The Anniston, Ala., facility now joins all other New Flyer locations with capability to manufacture the Xcelsior CHARGE™ battery-electric bus, including Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Crookston and St. Cloud, Minn.
New General Distributor REV Coach LLC will start selling Setra motorcoaches in January 2018.
The models covered by the distribution rights agreement were the Setra S 407 and S 417 motor coaches, introduced by Daimler in North America in 2003.
The system is budgeted to make about $6.5 million less in ticket sales than was forecast in ridership study.
HART CEO Andrew Robbins talks about his role as "one of the most controversial public officials in the state" and his belief in Oahu's 20-mile rail transit project.
A letter from FTA to New York and New Jersey officials said the first phase of the project, estimated at $11 billion, seeks a 50% federal investment that is "considerably higher than much existing precedent for past 'mega projects'" and would deplete the existing grant program.
Plans to devote his final year to pushing for an infrastructure bill, an initiative both parties have said is long overdue.