GILLIG, RR.AI Team to Bring Automated Tech to Buses
The partnership will combine RR.AI’s vehicle automation experience and GILLIG’s transit operations expertise to produce state-of-the-art safety and performance capabilities.
The partnership will combine RR.AI’s vehicle automation experience and GILLIG’s transit operations expertise to produce state-of-the-art safety and performance capabilities.
First Transit has ordered eight of the Company’s 35-foot Clean-Diesel Vicinity Classic buses for delivery in 2022.
Wi-Fi is currently being enabled on the 800 series articulated buses, with the entire SamTrans fleet expected to be online by February 2022.
John Andoh has been serving as the mass transit administrator for the past few months.
Arrival is expected to begin production for the Bus in Q2 2022.
These operators will help New York City Transit (NYCT) tackle recent crew shortage challenges and bolster the frequency of bus service.
Upgrades along the Colfax corridor include time-saving operational improvements such as transit signal priority and queue bypass lanes that reduce travel time by as much as two minutes.
The agency is seeking to buy 10, 40-foot-standard-length buses from multiple manufacturers to test different bus and charging technologies and assess their performance.
The $2.24-billion operating budgets for both conventional and Wheel-Trans services will fund restoration of service to 100% of pre-pandemic levels on the conventional network with some room for new and enhanced TTC programs.
The new fare structure aims to simply the fare offerings, incentivize pass sales for riders who use multiple transit modes for their daily commutes, and offer financial relief to RTA passengers as the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The reduced fares will take effect on January 1, 2022.
A construction contract for the depot is expected to be appointed by the end of 2022.
The company has committed to a minimum investment of at least $76 million, with additional investments planned over the next several years, and expects to create more than 200 new jobs over the next several years at the 327,000 square foot battery system production plant.
Martin Tompkins will succeed Macy Neshati.
California’s Heavy-Duty Inspection and Maintenance program will require vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 14,000 pounds operating in California to perform periodic testing.
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