh's Waverley Station should be turned into a bus station in August 1985. | TSPL Photo: Joe Steele
14. Edinburgh waiting
Passengers waiting at a Lothian Region Transport (LRT) bus stop in Princes Street, January 1986. | TSPL Photo: Albert Jordan
15. Sizing up opposition
Edinburgh councillor Hugh Fraser is dwarfed by a Lothian bus and a lorry as he parks his Sinclair C5 in Parliament Square in January 1985. | TSPL Photo: Jack Crombie
16. Roof ripped off
A number 14 Lothian Region Transport bus had its roof ripped off passing under a low bridge at Newcraighall Road in Edinburgh, September 1986. | TSPL Photo: Bill Newton