DJ MC Posted April 4, 2013 Share #1 Posted April 4, 2013 On March 28, AC Transit launched new 40-foot buses that are locally made and well-designed to promise greater reliability and a better ride for customers. With a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its Seminary Avenue bus yard in Oakland, the agency made good on its “Buy America” policy by unveiling the first of 65 new buses engineered by the Gillig Corporation in Hayward. The launch marks the first step toward upgrading the AC Transit fleet of more than 600 buses by opting to buy as many as 300 American-made buses over the next two years to replace aging, less dependable vehicles. Source: Read more over here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo19 Posted April 4, 2013 Share #2 Posted April 4, 2013 Awesome. Nice to see AC Transit choose local corporations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share #3 Posted April 4, 2013 Awesome. Nice to see AC Transit choose local corporations. Yeah. I can't wait to see what the XD60s will be like. It's kind of funny that the XD60s will replace their predecessors from mid 1990s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaveragejoe Posted April 4, 2013 Share #4 Posted April 4, 2013 Awesome. Nice to see AC Transit choose local corporations. They had no choice as they are using federal funding now and not local/state funding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share #5 Posted April 4, 2013 They had no choice as they are using federal funding now and not local/state funding It's about time they went back to what worked before. These Van Hools, I've been hearing a lot of insane things about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RookiePhenom Posted April 10, 2013 Share #6 Posted April 10, 2013 I'm indifferent about the VanHools. Especially the Hydrogen powered ones (rode one in Berkeley last week). Those new Gilligs, I saw on the road last week. Pretty swanky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share #7 Posted April 11, 2013 We do have to keep in mind of something. The Van Hools that AC Transit has were meant for European roads and were likely poorly spec'd, which is probably why AC Transit is having issues with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaveragejoe Posted April 11, 2013 Share #8 Posted April 11, 2013 We do have to keep in mind of something. The Van Hools that AC Transit has were meant for European roads and were likely poorly spec'd, which is probably why AC Transit is having issues with them. Issue is waiting for parts to come from Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share #9 Posted April 11, 2013 Issue is waiting for parts to come from Europe. That too. Forgot about that problem. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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