Buses World News
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PUBLIC TRANSPORT USA: Ohio: Buying New Buses - California: New buses yet parked
* Ohio: County transit systems buys new buses
-- The Butler County Regional Transit Authority has a dozen new buses traveling to and from Miami University in Oxford and ridership is now up 73 percent... With the help of the state and federal governments — those entities picked up 80 percent of the cost — BCRTA was able to buy the new vehicles, which were $445,000 or a total of $5.34 million, but Chief Operating Officer Matt Dutkevicz said it was money well spent... Ridership has continued to grow exponentially — 73 percent between 2013 and last year. People took 555,259 trips last year compared to 24,664 in 2009. A year ago BCRTA opened up a new route between the Market Street hub in Hamilton and Tri-County Mall in Hamilton County... The service was also enhanced with two-hour bus schedules on all routes instead of just morning and evening service. The routes that run the “triangle” between Middletown, Hamilton and Oxford run from 6:30 a.m. to 8:16 p.m. ...
(Photo - County transit systems buys new buses) -- Butler County, OH, USA - The Journal News, by Denise G. Callahan - April 10, 2015
* California - 10 brand-new SMART hybrid buses sit idle, await parts
-- In the parking lot of SMART's Oakland Terminal, 10 gleaming, new hybrid diesel-electric buses sit parked in a row... The metro Detroit suburban bus service has had the buses, which each cost about $600,000, since November, but they are not expected to be in service until late May, according to Beth Gibbons, spokeswoman for the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation... Why would it take six months for SMART to put its new buses into service?... The 40-foot buses at the terminal on Barrett Drive in Troy still need the proper wiring harnesses for the automatic vehicle locator system, Gibbons said. That system uses global positioning system technology to help SMART keep track of its buses to inform the dispatching process and allow riders to plan their trips... When the buses are ready, they will be used to replace high-mileage standard diesel buses (some with more than 800,000 miles) currently in service. SMART is limited to 233 fixed-route vehicles based on federal fleet limitations connected to available funding, Gibbons said... the delay in getting the hybrids in service is not limiting the number of buses on the road, noting that federal guidelines require SMART to keep a portion of its fleet in reserve and the service's mechanics do a "phenomenal" job...
(Photo by Eric D. Lawrence/Detroit Free Press - Ten hybrid diesel-electric buses have been sitting idle since November at SMART’s Oakland Terminal in Troy) -- Detroit, MICH, USA- The Detroit Free Press, by Eric D. Lawrence - April 10, 2015Labels: buying buses, public transport services
BUYING BUSES * Nigeria - FG Distributes 138 Buses to 69 Tertiary Institutions
Lagos,Nigeria -All Africa (USA), by Yemi Adebisi -29 March 2010: -- Federal Government has bought 138 buses worth about N2 billion to ease the tension on mass transportation in the country's federal tertiary educational institutions... This comprises 91 Toyota 30-seater coaster buses, 27 Mercedes MBO 1721 buscars and 20 Nissan Civilian 30-seater buses branded as 'Federal Government Mass Transit Support'. The buses, which are provided with comprehensive insurance cover and motor tracking device, would be distributed among the 69 federal tertiary institutions...
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BUYING BUSES WORLDWIDE
* Canada - Toronto to buy 120 more hybrid buses
Toronto,ONT,CAN -The Toronto Sun, by BRYN WEESE -7th October 2008: -- The city's hybrid buses don't reduce emissions as expected, the batteries aren't lasting as long as expected, and whatever savings are realized in fuel consumption are overshadowed by the increased cost of hybrid technology, documents from the City of Toronto suggest... The city's executive committee authorized yesterday the TTC to buy 120 more of the Mississauga-made battery and diesel buses, 40 more than were budgeted for 2008... The additional buses, according to city staff, are needed to accommodate growing ridership... But the $750,000 buses cost $200,000 more than conventional diesel buses and were expected to reduce fuel consumption by 15% to 25%... Instead, according to Vincenzo Roti of the city's transportation services, it's more like 10%... In stop and go situations the buses save more fuel than at higher speeds... (Picture) * Singapore - 400 more Scania buses ordered
Singapore -StarMotoring/Peter Tan -5 October 2008: -- SBS Transit, Singapore’s leading public transport company, has ordered another 400 Scania buses in addition to the 500 units ordered in 2007... All the buses will have bodywork produced by Gemilang Coachworks in Malaysia... SBS Transit of Singapore announced in 2006 that they are pushing ahead with the plan to make all new public buses low floor and step-free for the convenience of senior citizens and wheelchair users. For that year alone, 150 new non-step buses would be rolled out. Now the bus company is ordering another 400 non-step low floor buses that will be delivered beginning early next year... * USA - FEMA Buys Biodiesel Buses for New Orleans
Washington,DC,USA -Domestic Fuel/Press Release from Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu, by John Davis -11 Oct 2008: -- New Orleans is getting some biodiesel buses… thanks to some money from the federal government... This press release from Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has given the city the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) $44 million to replace… and to upgrade… 204 buses and 31 vans that were destroyed by flooding during Hurricane Katrina...
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