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Catania municipality, in Sicily (Italy), has acquired 11 Karsan e-Atak 8-metre full electric buses. The first ones are already operating throughout the city for the necessary operational and set-up tests. The news is reported on Italian specialized media Autobusweb. This was announced by the City Co...

The Routing Company has received a three-year contract from the Municipality of The Hague in the Netherlands. The contract marks TRC’s second partnership in Europe, with The Hague joining West Coast Motors in Scotland. The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands. Its public transport serv...

The city of Prešov, Slovakia, will soon be able to count on six new trolleybuses signed Škoda: the 18-meter-long vehicles will complement the winged arrow’s fleet of 25 trolley buses delivered in recent years under a contract signed in 2016. Specifically, these are trolleybuses of the Škoda 27...

ZF has unveiled its next generation autonomous shuttle. They claim it is built for operations “in urban environments and mixed traffic” and features Level 4 capabilities. It is developed in cooperation with U.S. mobility services provider Beep. The partnership between the German giant an...

The European Investment Bank and the Brussels-Capital Region signed €475 million in financing headed to improving public transport offer and quality. The money will be used to procure 94 electric buses (70 articulated buses measuring 18 metres each, and 24 standard buses measuring 12 metres), 9...

New Flyer has received new firm orders for 16 battery-electric and fuel cell-electric transit buses from Winnipeg Transit (the manufacturer has its headquarter in the same Canadian city). The contract also has options to be extended for up to four years to purchase up to 150 40-foot zero-emission bu...

by Stefano Alfano The Florentine tram network will reach Campi Bisenzio and Bagno a Ripoli. The Florence city council has  approved the resolutions for line 3.2.1 (Piazza della Libertà, Bagno a Ripoli) and line 4 (Stazione Leopolda, Piagge, Campi Bisenzio); the first step is expected to be the ...

Javier Iriarte has been appointed CEO at Solaris Bus & Coach. He has been the Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Solaris since 2018, as well as the responsible for strategic development and transformation of Solaris. The important change at the helm has been announced today January 2nd 20...

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Transport for Greater Manchester has ordered a further 50 zero-emission double deck buses from Alexander Dennis, doubling the total on order for the franchised Bee Network bus system to 100. The additional 50 British-built electric buses will enter service in parts of Bury, Rochdale and Oldham when ...