BUSMAKERS NEWS * USA - Old buses fleet - New Flyer´s
* Florida - Consultant: Buses are safe, but fleet is very old
Hillsborough County, Florida -WTSP, by Jennifer Titus -May 7, 2014: -- "The fleet is safe. The fleet is operating but, the big but, is that your fleet is old," says consultant Tom Platt... It's good news for the Hillsborough County School Board Wednesday morning after hearing straight from the consultant's mouth that the bus fleet is not dangerous for your child to ride but, like he said, there's a huge but... "2.2% of the buses are breaking down," says Platt... Since 2006, the school district has bought a total of 36 new buses and Tom Platt says this is the outcome... The consultant says 349 units in the fleet need to be purchased now and 193 more next year...
* Minnesota - St. Cloud bus maker grows with compact product
St.Cloud,MINN,USA -St Cloud Times, by Kevin Allenspach -May 3, 2014: -- New Flyer is rolling out a new line of medium-duty buses in collaboration with a bus manufacturer in the United Kingdom. To make it happen, New Flyer has expanded its factory and workforce... The longtime heavy-duty bus manufacturer is in the process of rolling out a new model — the MiDi — a medium-sized, low-floor bus intended for medium-duty transit and shuttle services... Unlike the heavy-duty buses, which can be as much as 60 feet long, the MiDi is about half that...
* Pennsylvania - Five feet could make a difference in Pottsgrove bus fleet
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