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Company will have sole responsibility to operate and maintain all 10 of Metro's CNG facilities that supply the fleet with 40 million gallons of CNG fuel annually when the transition is complete.
Read More →As it enters the new model bus testing program, the vehicle will undergo rigorous performance evaluations in the areas of maintainability, reliability, safety, performance, structural integrity and durability, fuel economy, noise, emissions testing and brake testing.
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Equipped to accommodate 15 passengers, the buses feature El Dorado Aerotech bodies, are built on Ford F-450 chassis and include a fuel door micro switch to prohibit accidental drive-away.The buses also include new electronic destination signs.
Read More →The manufacturer will supply 135 40-foot CNG heavy-duty transit buses with options for up to an additional 340 CNG buses.
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Two different models will run on the same routes in rotation with agency's 2010 clean air diesel and diesel-electric hybrid buses. One bus was manufactured by NABI Inc. for L.A. Metro; the other was built by New Flyer for Valley Metro in Phoenix.
Read More →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.
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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.
Read More →Will help the agency to move forward with efforts to test green technology buses and paratransit vehicles such as hybrids and compressed natural gas (CNG), replace its radio system, and build a transit center.
Read More →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.
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Four transit agencies received Orion VII CNG buses. Vehicles feature a low-floor design that optimizes safety and comfort and a frame designed specifically for the extra weight of the CNG fuel tanks.
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