Latest United States News
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Pace Purchases Proterra Electric Buses for Suburban Chicago
Pace has awarded a contract to Proterra for 20 Proterra ZX5 Max electric transit buses and two Proterra megawatt-scale fleet chargers.
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Service Begins on Van Ness BRT Corridor in San Francisco
On 1 April, SFMTA cut the ribbon on San Francisco’s first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor on Van Ness Avenue.
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King County Metro Opens Electric Bus Charging Facility
King County Metro has celebrated the opening of a new electric bus charging facility, enabling the launch of their battery-electric bus flee…
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MTA Issues RFP for Bronx Electric Bus Depot
The MTA has released a RFP to facilitate the development of an electric bus charging facility on Gun Hill Road in the Bronx.
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NJ TRANSIT Unveils Electric Bus Charging Infrastructure
NJ TRANSIT has announced that the charging infrastructure for their first 8 electric buses has been installed at Newton Avenue Bus Garage.
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Sound Transit Secures $15.9 Million for Stride BRT
Sound Transit has secured 15.9 million USD in federal funding for the Stride BRT lines, which will improve bus services in the region.
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AVTA Becomes First All-Electric Transit Agency in North America
AVTA and CARB have celebrated AVTA's achievement in becoming the first all-electric transit agency in North America.
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NJ TRANSIT Awards Garage Modernisation Design Contract
NJ TRANSIT has contracted AECOM to design infrastructure for battery electric buses at Hilton Garage for the garage modernisation programme.…
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US: $1.47 Billion in Funding to Modernise Bus Fleets and Facilities
The Biden-Harris Administration and the US DoT have announced $1.47 billion in competitive grant funds to modernise bus fleets and facilitie…
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Providence Cristo Rey Partners with Lumin-Air to Clean and Filter the Air in their School Buses
Indianapolis College & Career Preparatory School, Providence Cristo Rey, is equipping their school buses with MERV-13 equivalent filtration …
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Work Begins on MBTA's Sustainable Bus Maintenance Facility
Construction is underway on the MBTA's sustainable Quincy Bus Maintenance Facility, which will aid the transition to a zero-emission fleet.
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IndyGo Breaks Ground on BRT Purple Line
IndyGo has celebrated the start of construction for BRT Purple Line that will connect Indianapolis to the City of Lawrence.
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US: Bi-State Rapid Transit Corridor Proposed for Kansas-Missouri
Elected leaders in Kansas and Missouri have proposed a 24-mile regional rapid transit corridor to connect three major cities.
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CTA Unveils Roadmap for an All-Electric Bus Fleet
The Chicago Transit Authority has announced a roadmap for the full-electrification of Chicago's bus system by 2040.
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SFMTA Advances Battery Electric Bus Pilot Programme
SFMTA has announced that the first battery electric buses are now in revenue service as part of a pilot programme in San Francisco.
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SEPTA Awards Contract to NFI for Up to 340 Hybrid-Electric Buses
SEPTA has awarded a contract to NFI for 220 Xcelsior® hybrid-electric buses, with options to purchase 120 additional buses within five years…
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Houston METRO Places Largest Order of Nova Bus Electric Buses
Nova Bus has announced its largest electric bus contract to date from Houston METRO, initially supplying 20 LFSe+ towards a fleet of 1,300.
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Digital Kiosks Installed for Transit Authority of River City
Red Dot Digital Media has completed a Metro corridor rebuild project, installing digital kiosks for the Transit Authority of River City.
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NFI Named State Supplier for Electric Buses in Florida
NFI has been selected as an approved state supplier of electric transit buses and charging infrastructure for the State of Florida.
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SFMTA Makes Temporary Transit Lanes Permanent in San Francisco
The SFMTA Board of Directors has voted to make the majority of Temporary Emergency Transit Lane projects in San Francisco permanent.
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Electric Commuter Bus Joins Clean Air Express in Santa Barbara
SBCAG and Caltrans have debuted a zero-emissions intercity bus to serve commuters in Santa Barbara County.
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MTA Partners with CitySwift to Improve Bus Services in New York
MTA has partnered with CitySwift to implement high-tech solutions for improving passenger experience and reducing carbon emissions.
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MBTA Allocates $109 Million to Modernise Bus Operations
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has committed 109 million USD to upgrade and modernise bus operations.
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Bus Testing Complete on the Van Ness BRT Corridor in San Francisco
SFMTA and Golden Gate Transit have completed testing for bus operations ahead of the Van Ness BRT corridor opening in spring 2022.