Passenger Bus, Rail and Motorcoach Industry News

When running at full capacity, this facility will be able to turn out hundreds of conversions each year, according to the company.

The purchase of the new buses is being made in part by ARRA economic stimulus funding program. To expedite the process, BJCTA was able to turn to another agency who allowed them to contract for some unused options.

With the additional nine 40-foot buses as well as the 16 60-foot articulated CNG buses recently awarded to NABI, 100 percent of Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus fleet will be powered with alternate fueled propulsion systems.

Over the next 12 months, will reconfigure and upgrade CNG station compressor equipment at Metro stations that supply CNG bus fleets deployed in the agency's Los Angeles Central and South Bay divisions.

The new, clean-fuel ISE CNG Hybrid System offers unique competitive advantages over conventional CNG systems.

Tour will demonstrate the benefits of CNG to transit executives nationwide. The manufacturer is borrowing the coach from longtime customer NJ Transit. The touring model comes complete with a new Cummins CNG-powered engine.

In a related action, DFW also awarded an extension of Clean Energy's contract to maintain and supply the airport's existing onsite CNG station until June 2020.

Contracts with parking shuttle and ground transportation operators at international airports in Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, and Las Vegas.

Construction of the station is scheduled to begin in February 2010.

Construction of the new CNG station will begin in January 2010, with completion set for mid 2010. CNG fuel requirements are projected at more than 420,000 gasoline-gallon-equivalents in the first year of the Veolia station's operations.