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  3. Transit in Hong Kong

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    KMB fleet takes cleaner route

    Kowloon Motor Bus is doing its bit to ensure there is less pollution on the roads.

    The bus company said it has reduced the average particulate emission levels of its fleet by 90 percent over the past eight years, and the figure will be further reduced this year with the arrival of 300 Euro V buses.

    Euro V vehicles emit 43 percent less nitrogen oxide when compared to the Euro IV engines, it said. As of last December, there were 89 Euro V buses in Hong Kong.

    KMB principal engineer Kane Shum Yuet-hung said the 300 Euro V buses will be put on the streets as soon as they arrive.

    "We are happy to announce that KMB has successfully reduced the average particulate emission levels of our fleet by 90.4 percent last year as compared with emission levels in 1992, when the European Union's exhaust emission standards had not yet been introduced to Hong Kong," Shum said.

    He also told of a one-year pilot program in which three buses- one Euro II and two Euro III - will be retrofitted with catalytic reduction devices to meet Euro IV nitrogen oxide emission standards.

    "The pilot program will be launched in the second half of this year, while pilot low- emission zones will be designated in Causeway Bay, Central and Mong Kok."

    The pilot program was announced by Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen in his last policy address.

    The government will fully fund the retrofitting of the devices while bus companies will bear the subsequent operating and maintenance costs.

    Regarding Tsang's plan to replace diesel buses with six hybrid buses for use by the franchised bus companies along busy corridors, Shum said KMB will test three of the air-conditioned buses for two years in busy districts starting from the second half of 2012.

    The Environment Bureau last week proposed spending HK$33 million on the two-year pilot program.

    Looking ahead, a pilot program involving Euro VI buses will be conducted in 2014 with the target of putting them into service in 2015, Shum said.

    http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail....&con_type=1

  4. Orion Bus switches to bi-weekly production schedule in hopes to avoid layoffs

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    News coming from Oriskany, NY

    Company officials at bus manufacturer Orion International, a brand of Daimler, hope that changes in their production schedule at the Oriskany site will help to avoid layoffs.

    Starting in February, the company will begin a schedule that will shut down production every other week. Company Spokesman Bryan Allen, based in Greensboro, North Carolina said that employees will not be paid during those off-weeks, but will still continue to receive their benefits.

    While Allen admitted the situation was not ideal, he said it was the best possible option in order to avoid layoffs and cause the least amount of impact to the company's employees.

    Allen also said the current plan meant that any rumors of impending layoffs swirling around were false.

    "There are no plans for any layoffs," Allen said. "Instead of layoffs, we opted, along with Union leaders, to go with the every other week production schedule."

    The decision to shift the production schedule was a direct result to the industry's continued downturn, Allen said, in terms of the number of buses that cities needed for transportation.

    While the change in the production schedule to an every-other-week basis is expected to begin in February, Allen said that the start date could be subject to change.

    "We are trying to take a proactive approach, seeing that the market is not rebounding as quickly as one would hope.," Allen said. "There are orders out there."

    http://www.wktv.com/news/local/Orion-Bus-s...-114127939.html

  11. Millennium Transit Services

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    We're still discussing these guys? Really?

    It's far past the "put up or shut up" point for MTS. Much as it hurts, this may be the end of the RTS.

    If so, I think I need to attend any/all liquidation auctions...could be interesting. Last I heard, they had one owner that kept pumping $$ into the company, but the whole firm was quite secretive about who exactly owned what. Mysterious.

    Since you know a lot about the RTS history. Can you confirmed some of "info" on the situation of MTS. It was in the discussion on New York City Transit Forum. Here are the selected quotes....

    #1.

    "NYCTF Exclusive inside look at a top secret plan. Codename: T80-209E"

    cite: http://nyctransitforums.com/forums/showpos...mp;postcount=31

    #2.

    "Lets take a hypothetical situation like this.

    The United States Department of Transportation contributes funds to a new project to provide the MTA and other transit agencies from coast to coast with brand new RTS coaches.

    The goal of the project is to revitalize a sector of building high quality American made legendary RTS buses. The next generation of RTS bus builds upon the proven quality and reliability of its predecessor. Alternative fuel systems will be the main focus, with niche markets for straight diesel models as well.

