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ENVIROMENT HELP = ELECTRIC BUSES * USA: Report

* California - Electric buses and trucks can help clean the air and give a big economic boost to communities most in need

--- When most people think of electric vehicles, we think of cars, like Teslas, Chevy Volts and Nissan Leafs. But trucks and buses are going electric, too, and the impact on both our air and our economy could be huge... The Union of Concerned Scientists and the Greenlining Institute recently joined forces to analyze the growing electric truck and bus industry, producing the report "Delivering Opportunity: How Electric Buses and Trucks Can Create Jobs and Improve Public Health in California" ... While we focused on California, where electric buses and trucks are taking off rapidly, what we found has major implications for the whole country... You may not hear much about electric trucks and buses, but they’re here and growing. In the coming years, they can help clean the air we all breathe and give a big economic boost to communities most in need...
(Photo Credit: miker / Shutterstock.com - Hybrid Electric Bus shows Minneapolis' commitment to clean, lower emissions, transportation August 15, 2009 in Minneapolis) -- San Francisco, CAL, USA - AlterNet, by Jimmy O’Dea and Joel Espino - October 26, 2016

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* UK - Report: “Electric Buses 2015-2025”

* England - Bus melodrama creates $100B market by 2025 for hybrid and pure dlectric buses say IDTechEx

-- Buses are boring right? Not any more. Faced with 200,000 people dying of air pollution yearly and rocketing oil imports, China will make 10 million school buses and 1.6 million large buses electric. The resulting ultra-low cost base will let its bus makers flood the world. Nonetheless, the emerging global market for hybrid and pure electric buses at over $100 billion yearly in 2025 will have much variety and opportunities for everyone... The new report, “Electric Buses 2015-2025” from analysts IDTechEx makes it clear that, at over 20% of the total future hybrid and pure electric vehicle value market, the bus forecasts must be taken seriously by those seeking leadership in the market overall not just the rest of us that travel on the things... The report explains how the technology is completely changing so new suppliers will enter new value chains. For example, it looks at diesel versus regular hybrids, plug-in hybrids, fuel cell buses and the pure electric battery and supercapacitor buses... It notes that a recent order for 2000 pure electric large buses and others at the thousand level sit awkwardly with the popular understanding that massive price and pitiful range make them little more than a distant dream... Cambridge,EN,UK -The Herald on Line -January 29, 2015

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REPORT * Australia: Automotive and Transport Market Research

* Low Rolling resistance truck and bus radial tire market in Europe to grow at a cagr of 7.33 percent by 2019

Mount Macedon,Australia -Transport Market Research Reports, by Salil Modak -20 November 2014: -- Low Rolling Resistance Truck and Bus Radial Tire market in Europe 2015-2019 is a new market research publication announced by Reportstack... The use of low rolling resistance tires enhances fuel efficiency, vehicle performance, and safety, besides helping bring about a reduction in vehicular emissions... The analysts forecast the Low Rolling Resistance Truck and Bus Radial Tire market in Europe to grow at a CAGR of 7.33 percent over the period 2014-2019... This report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the Low Rolling Resistance Truck and Bus Radial Tire market in Europe for the period 2015-2019. The market size is calculated on the basis of the revenue of tire manufacturers in Europe, generated through sales of low rolling resistance truck and bus radial tires to OEMs and the Aftermarket...

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Report * USA - MTA Could Eliminate Funding to LI Buses

From unlimited MetroCards to surcharges, the MTA looks for every last penny from riders

New York,NY,USA -NBC New York/Newsday -Jul 20, 2010: -- The drastic measures being mulled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to close its estimated $400 million budget gap could include the elimination of funding for busses on Long Island... According to transit advocates, the MTA, as part of its preliminary 2011 budget, will demand that Nassau County and/or New York State come up with $40 million more to keep Long Island buses running... This could strand many of the 100,000-plus people on Long Island that take buses... The move comes as the MTA said it was also considering shaving off some of the "off peak" discounts on the LIRR and also might limit "unlimited" weekly and monthly Metrocards by putting caps on the number of rides... Off-peak rides make up 30 percent of revenue at the LIRR and 27 percent of trips, officials said... There's little doubt that fares won't go up again in January -- a hike speculated to be about 7 percent. This means a monthly pass could cost about $100 a month, up from $89 today...

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Reportlinker 2010-2020 * USA - Adds Electric Vehicles

Cars, Buses, Two Wheelers, Industrial, Commercial, Mobility for Disabled, Military, Marine, Other... At last the full picture of China

New York,NY,USA -PR Newswire -Feb. 18, 2010: -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: "Electric Vehicles 2010-2020-Cars, Buses, Two Wheelers, Industrial, Commercial, Mobility for Disabled, Military, Marine, Other"... IDTechEx has therefore launched a new report on the whole subject called "Electric Vehicles 2010-2020"... There are chapters on Heavy Industrial, Light Industrial and Commercial... Detailed forecasts for these vehicle categories by numbers and value and the key components are provided for 2010-2020. The trends, technology and planned vehicles are clarified in 185 figures and 58 tables including the historical context... 66% of the manufacturers of electric vehicles in the world are in China. Over 90% of the world's electric vehicles are made in China, mainly for use in China. It has the largest potential market for electric vehicles. It mines and controls 95% of the World's rare earth reserves used in the hybrid car batteries, motors and other key components of today's electric vehicles. Of the 420 EV manufacturers covered in this new report, an appropriately high proportion are Chinese. This is particularly true of the chapters on Heavy Industrial, Light Industrial and Commercial, Mobility for the Disabled, Two Wheelers, Golf Cars and Cars, where the Chinese heavily participate, as yet little publicity, because so much of it is for the domestic market...

