Purchasing - Brazil - Order for 64 Volvo Buses to Bus Rapid Transit
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -BUSINESS WIRE -Apr 26, 2006: -- Volvo Buses has received an order for 64 buses to the Bus Rapid Transit System in Curitiba, Brazil. Forty of the buses ordered are Volvo's 25-meter bi-articulated buses with space for 270 passengers... An increasing number of cities throughout the world are choosing to solve their transport problems with the aid of smart bus-based systems for public transport. The system is called Bus Rapid Transit, or BRT. A modern BRT system has the capacity to transport as many people as a rail-based system, but the investment cost is only 5 to 10 percent compared with a streetcar or subway system. In addition, the lead-time from decision to the initiation of services is much shorter with a bus-based system...
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