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NewsDecember 21, 2021

D.C. Metro to Purchase Battery-Electric Buses

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.

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NewsAugust 4, 2021

NJ TRANSIT Seeks Firms to Study Path to Zero Emissions Bus Fleet

A key aspect to this initiative will explore how innovative technologies can be deployed to achieve a smooth transition to a zero emissions fleet. This study will identify the investments that are critical to a successful transformation of the bus network.

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NewsJune 14, 2021

Cleveland's RTA Cancels Railcar Procurement RFP

The agency issued RF 2020-150 for the procurement of new railcars on February 22, 2021 and allowed three months for proposals to be submitted.

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NewsSeptember 24, 2020

Consortium Completes First-Ever Automated Bus Specification

The specification combines APTA’s white book for standard bus specification with the new full-size bus automated driving system requirements developed by AECOM, which formed the Automated Bus Consortium.

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Newsby StaffMarch 21, 2019

New Metra railcar RFP allows for alternative designs

Proposals will be due in August and Metra hopes to finalize a deal by the end of the year for at least 200 new cars.

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Newsby StaffMarch 7, 2019

STV|DPM relocates Connecticut bus facility

Through a management contract with Connecticut Department of Transportation, NET provides public bus transit services in the greater Waterbury, Meriden, and Wallingford areas.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 17, 2019

NJ TRANSIT awards New Flyer $65M contract for new artic buses

This purchase is a “one for one’’ replacement of NJ TRANSIT’s aging articulated bus fleet as it reaches the end of its expected service life.

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Newsby StaffDecember 14, 2018

Bombardier wins bid to build new NJ TRANSIT railcars

The order for 113 Multilevel III passenger vehicles, the largest order for railcars in recent years by NJ TRANSIT, will allow the agency to replace the oldest railcars in its fleet.

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Newsby StaffNovember 14, 2018

MassDOT issues RFP for transit action plan

The Lynn, Massachusetts study is anticipated to begin early next year and will include opportunities to create and improve access to transit locations and more.

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Newsby StaffNovember 12, 2018

Metra adds more vehicles to replace aging fleet

The F59PHs were built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corp. in 1988.

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