Abstract: A bus or truck having an engine, a transmission and a differential directly assembled to the frame and geared hubs assembled to a carriage frame to which the wheels of the vehicle are secured to provide the lowest possible floor height. The carriage frame supports the vehicle on air springs. Right and left geared hubs are directly assembled to the carriage frame and are operatively connected to the right and left half axles and the right and left wheel sets. The geared hubs provide a second level of gear reduction. The geared hubs are assembled to the wheel carriage frame with the axis of rotation of the drive axles and the axis of rotation of the wheels aligned in either a fore and aft direction or are aligned with the axis of the half axles being directly above the axis of the wheels. Air brakes on the drive axles provide braking action prior to the gear reduction of the geared hubs allowing for the use of smaller air disc brakes.