Editing Transport in Slovenia (section)

===Bus transport===
The beginnings of the bus transport in Slovenia date back to the early 20th century, when Slovenia was part of [[Austria-Hungary]]. The first two bus routes, between [[Gorizia]] and [[Postojna]] and between [[Idrija]] and [[Logatec]], were opened in 1912, with additional four opened before World War I. The length of bus lines was {{convert|295|km|abbr=on}}. The transport was primarily organised by the Post Directorate of Austria. After the war, the transport was organised by the Post Directorate of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, gradually joined by private operators. The buses, primarily manufactured by [[Saurer]], [[Benz Söhne|Benz]], and [[Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft|Daimler]], were small and could accept six to ten passengers. The total length of bus lines at the end of the mid-war period was {{convert|2893|km|abbr=on}}.<ref name="IB">{{cite web |url=http://www.integral-brebus.si/zgodovina |title=Zgodovina podjetja |language=sl |trans-title=History of the Company |publisher=Integral Brežice |access-date=23 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202133001/http://www.integral-brebus.si/zgodovina |archive-date=2 February 2014 }}</ref><ref name="Pelc">{{cite book |url=http://fl.uni-mb.si/attachments/140_Ucbenik_PG%20UNI_09.pdf |title=Izbrana poglavja iz prometne geografije: univerzitetni učbenik |language=sl |trans-title=Selected Chapters from the Geography of Transport: University Textbook |first=Stanko |last=Pelc |year=2010 |isbn=978-961-6562-36-2 |publisher=Faculty of Logistics, University of Maribor |access-date=23 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202094252/http://fl.uni-mb.si/attachments/140_Ucbenik_PG%20UNI_09.pdf |archive-date=2 February 2014 }}</ref>

After the end of World War II the bus traffic drastically developed. In 1946 the state ministry of local transport in the [[People's Republic of Slovenia]] established the [[National Bus and Transport Company of Slovenia]] ({{lang|sl|Državno avtobusno in prevozniško podjetje Slovenije}}, ''DAPPS''). In 1948 the company was reorganised to another company named ''[[Slovenija avtopromet]]'' (''SAP'') with branches across the country, some of which were later transformed to independent local bus operators.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-TQ9BE88E |title=SAP – 30-letnik |language=sl |trans-title=SAP: The 30 Year Old |year=1975 |newspaper=Naša skupnost |volume=16 |issue=10 |publisher=Skupščina občine Ljubljana Moste-Polje |access-date=23 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203214934/http://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-TQ9BE88E |archive-date=3 February 2014 }}</ref> The bus transport gradually replaced the railway transport and became the predominant means of public transport in the 1960s. The bus lines reached over {{convert|20000|km|abbr=on}} (1&nbsp;km/km<sup>2</sup>), with 26 million passengers altogether.<ref name="Pelc" />

Today the bus traffic is the main means of public passenger transport in Slovenia, particularly in towns. The main bus stations are in [[Ljubljana]], [[Maribor]], [[Celje]], and [[Kranj]]. The bus transport and the public transport in general have steeply declined in Slovenia in the 1990s, particularly in the western part of the country. They are used mainly by people who have no other option; most people travel with their own car.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NoZUwuFSmnMC&q=dnevna+mobilnost+v+sloveniji |title=Dnevna mobilnost v Sloveniji |language=sl |trans-title=Daily Mobility in Slovenia |first1=Matej |last1=Gabrovec |first2=David |last2=Bole |year=2009 |publisher=Založba ZRC |isbn=978-961-254-118-7}}</ref>