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13.4.11

NEW BUSES FLEET * WORLDWIDE

* UK - Warrington Borough Transport invests £750k

Penketh,Warrington,UK -The Warrington Guardian -6 April 2011: -- Bus passengers in Penketh will get a roomy ride thanks to a £750,000 investment on new buses... Warrington Borough Transport has welcomed the arrival of six new Optare Solo minibuses for use on services visiting the Penketh area... The buses are environmentally friendly, have full cctv systems for customer safety and have been designed with high backed seats and updated interiors for customers comfort... The switch comes from customer feedback after a demonstration bus like the ones now in service was used on the route last year... The new buses mark the retirement of the last high floor single-deck buses in the fleet which have served the Penketh routes for the last 13 years... (Photo from warringtonboroughtransport: New, Optare Solo buses fleet)


* USA - Bendy buses debut in New Haven

New Haven,CT,USA -Yale Daily News, by McKenna Keyes -April 6, 2011:  --  As of last Monday, the Connecticut Department of Transportation added 12 60-foot buses to the New Haven CTTRANSIT fleet of public buses. These longer buses are formally called articulated buses, which are commonly referred to as “bendy buses,” and have the ability to make turns like a 40-foot bus, using an accordion-like middle section that allows the last 20 feet of bus to bend inward. The new buses, which are roomier, were met with positive reviews from New Haven residents interviewed yesterday... Ragsdale said he has had a more challenging experience of adapting to the new bus, adding that there are more buttons, gadgets and length to deal with. However, he said the bendy buses are a good addition to the New Haven fleet because passengers have a more comfortable riding experience... The articulated buses are in accordance with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2010 emission standards. Fourteen similarly environmentally friendly 40-foot buses were added to the New Haven fleet by the end of April... (Photo by McKenna Keyes: As New Haven bus driver Wilbert Ragsdale describes it, the bus he has been driving for the past 20 years has grown a 20-foot tail)

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