    35, and 40 foot standard high floors, and low floors would be joined by a new 60 foot low floor model.

    What if the MTA were to get 90 high floor 40 footers, 280 low floor 40 footers, and 90 low floor articulated models?

    The MTA would be able to save much needed money, and would in turn be used as the platform transit agency, to test the new models, and provide valuable reviews. Many of the buses delivered to the MTA would be fully funded by the government and the manufacturer, which would work as an alliance specifically tailored to addressing the need of United States surface transit operations.

    Lean Forward!"

    cite: http://nyctransitforums.com/forums/showpos...mp;postcount=43

    #3.

    "On December 7, the team at MTS will submit all their documentation to the bankrupcy judge for him to make a decision. At this point in time, an extension will likely be granted to extend MTS' stay in bankruptcy protection. This will allow the team a little more time to prefect a turn-around business plan that will reflect the new direction in which the company is headed.

    As time progresses, I will be able to divulge more and more of this developing story. So to my friend over there on that "other message board," you really wanted to know where I was getting this information from didn't you? You are so convinced the RTS is dead, right along with MTS right?

    Just like you were convinced I was crazy and the MTA would never order "90 of this and 90 of that," and everybody that thanked me in that post was just as stupid as I was for believing it? You do realize that you insulted all of them as well as myself right? However, no apologies are needed, and I really wouldn't expect one from somebody like you. So just enjoy the information we post over here, have fun, and loosen up a little bit! Some of you people take this stuff waaaaay too seriously.

    And on a side note, I have a copy of said business plan! Any more questions or concerns about MTS??? I can discuss a little more now!"

    cite: http://nyctransitforums.com/forums/showpos...mp;postcount=61

    True or false on the 3 quotes????

  13. Millennium Transit Services

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    I didn't know they were still maufacturing buses, but apperently they still are, and they got a bailout. Have they made any bus for a transit agency lately, and are there any future bus orders. I know GM when they first produced it made a lowfloor bus, called RTX? Is that what Millennium transit plans on making, or are they going with that bootlegged version at the APTA (?) 2005 show? And do they plan on making a 60ft bus like what GM did? I've been looking around for information on MTS but didn't get anywhere.

    MTS is basically going nowhere, their in debt and trying to settle out lawsuits. RTS is really gone forever unless someone makes a copy.

  14. Nova Bus LFS (all models)

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    New order coming from Austin, Texas...

    Capital Metro: "Under the contract with Nova Bus , the agency would pay $663,000 each for 22 60-foot buses , each with 62 seats, and $456,000 each for 18 40-foot buses, for a total cost of about $22.8 million . The remaining $4.4 million would be for a store of spare parts for the buses, including entire engines, maintenance director Carl Woodby said."

    - http://www.statesman.com/news/local/austin...ed-1038582.html

  15. Austin's Captial Metro ordering with Nova Bus LFS 40' / 60'

    in Central US

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    "Under the contract with Nova Bus , the agency would pay $663,000 each for 22 60-foot buses , each with 62 seats, and $456,000 each for 18 40-foot buses, for a total cost of about $22.8 million . The remaining $4.4 million would be for a store of spare parts for the buses, including entire engines, maintenance director Carl Woodby said."

    - http://www.statesman.com/news/local/austin...ed-1038582.html

  18. MTA NYCT VINs

    in Eastern US

    Posted

    And now, here are the serial numbers for the 2009-2010 NovaBus LFSA buses for NYCT.

    1200-1201: 2NVYS92U_93000490-491

    1202-1203: 4RKYS92U_A4000001-002

    1204-1289: 4RKYS92U_A4000013-098

    Stalwart23

    you have MCI serial numbers as well?

  22. Nova LFS CNG?

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    I can tell you this, one of my closer source was reported back at July board meeting from New York MTA with that CNG contract awarded to New Flyer. MTA is trying to get other bus builders to compete with Orion and New Flyer to get a cheaper and good working bus. They did approach to Nova Bus if they are going into CNG market. Nova responding that they are exploring and building a CNG test version of LFS really, really soon. So, they are really returning into CNG bus market again. Im sure, there will be more info coming soon as they seen Gillig join in CNG bus contract shootout.

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