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Board voted to spend $217 million to buy the vehicles, which will be put into operation by 2013. The decreasing price of natural gas made it possible for the agency to make the switch from diesel fuel.
Read More →Metro now has 2,221 buses powered by compressed natural gas, as well as one electric bus and six gasoline-electric hybrids.
Read More →Additional orders for Orion VII transit buses include the purchase of 75 Orion VII clean-diesel buses by Veolia Transportation for its service for the New Orleans Transit Authority and an additional 30 Setra S 417 motorcoaches and 15 Sprinter shuttle buses for its services in San Francisco.
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The new Martz coaches come equipped with several technological advances to improve passenger and driver safety, including electronic stability control, Smartwave tire pressure monitoring, DriveCam and GPS systems.
Read More →Orders are from both current and new customers and are for a variety of vehicle configurations and propulsion systems, including 35-, 40- and 60-foot buses with clean diesel, diesel-electric hybrid and CNG propulsion systems.
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Since launching its Webinar series last year, MCI has trained about 500 industry personnel. All Webinars are held on Wednesdays at 2 p.m. CST. Registration is required.
Read More →Under the announced plan, Cummins will phase out its turbocharger manufacturing operation at Leeds Avenue while at the same time expanding operations at its facility in the Palmetto Industrial Park in Ladson, which it opened in 2006.
Read More →Topeka Transit loses $215K in fuel gamble. Transit chief pledges no service cuts. Utah mayor switches from streetcar to light rail.
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New E4500s feature a Cummins engine coupled with an Allison Transmission powertrain, as well as Amaya Brasil seats with self-retracting footrests and Aesys destination signs.
Read More →Products to be supplied will include light-emitting diode (LED) and thin-film transistor (TFT) electronic information display systems, voice announcement systems and global positioning satellite control units.
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