The agency becomes the 12th in California to purchase zero-emission buses (ZEBs) from NFI.
Metro serves the Washington DC metropolitan area and provides approximately 79 million annual trips on 136 bus lines.
Included in the contract are three 60-foot zero-emission, battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE NG heavy-duty transit buses and four 40-foot battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE NG transit buses.
COTA provides public transit in the greater Columbus and central Ohio region, delivering more than 19 million passenger trips in 2019.
This contract follows an order of four Xcelsior Charge buses delivered to MRTA in 2021.
The order advances NYCT’s goal to reduce New York City’s carbon footprint through sustainable public transportation.
The order includes options to purchase up to 120 additional Xcelsior forty-foot, hybrid- electric buses under a five-year contract.
The contract marks New Flyer’s first battery-electric bus order from RTD.
The base term for the contract is two years, with options to extend for three additional one-year periods.
The new contract advances NJ Transit’s zero-emission bus program to reach the goal of transitioning to a 100% ZEB fleet by 2040.
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