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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

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 First 40-foot, Zero-Emissions, Battery-Electric, Rapid Transit Bus -- The BYD electric bus (the one pictured was American-made in BYD's Lancaster, CA factory) (Photo: Business Wire) ...

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.

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.

The city of Rochester's public transit operator on Tuesday morning demonstrated a 60-foot articulating bus that could be a part of the city's transit solutions in the future.