NEW BUSES FLEET * USA - JCPS adds buses and routes to shorten student travel times
Louisville,KY,USA -Courier Journal, by Antoinette Konz -August 10, 2010: -- Vowing to reduce long ride times for its students, Jefferson County Public Schools has added 76 buses and 25 routes for the new school year — and reduced the number of students who have to switch buses before they get to school... They've also implemented a new tagging system for elementary students to help get them on the right bus quicker and with less confusion... This year, the district will spend approximately $45 million, including $6 million for the extra buses, to transport 63,500 students to and from school each day... (Photo by Matt Stone/The Courier-Journal: Phoebe Girton makes some last-minute checks to her school bus before leaving for a practice drive of her route Tuesday afternoon)* Missippi - Hinds County Students Ride To School In New Buses
Hinds County,Jackson,MS,USA -ABC16/WAPT -August 12, 2010: -- Hinds County Schools students are riding to school in style this year -- in new buses... The school district entered into a new contract this year with Durham School Services. The price tag for the deal is $3 million over 4 years. The buses are high-tech with multi-view cameras and GPS... Ninety-five new school buses hit the streets when school began Wednesday... (Photo from wapt)* Indiana - IndyGo Buying New Green Buses
Indianapolis,IND,USA -Building Indiana Blog, by dave -August 12, 2010: -- In January, IndyGo, the Indianapolis public transportation porporation, plans to welcome 22 new 40-foot, low-floor buses into its fleet. Of those 22 buses, 11 will incorporate the latest electric hybrid technology, resulting in fuel savings, reduced emissions and smoother, quieter rides... Each IndyGo hybrid bus combines a diesel-fueled combustion engine, made by Columbus, Ind.-based Cummins, with a battery-powered electric motor, allowing it to deliver better fuel economy as well as generate 99.84 percent fewer emissions than a conventional bus... Priced at $381,399 each, IndyGo managed to procure these 22 replacement buses from GILLIG using grant dollars, local funds and stimulus money designated through the Federal Transit Administration formula grant program as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The decision to convert 11 of the buses to hybrid, which costs $189,757 for each upgrade, came after IndyGo received an Electric Hybrid Grant initiated by Senator Richard Lugar... (Photo from indianapolis-indiana.funcityfinder: IndyGo Clean Bus)Labels: new buses fleet
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