BUSES PURCHASE PROSPECTS * Canada - Council commits $18.7m to buy new buses
Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada -The Chronicle Herald , by AMY PUGSLEY FRASER-10 Dec 2008: -- Council committed $18.7 million to transit buses on Tuesday night, reaffirming a commitment made earlier this year to one of its biggest priorities... The money will come from council’s next two budgets (2009-10 and 2010-11) but the approval Tuesday means the buses can be ordered and delivered faster, according to a staff report. If the regular budget approval process were followed, the buses would not arrive in time for proposed service improvements in the next few years to be implemented on schedule... Part of the plan includes spending $2.5 million next year on six new buses... (INGRID BULMER - Passengers get on a Metro Transit bus at the Mumford terminal in Halifax on Aug. 13. HRM council voted Tuesday to spend $18.7 million on transit buses. )* NJ Transit orders 57 new buses to revamp fleet
Newark,N.J.,USA -Newsday.com - December 10, 2008: -- New Jersey Transit is ordering new buses to keep up with record ridership... The agency's board of directors has approved the $12.5 million purchase of 57 new buses to upgrade its aging fleet and expand routes around the state... Thirty-nine of the new buses will feature a low-floor design that allows for easier boarding and disembarking. They also have ramps to accommodate riders with disabilities... Most of the low-floor buses will go toward increasing capacity on routes in the southern part of the state, in Atlantic City and routes around Morris County...
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