jragland

i hate to say this but im starting to feel the same way Texas A&M Which has the largest MTS RTS fleet is looking for new buses and was hoping to get new ones from MTS This past December however a novabus LFS HEV was seen being tested right before the end of the semester i Honestly could care less for Novabus, cant stand the design but they have been doing REALLY good with all the new orders they have been getting recently I know Texas A&M loves the RTS and its a damn good bus no doubt about it but at the end of the day we need new buses and if MTS is on hiatus or whatever people are gonna look elswhere (as we are now doing) to find replacements I Think for MTS to survive they have to be more aggressive for starters. secondly they need to find someway to cut the cost of a bus because honestly there is no way the RTS is more expensive and would take longer to deliver and think that it can secure a contract from a cheaper and faster delivered bus. Lastly they need to market the hell out of the RTS low floor, people dont want high floors anymore and counting on the Legend to get them back will not work! Im sad that novabus may be Texas A&M's new bus provider but it looks that way because MTS has to stuff to sort out and fast if it wants to survive..... P.S IMO it seems that whatever market ORION left is being quickly taken over by novabus so MTS still has a lot of fighting to do with this new "warrior"

Makes sense I was just checking because NovaBus seems to be taking the U.S by storm from Houston to Philly they are really getting good business and theres no activity from coming from MTS. I honestly think they have a chance but the way Nova's been pulling people left and right the window for Millenniums comeback might be shrinking in my opinion

By any chance is there any news of any other interested agencies? i know MTS is focused on NY, Chicago and the other agency with the insanely large order but are they putting everyone else on hold?