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11.3.15

BUSES PURCHASE * UK : Stagecoach's

* England - Stagecoach investing £80m on fleet of 470 new buses with free Wi-Fi

-- Britain's biggest bus and coach operator are investing more than £80m in a fleet of 470 new buses and coaches... Perth-based company Stagecoach will roll out the new vehicles, many of which will offer free Wi-Fi, across the UK and mainland Europe from early 2015... The transport firm says the order is a major boost for British manufacturing and will support hundreds of manufacturing and supply jobs throughout the country, as well as in Italy and Spain... More than 350 of the new buses are to built by bus manufacturers Alexander Dennis Ltd in Falkirk... The new contract will bring the company's total investment in the UK to £630m over the past eight years... The latest orders follow a competitive tendering process and the first of the new vehicles are expected to be on the road from spring 2015... It includes 412 low-floor double decker, single decker, midi and mini buses for Stagecoach regional bus networks in the UK as well as 22 new coaches for Megabus in the UK and Europe... A further 34 coaches will be used for Stagecoach Express operations in the UK and 93 buses from the local bus order will be manufactured to the Stagecoach's gold specification for luxury services... (Photo: Stagecoach picture company quality bus) - London, EN, UK -STV News, by Catriona MacPhee - 10 March 2015

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22.7.14

BUSES PURCHASE * Canada

* Alberta - Big bus purchases on the horizon

(Photo: A NYC Transit paratransit bus)
Lethbridge,Alberta,CAN -The Lethbridge Herald, by Nick Kuhl -July 22, 2014: -- Lethbridge Transit could be getting 25 replacement city buses and 36 new Access-A-Ride buses in the next 10 years, if funding by the province’s GreenTRIP grant program is approved... In order for an application to be considered at the Alberta level, the municipality has to support it – which city council did unanimously Monday afternoon... The capital cost of the replacement buses would be $22.9 million. The province would cover 66.66 per cent of the funding, with the city providing the additional 33.33 per cent through the Federal Gas Tax Fund, said transit manager Audra McKinley... She said the province has made a significant contribution to improving transit and no additional operating budget would be required for the replacements...

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1.7.14

BUSES PURCHASE * Singapore: SBS Transit

* Singapore - SBS Transit to get 665 more wheelchair accessible buses by 2017

(Photo by Ernest Chua: Jurong East bus interchange)
Singapore -Today -1 July 2014: -- SBS Transit has placed orders worth S$311 million for the Euro V buses, of which 250 are single deck Mercedes Citaro buses and 415 are double deck Volvo B9TL Wright buses... Delivery of the buses will begin in the middle of next year and be completed by 2017. By then, more than 90 per cent of about 3,800 buses belonging to SBS Transit will be Euro IV-compliant and above...

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17.6.14

PURCHASE BUSES * USA: NJ Transit

* New Jersey - NJ Transit buys new 63 new buses

(Photo: Staff Photo Larry Higgs - New commuter buses ordered Wednesday by NJ Transit will be similar to this NJ Transit bus stopping on Route 9. The new buses fueled by compressed natural gas will run on the busy Route 9 corridor and be based out of Howell garage) Newark,NJ,USA -APP, by Larry Higgs -June 15, 2014: -- Commuters who travel on NJ Transit’s busiest commuter corridor on Route 9 will be riding in new buses after the agencies board approved spending $41 million Wednesday to buy 63 new “cruiser” buses fueled by compressed natural gas... The 63 buses, to be built by Motor Coach Industries would replace the current fleet of 14-year-old buses fueled by compressed natural gas which are now in service. NJ Transit approved the purchase of 84 similar buses last September for $57.1 million... The new buses have 57 seats, more than the 45 seats in some of the existing buses and the 84 buses ordered last fall. Joseph Clift, a former Long Island Railroad planning director and transit advocate asked whether an analysis of future ridership prompted that decision...

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BUSES PURCHASE * Zimbaue / Africa

* Zimbaue - New buses on standby to replace kombis

(Photo: Bus station at Bulawayo)
Bulawayo,Zimbabue -Bulawayo 24, by Lincon Towindo -15 June 2014: -- An urban public transport association has pledged 300 high-volume buses to service intra-city routes countrywide in response to Government's plan to phase out commuter omnibuses... The buses, with a carrying capacity of 60 to 100 passengers, are already on standby and expected to cater for 40 percent of commuters nationally... It is anticipated that such buses will significantly reduce fares. Government intends to replace commuter omnibuses with high-volume buses as part of an initiative to decongest roads in the country's major cities...

