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Oxford sightseeing buses are going greener thanks to retrofit. Recently the very first electric open-top bus has arrived in Oxford, where the first UK’s zero emission city center is going to be implemented in December 2020. Four other clean vehicles will follow, helping to reduce the environme...

Coronavirus emergency can be faced (also) by correctly using the bus’s air conditioning system. Public transport means are one of the critical place for contagion, for the proximity of people commuting to and from work. Taking into account this, how should public bus air conditioners be proper...

There’s no future for diesel buses in Singapore. The country will only buy electric or hybrid buses from now on. The goal? A full electrified bus fleet by 2040. An ambitious goal, as in Singapore there are some 5,400 buses to be converted in twenty years time (270 per year at a rough calculati...

They are waited as the first hydrogen-powered double-decker buses and they’ll be working in the Scottish city of Aberdeen from the summer, following a first approach with the city that will begin in spring with a period of final testing and training for drivers. Wrightbus is almost ready to de...

Electric buses are too expensive, the transition to zero emission drives of Paris bus services need more time. Île-de-France transport authority has asked RATP to reduce the share of battery-electric buses in the fleet renewal program. According to RATP Bus2025 plan, in 2025 Paris buses should be fo...

2019 for Solaris has been a record year. A sum up: 1,487 vehicles sold, revenues up at 600 million euros with a growth by 40 per cent. What is more, over 500 e-buses have ben commissioned to the Polish manufacturer and are expected to delivered in 2020, a figure that allow the manufacturer to claim ...

Busworld Turkey 2020 is back to Istanbul. Following a 2018 edition in Izmir, the 2020 exhibition will take place at Istanbul Expo Center.

West London’s best known bus route has been fully electrified. In late February 29 pure electric BYD ADL Enviro400EV buses reached their destination and started service on route 94. The buses are operated by London United, a subsidiary of RATP Dev. Route 94 provides a 24-hour service for West ...

The City of Lincoln Transportation and Utilities, operating as StarTran Bus Service, has purchased ten 10.6-meter Xcelsior CHARGE from New Flyer. Each bus is estimated to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 100-160 tons per year, compared to a traditional clean diesel bus, according to the manufactur...

New York goes hybrid. Public transport authority MTA awarded Nova Bus, subsidiary of Volvo Buses, with a major contract for no less than 165 hybrid buses. Volvo Buses has therefore received the second major MTA contract in a short time. In fact, Volvo Buses also recently announced an order for 307 P...