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12.6.09

BUSES' PURCHASE * India - Cities plump for Central scheme, take to CNG buses

While the urban development ministry laid down several specific conditions and technical criteria for the type of buses that cities would be allowed to buy under the scheme, it didn’t require the buses to be powered by CNG

New Delhi,India -The Wall Street Journal/Live Mint (USA), by Rahul Chandran and Samar Srivastava -4 June 2009: -- The opportunity to earn money by selling carbon credits, growing environmental awareness and the novelty value of buses fuelled by compressed natural gas (CNG) may have prompted some 14 cities to order hundreds of CNG vehicles, taking advantage of a one-time funding scheme offered by the Centre... The cities that have placed orders for CNG buses include Visakhapatnam, Delhi, Indore, Ujjain, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad, Agartala, Tripura, Agra, Kanpur and Lucknow, according to urban development secretary M. Ramachandran... (Photo by Ramesh Pathania / Mint - Green fleet: Low-floor CNG buses run by Delhi Transport Corporation)

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1.5.08

BUSES' PURCHASE * Dubai - Emirates Transport t snaps up 250 school buses

Khaleej,Dubai/UAE -The Khaleej Times -24 April 2008: -- Emirates Transport has signed an agreement to purchase 250 school buses of 60 passengers capacity each for the year 2008/2009 at a total cost of around Dh100 million... Emirates Transport will receive the buses in June and July... Mohammed Abdullah Al Jurmen, Director General of Emirates Transport, signed the agreement, which also includes purchase of 50 buses equipped for transporting people with special needs... Al Jurmen said Emirates Transport was keen to upgrade the bus fleet according to the highest standards of safety and comfort...

* South Africa - Tshwane buys 100 buses for World Cup

Soweto,South Africa -Sowetan -30 April 2008: -- A total of 100 new buses have been purchased by the City of Tshwane as part of the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system... The system will cost R1,9billion... Like other major cities, Tshwane is introducing the BRT to address the public transport challenges ahead of the 2010 Fifa World Cup... Also present at the imbizo were Tim Modise, the LOC’s communications director, and Brazil’s ambassador to South Africa, Jose Vicente...

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26.3.08

BUSE'S PURCHASE * India - Volvo sells 240 buses to the city of Bangalore, India

Stockholm,Sweden -AP/The International Herald Tribune (France) -March 25, 2008: -- Swedish bus and truck maker AB Volvo Tuesday said it received an order for 240 buses from the city of Bangalore, India... The company said the 240 buses are set for delivery during 2008 and 2009, and will add to 70 Volvo buses already running in the city...

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3.12.07

BUSES' PURCHASE * USA - CCISD to buy 19 new buses

The Clear Creek School District got the go-ahead Monday night to buy 19 new school buses

Houston,TX,USA -The Citizen online, by MARY ALYS CHERRY -28 Nov 2007: -- With the new vehicles, CCISD will be able to retire 16 aging buses which, in essence, means the addition of just three to its fleet of 237... The new buses, which will be purchased from Longhorn Bus Sales, will cost the district nearly $1.7 million. They will be paid for with bond funds...

* DPS could order 10 new buses for 2008-09 school year
Dearborn,Mich,USA -Press & Guide Newspapers, by Barbara Ziemba -December 2, 2007: -- Looking to the future, the Board of Education listened to a presentation on the district's transportation needs for the 2008-09 school year... Jerry Uchtorff, the district's director of operations, told the DPS board that needs change from what was offered 10 years ago... The board will vote on purchasing about 10 new buses at its Dec. 10 meeting. Then the order will be placed, the buses built, and the district will take delivery sometime in the summer...

* PAL uses $60,000 grant to buy 26-seat bus to transport children
Tupelo,MS,USA -Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, By Danza Johnson -1 Dec 2007: -- Children who want to attend Tupelo Police Athletic League activities no longer will have to walk in the rain or cold, thanks to a grant from E.R. Carpenter Foundation... Tupelo’s PAL has used a nearly $60,000 grant to buy a 26-passenger bus to transport children to and from home and school within Tupelo city limits to the facility on Robert E. Lee Drive. The grant paid for the bus’ striping, insurance and a storage carport...

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18.8.07

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* UK - City to get fleet of 'super buses'
Birmingham,UK -The Birmingham Mail, by Nick McCarthy -Aug 17, 2007: -- New "super buses" are set to be introduced on six major routes across Birmingham, in a bid to encourage more people to use public transport... The plush new fleet will run more frequently than current services, improving the journeys of thousands of passengers... The buses will feature air conditioning and collect passengers from refurbished bus stops with CCTV security cameras, electronic information boards and text message updates on services...

* Zimbabwe - Government Buys 200 Buses From China

Government has ordered over 200 buses and 100 engines from China to refurbish Zupco's old * Zimbabwe - Government Buys 200 Buses From Chinafleet to service rural areas as it gears for a glitzy 2008 parliamentary and presidential election campaign

Harare,Zimbabwe -The Zimbabwe Independent, by Constantine Chimakure -17 August 2007: -- ... Impeccable sources in both government and Zupco told that the Reserve Bank would finance the purchase of the equipment... The sources said Zupco would use the engines to refurbish its grounded AVM and DAF buses, which will service rural areas...

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6.7.07

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* USA - Chandler wins grant for cleaner school buses

Chandler,AZ,USA -The Arizona Republic (Phoenix,AZ), by Ray Parker -July 5, 2007: -- Chandler Unified students will breathe cleaner air thanks to a state grant for $557,000, which will help purchase 32 new diesel buses with exhaust filtering systems and nine filters for existing buses... Chandler's 47 new school buses will be delivered in October, so the district will have a total of 205 buses... (Photo by waltonchamber)

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