NEW BUSES FLEET WORLDWIDE

* UK - Solos are flagships of re-launched Connect 2 Wiltshire network

Chester,UK -Easier -14 August 2007: -- Ahead of the re-launch and re-branding in September of its Wigglybus demand-responsive local bus services as Connect 2 Wiltshire, the County Council has taken delivery of three Optare Solo SEs... At 21 seats, the Solos will be some of the largest vehicles in Wiltshire’s demand-responsive fleet, which currently consists of over 20 vehicles from five-seater accessible MPVs upwards...

* Uganda - 200 buses for Kampala

Kampala,Uganda -The Monitor, Uganda, by EMMANUEL GYEZAHO -August 14, 2007: -- Parliament heard yesterday that plans to revolutionalise Kampala's transport network with the introduction of commuter buses are still on course, in fact some 200 of them will be on the streets next year... The Commissioner for Transport Planning in the Ministry of Works, Mr Geoffrey Wandera told MPs on the Physical Infrastructure Committee that 200 new Nissan buses are expected before the end of July 2008 and the first 50-60 are expected to cover major Kampala City outlets; Jinja Road, Bombo Road and Entebbe Road...

* Philippines - LPG-run buses to ply Metro Manila roads
Manila,Philippines -INQ7.net, by Abigail L. Ho -14 Aug 2007: -- Before the year ends, buses running on liquefied petroleum gas -- a fuel commonly used for household cooking -- will start plying the streets of Manila... The Philippine LPG Bus and Taxi Co. Inc. will be pilot-testing 10 LPG-run buses from Chinese manufacturer King Long Buses by October, which will run the SM Fairview-Alabang route via C5, said company director Emmanuel Atienza...