BUSES' PURCHASE PROSPECTS
* USA - Legislation would breathe new life into S.C.'s aging school bus fleetCharleston,SC,USA -The Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington,NC) /The Associated Press -12 Mar 2007: -- For the second time in two years, a bill introduced in the Legislature would require the state Department of Education to create a system to replace South Carolina's aging school bus fleet.The buses that transport the state's public school children are among the oldest - and least safe - in the country, according to a study by The (Charleston) Post and Courier... To that end, Walker, R-Landrum, has introduced legislation that would required the Department of Education to replace one-twelfth of the bus fleet each year, yielding a completely replaced fleet every 12 years... On average, South Carolina's public school students are riding in 14-year-old buses, many with more than 400,000 miles. Nationwide, the average school bus is about nine years old, or five years newer than the average South Carolina bus...
* Dubai - Double-deck buses to ease traffic congestion
Dubai,UAE -Australasian Bus & Coach (Australia) -12 March 2007: -- Public transport in Dubai is being upgraded to entice people to use buses to help ease traffic congestion... the Public Transport Department at the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will purchase 620 new buses. The new buses include 300 articulated and 170 double-deck buses... The new buses will join the t fleet this year and 2008 in phases and increase the total number of buses to around 1,200...
* Thailand - Theera axes plan to buy new buses - Government simply cannot afford them
Klong Toey,Bangkok,Thailand -The Bangkok Post, by AMORNRAT MAHITTHIROOK -13 Mar 2007: -- Transport Minister Theera Haocharoen has axed the city bus agency's plan to buy 2,000 new natural gas-fuelled buses, saying the government cannot afford them... During a visit yesterday to the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) head office, Adm Theera said the agency needs to maintain its old buses and modify them to run on gas instead of diesel to cut costs...
* USA - New set of wheels?... Bill would mandate 400 new school buses yearly
Bradenton,FL,USA -The Bradenton Herald -Mar. 13, 2007: -- This week members of the House of Representatives will sketch out their budget and will signal whether the General Assembly is ready to make another major school bus purchase... Rep. Bob Walker, R-Spartanburg, has introduced legislation that would require the Department of Education to replace one-twelfth of the 5,000-bus fleet each year, yielding a completely replaced fleet every 12 years... The state bought 600 buses last year. The $36 million purchase was the first in more than a decade. If the state were to replace one-twelfth of its fleet, it would have to buy about 400 new buses annually... (Photo by GERRY MELENDEZ/THE STATE - Willie Crawford completes a full service checkup on the school bus at the state Department of Education Richland School Bus Maintenance Shop on Monday)
Bradenton,FL,USA -The Bradenton Herald -Mar. 13, 2007: -- This week members of the House of Representatives will sketch out their budget and will signal whether the General Assembly is ready to make another major school bus purchase... Rep. Bob Walker, R-Spartanburg, has introduced legislation that would require the Department of Education to replace one-twelfth of the 5,000-bus fleet each year, yielding a completely replaced fleet every 12 years... The state bought 600 buses last year. The $36 million purchase was the first in more than a decade. If the state were to replace one-twelfth of its fleet, it would have to buy about 400 new buses annually... (Photo by GERRY MELENDEZ/THE STATE - Willie Crawford completes a full service checkup on the school bus at the state Department of Education Richland School Bus Maintenance Shop on Monday)
* Canada - 20 new buses coming at cost of $9 million
Sherwood Park,Alberta,Canada -The Sherwood Park News, by Conal MacMillan -March 14, 2007: - Strathcona County will see new low-floor buses on its streets as early as this fall, county administration said after a joint federal-provincial funding announcement last week... The federal and provincial government’s announced that the county will receive $6 million over the next three years to be put toward replacing 20 of the county’s aging buses with the new environmentally friendly, easily accessible buses.... The funding comes from the Canada-Alberta Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund, which was set up last year to help pay for local projects that are good for the environment...
Sherwood Park,Alberta,Canada -The Sherwood Park News, by Conal MacMillan -March 14, 2007: - Strathcona County will see new low-floor buses on its streets as early as this fall, county administration said after a joint federal-provincial funding announcement last week... The federal and provincial government’s announced that the county will receive $6 million over the next three years to be put toward replacing 20 of the county’s aging buses with the new environmentally friendly, easily accessible buses.... The funding comes from the Canada-Alberta Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund, which was set up last year to help pay for local projects that are good for the environment...
* Canada - WCV superintendent outlines plan to replace school district's buses
NEWPORT,Canada-The Herkimer Evening Telegram (Herkimer,NY), by KIM DUNNE -March 14, 2007: -- The West Canada Valley School District started a few years ago to replace three or four school buses each year... There are 24 school buses in West Canada Valley's fleet and, according to school Superintendent Ken Slentz, the school is replacing buses 12, 13 and 14 this year...
NEWPORT,Canada-The Herkimer Evening Telegram (Herkimer,NY), by KIM DUNNE -March 14, 2007: -- The West Canada Valley School District started a few years ago to replace three or four school buses each year... There are 24 school buses in West Canada Valley's fleet and, according to school Superintendent Ken Slentz, the school is replacing buses 12, 13 and 14 this year...
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