BUSES' PURCHASES WORLDWIDE
* Canada - Transit adds 53 new busesMississauga,Ontario, Canada -The Mississauga News, by John Stewart -Aug 26, 2006: -- A reduction in environmental emissions and more bus service on the road are two one of the benefits of 53 freshly-minted New Flyer buses being delivered to Mississauga Transit over the next few weeks... (Photo: Mississauga Transit has added 53 new restyled buses that feature a new contoured look)
* Australia - Adelaide buys second hand buses for city routes
Brisbane,AUS -Australasian Bus & Coach -22 August 2006: -- Adelaide's largest bus operator, Torrens Transit has bought two 15-year-old MAN SL202 buses from Brisbane Transport in a bid to meet the surge in public transport use ahead of major route changes in September. The buses, built in 1990, are expected to be put into service within eight weeks on peak morning services... The Government has an $81.7 million three-year contract with Scania to provide new buses at a rate of one a week. Under the terms of the contract, which ends in June 2008, Scania must deliver 170 new buses...
* Australia - Council Budget surplus to fund Brisbane buses
Brisbane,AUS -Australia ABC Online -August 22, 2006: -- Brisbane's Labor councillors say they have uncovered a larger than expected Budget surplus... The Lord Mayor's Budget, handed down in June, contained a surplus of about $175,000... But Deputy Mayor David Hinchliffe says Labor has identified an additional $34 million during the recent Budget review process... With Labor set to seize control of public transport, he says some of the surplus should be ploughed into the struggling bus network... "Ten million of that needs to be allocated to be put to more buses on the roads," he said...
* Australia - Investment in public transport set to double
Wellington,AUS -Australasian Bus & Coach -23 August 2006: -- Greater Wellington Regional Council is doubling its investment in the region’s public transport system over the next ten years as the number of people using public transport continues to grow... Councilor and Passenger Transport Committee Chairman Glen Evans says Greater Wellington is committed to improving public transport in the region within available funding sources. Over the next ten years, the Council has budgeted to invest $1.3 billion in passenger transport...
* USA - Facing Big Dig detours, Boston schools add buses
Boston,Mass,USA -The Boston Globe, by Tracy Jan -August 24, 2006: -- Boston public schools will add more than two dozen buses to its fleet of 611 this fall to help cut the amount of time students are stuck in traffic stemming from the continued closure of a Big Dig tunnel...
* Canada - TransLink adding more buses
LOWER MAINLAND,British Columbia,Canada -News1130 (Vancouver) - 24 Aug 206: -- It will be easier to catch a bus around the Lower Mainland by the end of the year... TransLink is adding 200 more buses, the most comprehensive bus service expansion since TransLink came into being in 1999...
* Jamaica - JUTC to Get 50 New Buses Next Year
KINGSTON,Jamaica -JIS/Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service -August 25, 2006: -- The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will be acquiring 50 new buses early next year, while at the same time, overhauling number of seven-year old units in its fleet, to meet public transport needs in the corporate area...
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