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With two new bus rapid transit lines scheduled to open in 2027, C-Tran’s board of directors approved the purchase of 15 new 60-foot articulated — accordion-style — buses at February’s ...
New Flyer is expected to deliver an earlier, separate order of 60 40-foot electric buses in the fall of 2024. The purchase of those buses was first approved by the MTA board in 2021.
The 60-foot buses debuted in September on the new FX-2 line, but TriMet pulled them out of service two weeks ago when it discovered a mechanical problem.
But not every new bus is electric. Oahu Transit Services, a nonprofit that operates TheBus and HandiVan for the City and County of Honolulu, is also getting 35 new 60-foot, articulated, fuel-efficient ...
Funk says a diesel-powered 60-foot bus costs around $1 million and a 40-foot bus costs around $850,000. Metro Transit received its first batch of electric vehicles about five years ago.
"According to the manufacturer New Flyer, our 60-foot bus will go approximately 150 miles," said General Manager of Transportation and Maintenance at U-M Bill McAllister. "Our 40-foot buses, it's ...
The University of Michigan’s Logistics, Transportation and Parking department deployed four new electric buses this fall: three of which were 40-feet long, and one 60-foot, articulated or “bendy bus.” ...
Funk: "Right now, this 60-foot bus is about $400,000 more than the diesel buses that we purchased at the same time. However, we're hoping that we start to see — between fuel savings, ...