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Wolfie00
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July 22nd, @01:34PM
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Re: National park in Alaska tests hybrid bus
I'm sure that you must have got the costs wrong -- FYI, the $200,000 bus in the article is not anything like a city bus -- it's a minibus built on a truck chassis, like a small school bus. A city bus costs upwards of half a million as mentioned before, and a hybrid about 40% to 50% more.
It's nice to see those results from Seattle, which brings to mind the fact that there are big differences in hybrid designs and a lot also depends on how they are driven (their biggest advantages are in congested stop-and-go traffic). TTC results haven't been as good as those in Seattle or the ones from New York City, the latter using the same hybrids as Toronto. Government incentives still remain one of the hybrid's big attractions right now for transit commissions, but the technology continues to improve.
All that said, it's still a disappointment to see a city like London investing in diesel (and trying to save money by buying old obsolete ones, too) when other transit systems are going in the opposite direction. TTC management may leave a lot to be desired in other ways, but at least it has an ambitious hybrid program and is investing in a new generation of electric streetcars.
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dirtyjeffer
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| said by Wolfie00  :I'm sure that you must have got the costs wrong -- FYI, the $200,000 bus in the article is not anything like a city bus -- it's a minibus built on a truck chassis, like a small school bus. A city bus costs upwards of half a million as mentioned before, and a hybrid about 40% to 50% more. yea, i can't remember the price, but it was significantly lower than "brand new buses"...to be quite honest, the buses were only a few years old (for some reason, 5 years comes to mind), but they looked "brand new" anyway, and were the only air conditioned city buses (although, that didn't last long).
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