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19.7.10

BUSES PURCHASE * Pakistan - 400 new buses soon in City

YouTube video by MunawarAhmed7 -19 Sept 2008: Daewoo Bus BX212 for Sugisaki Kankō Bus. Inside a Lahore's Bus

Bahria Town,Lahore,Pakistan -Pakistanpal's Blog -15 July 2010: -- The Lahore Transport Company (LTC) has finalised arrangements for running 400 new buses in the City... Moreover, AC coach service will ply in the city within next three months and 11 places have been identified in the city, where new bus terminals and depots would be established... The Chairman LTC. Tasneem Noorani. said private sector was keen in investing in this project. He said that electronic ticketing system was being introduced in the AC coach service...

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9.11.09

BUSES PURCHASE * USA - School Board OKs six new buses

The Cheatham County School Board approved the purchase Monday of six new school buses scheduled to be replaced by May 2010

Cheatham,TENN,USA -The Tennessean -4 Nov 2009: -- Transportation director, Tom Wilson, requested approval to purchase five, 84-passenger buses from Mid-South Bus Center at a cost of $86,270 per bus... An additional $385 per bus will also be included to purchase an extra security camera for each bus. There will already be one camera on each new bus... The purchase of a sixth bus was also approved, but will be put on hold in case a special-needs bus is required, board members said... (Photo from transportationsouth)

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16.7.09

BUSES PURCHASE * USA - Moorpark to use federal grants for new buses

Moorpark City.CAL,USA -The Ventura County Star, by Michele Willer-Allred -July 2, 2009: -- The Moorpark City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved replacing the city’s diesel engine buses with three new lower emission buses... The cost of the three new compressed natural gas transit buses is $1.26 million. The city’s cost will be reimbursed by federal grant funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009... The city’s current transit system uses three buses daily for the city’s two-route system... Three 32-foot El Dorado National E-Z Rider II buses will replace outdated school-type buses in the city, a 1998 Bluebird and two 2002 El Dorado MST IIs... (Photo from a-zresources)

* City buying 20 hybrid buses - $19.3M in stimulus funds will be used

Honolulu,Hawai,USA -The Honolulu Advertiser, by Sean Hao -29 June 2009: -- The city of Honolulu is using $19.3 million in federal stimulus money to buy 20 new articulated hybrid buses... The purchase, which will expand the city's hybrid fleet to 70 buses, allows the city to quickly deploy the stimulus money on a "green" project. However, that additional investment in hybrid buses comes despite the findings of a recent report by O'ahu Transit Services Inc. — operator of TheBus — that buying more modern diesel buses makes better financial and environmental sense than buying fewer more expensive hybrid buses... The 60-foot hybrid electric buses, which cost nearly $1 million each, are being purchased under an option from an earlier hybrid bus order with Canadian bus maker New Flyer... (Photo from soundtransit: NewFlyer Hybrid)

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3.7.09

BUSES PURCHASE * USA - Metro to add 19 buses to fleet

Stimulus dollars are working for Metro RTA, adding 19 new buses to its fleet

Akron,OH,USA -The Akron Beacon Journal, by Marilyn Miller -Jul 02, 2009: -- The $8.3 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds will be used to add the buses and to update its main facility on Kenmore Boulevard... The new buses will be in service by the end of next week. Drivers are being trained this week on the newest long-distance bus...

Dianne Holland sits in the driver's seat of one of the new Motor Coach Industries buses purchased for the Cleveland North Coast run. Stimulus money was used to purchase new buses and other equipment... (Photos by Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)

* Feds Sending $5 Million for New Buses in Maine

Portland,ORE,USA -The Exception -June 26, 2009: -- The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration has allocated $5,156,622 in stimulus dollars to the Maine Department of Transportation to purchase 13 new 35 foot replacement buses for the City of Bangor, the Lewiston Auburn Transportation Committee, the Greater Portland Transit District, and the Southern Portland Bus Service, according to an announcement from Maine's Congressman Mike Michaud...

* MOVTA purchases 8 new buses

Parkersburg,W.VA,USA -News and Sentinel, by NATALEE SEELY -June 27, 2009: -- The Mid-Ohio Valley Transit Authority purchased eight new buses for the Easy Rider bus system with the help of stimulus funds from Federal Transit Administration assistance programs... More than $4 million of federal stimulus money was distributed among four transit agencies in West Virginia... President of the Transit Authority Board, Bill McClure, said MOVTA received about $1 million of the stimulus money... (Image from easyriderbus: navbar)

* Gardena receives federal funds for hybrid buses

Gardena,CAL,USA -The Daily Breeze -26 June 2009: -- Gardena is one of 12 California cities selected to receive federal transportation funds under the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, officials announced Friday... The city will get nearly $3.6 million to purchase six replacement buses that have hybrid gasoline-electric engines for its municipal bus line... Long Beach, Oakland and Lodi were among other recipients of the grant... Cynthia Bryant, director of the California Recovery Task Force, said Friday that the U.S. Department of Transportation allocated more than $70 million in additional Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for improvements to the state's transportation systems...

