CTA Introduces Newest Hybrid Buses

2009_07_06_cta.jpg The CTA unveiled the first of its new 58 articulated hybrid buses today. The buses were purchased with $50 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, just one of several projects the CTA is undergoing with their $241 million in stimulus cash. Once the rest of the new buses get into action this fall, the CTA will have a total of 151 articulated hybrid buses on the roads and the buses will help the agency save around $7 million a year in areas like fuel, parts, and labor. [Crain's]

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Nice, but, these are just more New Flyer DE40LFs right? Or is it a new model?

Er, DE60LF, the 40 is the non-articulated model I think.

Probably more of the same, yes. Continuing the 4000 series buses that arrived last year.

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