BUSES' WORLD PURCHASES
1 * TransLink -Canada - splits bus buy
Vancouver,Canada -24 Hours Vancouver, by SAM COOPER -7 Mar 2006: -- Diesel beat natural gas in a vote for the future fuel of TransLink buses yesterday... TransLink board decided to alter a contract to purchase 95 natural gas buses, to 57 diesel and 50 natural gas instead... Ken Hardie of TransLink said since natural gas buses are more expensive the change means more total buses can be bought for the same budget...
2 * USA - Airports' eco-buses get the green light
New York,NY,USA -The New York Daily News, by WARREN WOODBERRY JR. -7 Mar 2006: -- Even Queens airports are going "green."... Kennedy and LaGuardia airports are each slated to receive seven new hybrid electric-diesel buses to shuttle passengers and employees around their sprawling properties...
3* Sri Lanka to buy over 800 new buses from India
Sri Lanka -People's Daily Online (Beijing,China)/Xinhua/Daily News -March 07, 2006: -- Sri Lanka will buy more than 880 buses from India in six months for its public transport sector... When the Sri Lanka Transport Board was established last year, the government decided to purchase 2,000 new buses from India to bring the State-run bus service on par with the private bus sector...
4 * USA - School board to consider buying new buses
Montgomery,AL,USA -Montgomery Advertiser, by Antoinette Konz -7 Mar 2006: -- The Montgomery County Board of Education has scheduled a special meeting for 5 p.m. Thursday to discuss the purchase of school buses... The school system is looking to purchase 176 buses over the next two years, at an approximate cost of $10.5 million...
5 * USA - LRTA to buy 7 new buses
Lowell,MA,USA -The Lowell Sun -8 Mar 2006: -- The Lowell Regional Transit Authority is buying seven state-of-the-art transit buses that are expected to arrive early next year... The 35-foot buses, which cost about $285,000 each, are being paid for with $2 million of federal funding...
6 * USA - School board buys buses, insurance
Edmond,OK,USA -The Edmond Sun, by MARK SCHLACHTENHAUFEN -March 08, 2006: -- Edmond school board members Monday night spent some cash, paid some bills and saved some money... Using money from the $27.8 million bond package, the district will buy six 77-passenger buses from Roberts Bus Center at a cost of $385,956. Additionally, the district will purchase three 29-passenger buses and three others with lifts from Ross Transportation at a cost of $310,110; a large, used delivery truck from Roberts Truck Center at a cost of $20,000; and a 2006 Ford Expedition from Hudiburg Chevrolet at a cost of $24,138...
7 * USA - Pay raises, new buses in schools' budget
Hagerstown,MD,USA -Hagerstown Morning Herald, by KAREN HANNA -March 8, 2006: -- A 1 percent raise for all Washington County Public Schools employees is included in the budget the Board of Education will present to the County Commissioners next week... The board's spending increases include purchasing 14 buses, establishing magnet programs at Boonsboro and Williamsport elementary schools, and hiring more than 40 new teachers and teachers' assistants and nine new bus drivers...
8 * India - NERTC to get 400 new buses
RAICHUR,Chennai,India -Newindpress (subscription) -8 Mar 2006: -- North East Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NERTC) will get400 new buses shortly. These will be utilised mainly to ...
9 * Ghana, Belgium sign agreement for supply of buses
Ghana -Joy Online -Mar 9, 2006: -- The buses are to augment the fleet of the Metro Mass Transit (MMT) Company Limited... Magnus Opare-Asamoah, Deputy Minister of Roads Transport, said the government hoped to achieve the objective of acquiring 1,400 buses to consolidate the operations of the MMT with the support of the bilateral partners...
10 * USA - Windham Northeast gets $173,000 grant for eco-friendly buses
Brattleboro,VT, United States -Brattleboro Reformer -9 Mar 2006: -- ... The Windham Northeast Supervisory Union has won a $173,000 grant fromthe federal Environmental Protection Agency to replace five old schoolbuses with newer ...
11 * USA - Montgomery school board cancels hearing
Montgomery,AL,USA -Montgomery Advertiser, by Antoinette Konz -9 Mar 2006: -- Because of the threat of severe weather tonight, the Montgomery County Board of Education cancelled a public hearing set for 6 p.m. regarding the proposed closing of Hayneville Road Elementary School... The board will still hold a board meeting at 5 p.m. to discuss the purchase of 176 buses over the next two years, at an approximate cost of $10.5 million...
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