* City buying 20 hybrid buses. $19.3M in stimulus funds will be used

Honolulu,HAW,USA -The Honolulu Advertiser, by Sean Hao -29 June 2009: -- The city of Honolulu is using $19.3 million in federal stimulus money to buy 20 new articulated hybrid buses... The purchase, which will expand the city's hybrid fleet to 70 buses, allows the city to quickly deploy the stimulus money on a "green" project. However, that additional investment in hybrid buses comes despite the findings of a recent report by O'ahu Transit Services Inc. — operator of TheBus — that buying more modern diesel buses makes better financial and environmental sense than buying fewer more expensive hybrid buses... The 60-foot hybrid electric buses, which cost nearly $1 million each, are being purchased under an option from an earlier hybrid bus order with Canadian bus maker New Flyer...

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22.5.09

BUSES' PURCHASE * India - Govt to buy 830 buses for city

Bangalore,Karnataka,India -Business Standard -May 16, 2009: -- Karnataka government proposes to purchase 800 ordinary buses and 30 Volvo buses during the current year, as part of its plans to replace the ageing bus fleet in Bangalore city... Addressing a press conference, here today, R Ashok, minister for transport, said the government intends to decommission old and worn-out buses from the fleet of Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), once the new buses are purchased... The new Volvo buses will be used to introduce luxury bus services to Mysore and Mangalore with the aim of attracting tourists to these places, he said. Ashok said the transport department has completed the process for recruitment of 3,000 drivers and conductors for state transport undertaking... The department has also recruited 1,200 technical staff, he said adding that for the first time a major recruitment drive has been conducted in the state... (Picture from wikimedia.org: MTC orange line bus)

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25.3.09

BUSES PURCHASE * USA - Maryland Orders 100 Hybrid Buses

Maryland,USA -Move Trends, by Audie Chamberlain -Mar 23, 2009: -- Maryland Governor, Martin O’Malley, recently announced the state’s intention to purchase 100 hybrid buses. The plan will take advantage of the $8.4 billion in public transportation aid that is being given to individual states as part of the $787 billion federal stimulus package... However, studies have shown that in comparing hybrid buses to diesel models, the hybrids use 20 percent less fuel and are 50 percent quieter. Hybrids are also twice as reliable as diesels... The Maryland Transit Administration’s new hybrid diesel electric buses are expected to hit the streets of Maryland sometime this spring. The MTA also expects to have up to 600 hybrid-electric buses by 2014...

* Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus to Receive Nearly $13 Million in Federal Economic Stimulus Funds

Santa Monica,CAL,USA -BUSINESS WIRE -March 25, 2009: -- The City of Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus has announced it will receive $12.8 million from the federal government’s economic stimulus package, which will be used to upgrade the agency’s fleet and improve its infrastructure... Specific provisions in the grant require that the money be used for capital expenditures and not for operating costs or service enhancements... Transit agency plans to purchase 10 new hybrid buses from local bus manufacturer... More than a dozen additional businesses will benefit from contracts, including makers of fuel systems, tires, seats, rubber flooring, GPS systems and security cameras... Longer articulated buses will also be purchased to add capacity to popular Rapid 3 and 7 lines...

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27.11.08

BUSES PURCHASE * UAE - RTA approves Dh8b deal to buy 1,616 hi-tech buses

Khaleej,Dubai --MENAFN/Khaleej Times (Amman,Jordan) -23 Nov 2008: -- The Board of Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has approved a Dh8.6-billion deal to purchase 1,616 highly sophisticated buses from five suppliers... Claiming it to be the biggest bus purchase deal ever made worldwide, CEO of the Public Transport Agency of the authority Essa Abdul Rahman Al Dosari said the number of buses operating in Dubai would increase to 2,500 when these buses arrive in 2009, enabling the widest possible geographical coverage of the emirate... The new buses would be roomy, comfortable, sturdy and safe. They would include standard buses, double-deckers and articulated buses of various sizes and designs, but all fitted with the highest safety and security features. The onboard features would include announcement of next stop, statistics about passengers, a global positioning system (GPS) to track buses by the RTA control centre, and internal and external display monitors. They would be fitted with highly technological engines (Euro IV) compatible with the highest environmental standard, I-shift (automated mechanical) transmission system and electronic stability programme (ESP) vehicle braking system, providing a comfortable and safe travel for passengers and a fuel-efficient process...