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REPORT * Ireland - Enough Dublin Bus vehicles for demand

Dublin,Ireland -Irish Times, by CHARLIE TAYLOR -January 26, 2009: -- Dublin Bus has enough buses in its fleet to meet demand from passengers even with the loss of a number of services through cutbacks, Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey insisted today... Publishing a report on the cost and efficiency of bus services, Mr Dempsey said since 2000 the capacity of the Dublin Bus fleet had grown by more than 35 per cent... The Deloitte report, which was commissioned in mid-2008 before cutbacks were announced at both Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann, concludes that the Dublin Bus network is "overly complex with a significant amount of service duplication"... The report calls for timetable changes, additional direct routes for the city, and elimination of out-of-service buses and routes that end at depots... The report supports the setting up of a "bus gate" at College Green, a reduction in "bunching" of buses on routes and real-time information for passengers as provided at Luas stops. It also calls for on-street ticket vending machines and a push to encourage passengers to transfer to pre-paid smart cards to reduce handling costs and the amount of time commuters spend boarding buses...

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Report * UK - Says bus service 'unsound'

Powys,Montgomeryshire,Gales,UK -BBC -21 Jan 2009: -- An action plan has been drawn up to improve public transport in Powys after a council report found it to be "unsound"... Internal auditors at Powys Council identified 10 "weaknesses" with the bus service in the county... Among the problems highlighted was the "inadequate" monitoring of drivers' criminal records bureau (CRB) checks... Powys Council said many of the report's 28 recommendations had been implemented... Internal auditors scrutinised the department running public transport after it put new bus contracts out to tender in July 2007... (Picture: Powys council says improvements have been made to bus services)

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Rider Report * USA - Select Bus Service Shaves Trip Time

New York,NY,USA -Streetsblog, by Brad Aaron -July 3, 2008: -- Three days after the debut of Bx12 Select Bus Service, Bronx resident and Tri-State Transportation Campaign Associate Director Veronica Vanterpool rode the route from Co-op City to Inwood... On Mobilizing the Region, she reports that riders are becoming accustomed to the pre-payment system and rear-door boarding, with the help of bus drivers and New York City Transit personnel... Vanterpool's trip was unobstructed -- for the most part... Her ride was 48 minutes, compared to the pre-SBS average of 65. Vanterpool predicts that time savings will increase as passengers get used to the system's features, as long as "vigilant enforcement" of bus lanes continues... (Photo: Mobilizing the Region)

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Report * UK - Into Local Transport Bill

Rochdale,England,UK -Rochdale Online -28 Feb 2008: -- A report that calls for the strengthening of the Local Transport Bill has been largely welcomed by the Chairman of Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority (GMPTA)... The Institute for Public Policy Research North (IPPR North) today published ‘Moving On: A Progressive Transport Policy for Northern England’... It calls for the Local Transport Bill to give Passenger Transport Authorities and Executives firm powers to exercise control over bus and rail services in northern city regions... The current proposals would require city regions to seek approval from a non-elected quango, the Secretary of State and further legislation...

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REPORT * UK - Bus use could increase by 12 per cent

Increase in passengers a possibility with partnerships

North Tyneside,England,UK -The News Guardian, by ANTHONY McLEAN -11 Jan 2008: -- Improving working arrangements between public authorities and private transport operators could increase bus use by 12 per cent, it has been claimed... A new report by the Confederation of Passenger Transport suggests that if public and private organisations work together the region could see an extra 15 million extra bus passengers... The private companies suggest by increasing the frequency of buses, decreasing bus journey times through reduced congestion, improving service punctuality and reliability and improving passenger waiting areas will increase passenger numbers by 12 per cent in Tyne and Wear... Simon Posner, chief executive of the Confederation of Passenger Transport, said: "A successful, attractive and high quality bus service can have a measurable impact on an individual's life"... (Increase in passengers a possibility with partnerships)

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Report * UK - School buses 'cutting congestion'

Manchester,UK -BBC News -16 December 2007: -- Yellow school buses are cutting congestion and improving pupils' behaviour and attendance in Greater Manchester, according to a report... Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority (GMPTA) pays for the services to 22 schools, providing journeys for more than 2,000 pupils... A report to the authority said the buses had taken about 265,000 car miles off the road this school year... Anti-social behaviour on school buses has reduced by 75%... Schools have also praised the services, based on the American school buses, for improving attendance records, the authority said...

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REPORT * UK - Get an Instant Overview of the UK’s Bus Operator Market

Dublin,Ireland -Business Wire (press release -San Francisco,CA,USA) -May 11, 2007: -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of Snapshots UK Bus Operators 2007 to their offering... Snapdatas Snapshots UK Bus Operators 2007 provides 2005 year-end market size data, with 2006 estimates, 4 years of historical data and five-year forecasts. The Snapshots report gives an instant overview of the UK bus operator market, and covers operators of buses in London, England (excluding London), Scotland and Wales. Market volume is based on number of passengers. The data is supplied in both graphical and tabular format for ease of interpretation and analysis. The Snapshots UK Bus Operators 2007 forms part of Snapdatas Transport industry coverage... Snapshots Report Overview: ...

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