The contract with New Flyer of America Inc. is for $10.4 million, with substantial grant funding helping pay for the purchase of the 10 buses.
With the Transit app, those waiting for a bus can get information showing that a particular bus has “many seats," “some seats,” or “very limited seats.”
Originally, the conference was to be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba with an expected audience of some 200 transit operators, manufacturers, experts, and academics.
The line will run on a 4.1-mile route through Santa Ana and Garden Grove. It is scheduled to begin testing and operations in 2022.
Measure M, which is helping to fund the projects, is expected to help Orange County make more than $13 billion worth of transportation improvements by 2041.
She takes over for Kenneth G. Phipps, who retired earlier this month after nearly three decades at the transportation agency.
The battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE H2 buses, built by New Flyer, use compressed hydrogen as an energy source.
Includes investing $1 billion to enhance access to transit services, including delivery of the OC Streetcar and expanding Metrolink.
METRO asked some of the top execs in the nation what they are implementing to enhance services.
OC Flex provides on-demand service that takes passengers curb-to-curb within two designated zones.