Metro Magazine, September/October 2018
BYD WINS GEORGIA STATE CONTRACT BYD won a bid to supply Georgias statewide contracts for public mass transit and transportation vehicles specifically for battery electric buses BYDs medium and heavy duty all electric vehicles will help Atlanta achieve its goal of reducing greenhouse gases by 20 from 2009 levels by 2020 and by 40 by 2030 VALLEY METRO WAYMO LAUNCHING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PILOT Valley Metro and Waymo are joining forces to pilot autonomous vehicles for first and last mile transit trips The pilot will support connections to transit stops centers and park and rides and could evolve into augmenting some of Valley Metros more on demand services WMATA TAPS TRANSDEV The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority awarded a contract to Transdev for the maintenance and operation of buses from its new Cinder Bed Road bus facility in Lorton Va in a move expected to control cost growth while delivering quality service and preserving current employees jobs NEW FLYER TO SUPPLY 70 MD BUSES The Maryland Department of Transportations Maryland Transit Administration is adding 70 New Flyer XDE40 Xcelsior clean diesel buses WWW SPORTWORKS COM SALESANDSUPPORT@ SPORTWORKS COM 888 661 0555BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE Fat Tire Bike Trays and Support Arms are compatible with standard bike tire sizes and fat bike tires up to 55 in width RETROFIT Easily mounts to new or existing Apex racks Conversion kits available DURABLE Heavy duty all stainless steel construction for long life and corrosion resistance CONFIGURABLE Install permanently or seasonally in any or all bike positions on any Apex rack FOR APEX 2 AND APEX 3FAT TIRE BIKE OPTIONNOW AVAILABLE 70 mETRO mAGAZINE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 2018 metro magazine com business briefs Collins Bus lands NYCTs 400 paratransit bus order REV Group announced that its Collins Bus Corp subsidiary was awarded a 26 million dollar contract from New York City Transit to provide 400 paratransit buses The buses will be built to NYCTs custom specifications on a Ford F350 chassis and will feature a flexible 20 foot length 138 inch wheelbase single rear wheel design and wheelchair lift making the buses accessible easily maneuverable and efficient
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