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4.11.08

BUSES' PURCHASE * WORLDWIDE

* Australia - Sydney will get 300 extra buses: govt

Sydney,Australia -The Age -November 4, 2008: -- The NSW government's promise to deliver 300 extra buses from next year is on track following assurances from manufacturers, Transport Minister David Campbell says... The state's only bus manufacturer, Custom Coaches, says no orders have been placed for the buses, 100 of which were planned for north-west Sydney... But Mr Campbell said the government had already received assurances from several providers who could meet the government's target... Last Friday, Mr Campbell announced the $150 million purchase of 300 new buses over three years...

* India - Haryana Roadways to purchase 1,000 buses

Bombay,India -The Financial Express -Nov 01, 2008: -- To augment and modernise the existing fleet of buses, Haryana Roadways has decided to purchase 1,000 new buses by the end of 11th Five Year Plan. The new buses will include Volvo, AC buses, CNG buses, Haryana Gaurav and semi low floor buses... During the 11th Five Year Plan, special emphasis has been laid towards introduction of city bus services in major cities like Gurgaon, Faridabad and as well as in the district headquarters town, Haryana transport minister Mange Ram Gupta said...

* USA - City gets funds to buy bus

Danville,IL,USA -The Danville Commercial News -October 31, 2008: -- The city has received federal funds toward the purchase of a new Danville Mass Transit bus... Danville Mass Transit Director Dick Brazda said the funding, possibly paired with more funding next year, will be used to replace a city bus... A new bus costs about $320,000... The city received enough federal funding to purchase a new bus through this program in 2006 and 2007, he said...

* India - ViTCOS shift gear to get Tata-tag to Vadodara

Vadodara,India -The Indian Express News Service (New Delhi,India) -Nov 02, 2008: -- Plans to bring in 10 to 15 double-decker buses from Lucknow-based Tata Marcopolo Motors Ltd.... After starting the new city bus service, the Vallabhipur Transportation Cooperative Society Pvt Ltd (ViTCOS) is all set to carry the Tata-tag to Vadodara. With its recent plans of broadening the bus service, ViTCOS might bring in double-decker buses from Lucknow-based Tata Marcopolo Motors Ltd.... The agency recently submitted a memorandum to the city Collector and Municipal Commissioner, seeking permission to bring in the new buses...

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16.9.08

BUSES PURCHASE * USA - DOTS looks to buy hybrid buses

College Park,MD,USA -Diamond Back On Line, by Jeanette Der Bedrosian -12 Sept 2008: -- The Campus Transportation Advisory Committee unanimously voted Wednesday to raise student fees about $15 over the course of two years to fund the purchase of eight hybrid buses, DOTS officials said... The hybrid buses would be the first of their kind at the university, a purchase Department of Transportation Services Director David Allen said may cost more but will help the university use 30 percent less gas and leave a 30-percent smaller carbon footprint than the campus' current buses. A regular diesel bus costs about $360,000, Allen said, but a hybrid runs much more expensive - costing about $585,000 and taking more than a year to be delivered. The roughly $200,000 price difference would not be completely made up for by a decrease in gas use, though Allen estimated each hybrid bus would save the university $10,000 a year in fuel costs...

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24.6.08

BUSES PURCHASE * Australia - Hills District to get 20 new buses

Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -The Sydney Morning Herald, by Linton Besser -June 18, 2008: -- The NSW Government will buy 20 new buses for the growing public transport needs of commuters travelling from the Hills District in the city's north-west to central Sydney... More than 45,000 commuters are loading into 900 buses from the Hills District each week day, with long queues of passengers forced to wait for buses... Patronage over the past 12 months has grown by 14 per cent along the congested M2, the NSW Transport Minister, John Watkins, said in Cammeray this morning...

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9.6.08

BUSES PURCHASE * USA - New Ramp Equipped Buses

Ramp and lift-equipped vans deliver vital public transportation in rural areas

Springfield,ILL,USA -WIFR -Jun 5, 2008: -- Governor Rod R. Blagojevich announced today that the state has awarded $4.5 million to pay for 77 ramp and lift-equipped vehicles that will improve rural public transportation across Illinois... In the Illinois Department of Transportation’s (IDOT) Region 2 of northern Illinois, $975,568 will be awarded to purchase 19 vehicles...

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17.4.08

BUSES PURCHASE * UK - Bus builder wins £125m contract

A Northern Ireland bus-builder has landed a £125m order with the UK bus operator FirstGroup

Ballymena, Antrim,N.Ireland,UK -BBC News -15 April 2008: -- Wrightbus said the order - understood to be for about 1,000 buses - is the largest in its history... FirstGroup currently operates a fleet of almost 9,000 buses in the UK carrying 3,000,000 passengers a day in more than 40 towns and cities... Wrightbus said it faced stiff competition to win the order... (Picture: The company is to build about 1,000 buses)

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