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NICE TBA 70 CNG bus order?

 
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R62CNG
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 6:39 pm    Post subject: NICE TBA 70 CNG bus order? Reply with quote

Is there any update as to when they'll choose a manufacturer and as to when the new buses will arrive? The remaining 70 or so 2000 Orion V CNGs are on their last legs.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They've requested funding to purchase 20 40-foot CNG buses this year.

http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/dpw/documents/ProposedProgramofProjects2014.pdf
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:14 pm    Post subject: NICE 70 TBA CNG bus order Reply with quote

20 new buses? What happened to the 70 bus order from last year? Are they doing this as a means to test out a new fleet of buses (due to Orion's closure and all)?
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 10:40 am    Post subject: Re: NICE 70 TBA CNG bus order Reply with quote

R62CNG wrote:
20 new buses? What happened to the 70 bus order from last year? Are they doing this as a means to test out a new fleet of buses (due to Orion's closure and all)?


The plan is still to buy 70 buses, it will just be spread out over several years.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 11:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's not really a good idea. All of the remaining 2000 Orion V CNGs ( #1526-1632) needs replacing right away.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 11:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not that I necessarily disagree, but ultimately it's a matter of what they can get money for, and right now that is for 20 buses only.

Within a fleet of otherwise identical vehicles, there are usually some that are less reliable and/or in worse condition than others, so NICE will probably sideline the 20 worst buses when the new ones arrive. Better than nothing, I suppose.
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