New Flyer to deliver nearly 200 diesel-electric buses to Massachusetts

The 5200 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) placed the order in 2010 and now has more than 200 forty-foot and 70 sixty-foot diesel-electric buses in operation.

The hybrid buses, supported by 2023 Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grants, will replace end-of-life vehicles. MBTA ordered its first New Flyer hybrid bus in 2010, and now has more than 200 forty-foot and 70 sixty-foot diesel-hybrid buses currently in operation, as it continues to focus on clean transportation initiatives for the greater Boston area.

Chris Stoddart, president, New Flyer of America, says: “New Flyer's extended-range hybrid buses – complete with start/stop technology running on emission-free battery power inside the Silver Line tunnel – will help fulfil its environmental needs while increasing transit service.”

Since 2002, New Flyer has delivered more than 750 buses to MBTA, including diesel-electric and low-emission compressed Natural gas buses.

In September 2018, New Flyer announced its plans to deploy five battery-electric <%$Linker:2External<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary />000link-external busesfalsehttp://www.itsinternational.com/sections/general/news/new-flyer-deploys-five-battery-electric-buses-in-utah/falsefalse%> to help improve air quality around Salt Lake City and the University of Utah campus.