TransLink Awards Battery-Electric Contract to Nova Bus
January 28, 2021
TransLink, Metro Vancouver’s transportation network, has awarded a contract to Nova Bus to provide 15 more battery-electric buses to its fleet. The order will more than quadruple TransLink’s current battery-electric bus fleet – increasing the total from four to 19.
More than half of TransLink’s fleet uses clean technology, including compressed natural gas, hybrid diesel-electric and fully electric vehicles. Each bus is expected to save $40,000 in fuel costs per year compared to a conventional diesel bus. The buses can be charged in approximately five minutes at charging stations while picking up passengers.
Publishing date: Jan 27, 2021 • January 29, 2021 • 2 minute read • The $714,000 that SMART (Saugeen Mobility and Regional Transit) will receive in Provincial Gas Tax Fund cash is “absolutely critical” to support transportation in smaller rural communities, said SMART President, Saugeen Shores Voce Deputy Mayor Mike Myatt, in a Jan. 25 telephone interview.
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SMART cash ‘critical’
The $714,000 that SMART (Saugeen Mobility and Regional Transit) will receive in Ontario Gas Tax Fund cash is “absolutely critical” to support transportation in smaller rural communities, said SMART President, Saugeen Shores Vice Deputy Mayor Mike Myatt in a Jan. 25 telephone interview.
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A Federal Gas Tax Fund is helping the City of Prince Rupert fund two projects.
Through the fund the City has a new boiler for the Recreation Complex and a new landfill leachate lagoon. The City received over $500,000 towards these two projects which were part of planned capital improvements in the 2020 budget.
The City’s existing landfill is nearing full capacity, the West Berm is taking waste while a new cell is built. Work on a leachate lagoon also began in 2020. Leachate is liquid produced from waste and it’s collected and settles in the pond, then it is treated before it is discharged.