NEW BUSES * Canada

* Bus fleet getting 16 more double-deckers

Hamilton,Ontario,Canada -Canada.com/Times Colonist, by Bill Cleverley -December 15, 2007: -- The first of 16 new double-decker buses will be rolling down the streets of Greater Victoria by next summer in the largest expansion of the region's fleet in more than a decade... They'll be deployed on routes throughout the capital region, said Don Amos, chairman of the Victoria Regional Transit Commission... "Some will be in the Western Communities, some in the core and some in the peninsula," said Amos. "We're particularly finding that the Western Communities need as much service as possible"... Double-deckers can seat more than 80 passengers, about double the capacity of a single-level bus... (Photo by Debra Brash/Times Colonist: A double-decker bus makes its way through a blur of traffic along Douglas Street yesterday -- and rides high in transit expansion plans for Greater Victoria).


* A bit of a wait for six new buses



Hamilton,Ontario,Canada -The Hamilton Spectator, by John Burman -Dec 14, 2007: -- Six new articulated buses running on Upper James Street will someday connect Hamilton airport to downtown and GO Transit service... The province announced yesterday it will provide $5.5 million to pay for the diesel-electric hybrid buses... But Hamilton has to find the money to operate the route between downtown, the GO Centre, Mohawk College and the airport... (Video YouTube, by newflyer3000 -September 15, 2007: "Burlington Transit New Flyer Invero D40i " A very short film clip recorded onboard bus #7022-03. The bus was serving on rt.1 Plains / Fairview West at the time, this route connects Burlington and Hamilton in Ontario, Canada)