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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will award $423 million in transit infrastructure grants nationwide to “improve the safety and reliability of America’s bus systems and enhance mobility for transit riders”, quoting the press information from FTA. A total of 94 projects in 42 stat...

The eCitaro German fleets keep growing. Reutlinger Stadtverkehr (RSV) took delivery of four vehicles on 29th November. Buses that will be recovered in a completely new and purpose-built electric bus depot. The largest order so far signed for the eCitaro is the one from Hanover, where 48 zero emissio...

A double electric bus premiere was celebrated today in Cremona (Italy): this morning Arriva‘s first zero emission buses for the city’s public transport network were presented. On the same occasion it has been executed the very first delivery of Alfabus Europe buses. The two 12-meter batt...

The role of public transport in the framework of EU Green New Deal. It’s the topic of an open letter addressed by UITP to the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans. The public transport sector can make a key contribution towards...

Today was the first day on the road for the first Solaris Urbino electric buses ordered by MPK Poznań. Ordered last December, they were included in regular line traffic today. The inauguration of new vehicles was attended by, among others Jacek Jaśkowiak, President of Poznań (some 20 km far from Sol...

Brisbane future metro network will be operated through electric buses. Brisbane City Council is willing to introduce a new fleet of bi-articulated zero emission vehicles. The 24-meter buses (named “Metro”), according to the plans, will integrate seamlessly into busway operations and shar...

The electrification of Munich bus fleet asks for a purpose-built depot, where up to 200 electric buses will find their recovery place. The brand new depot, named Hybrid.M, will be managed by Stadtwerke München GmbH (SWM) and Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft mbh (MVG). The tender for the charging infras...

Limoges Métropole has been the first to invest, in end of September 2018, in the brand new Iveco Crealis In-Motion-Charging. Unveiled at IAA Commercial Vehicles in 2018 and elected Sustainable Bus Award 2019 in Urban category, the trolleybus is a fully zero emission vehicle. Three units have been in...

Lyon gets a new autonomous shuttle service. Operated via Navya electric driverless vehicles in cooperation with Sytral and Keolis, the open-road experiment will be fully integrated within Lyon’s public transport network. Area? The Parc Olympique Lyonnais stadium. Another pilot involving a shuttle su...

Below, a contribution from Vincent Wever, sustainable transport specialist at consultancy agency Goudappel Coffeng. In September, the city of Leiden had a silent milestone: the 500th zero emission bus in the Netherlands went into service. We’ve come a long way since in 2015, the leaders of the PTAs ...