ART gets 30-LFW CNG's, CNG/Hybrids to come in 2011

[Scrabbleship]

http://www.commuterpageblog.com/2010/08/new-art-buses-on-a-route-near-you.html


12 30-LFW CNG's will be in service by start of October and 4 already may be in service. 3 more 30' buses are due to come in 2011 as are 3 CNG/Hybrid buses. The 2011 buses are funded by stimulus grants and both orders look like they were piggybacks to the LACMTA order.


After this, I wonder how many cutaways would remain in the fleet. A couple have already been retired and have been replaced by leased buses in a red and blue scheme with no markings. Could the ghost of the pre-NABI fART be totally dead next year?

[Antozilla]

Retired my butt, they burned up and you can see them on YOUTUBE.  Pieces of CRAP

[SchuminWeb]

Burned?  Link, please?

[Antozilla]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8ajAcJrqzo&NR=1

There is another one or two there

[Scrabbleship]

I was in Leesburg today and I noticed that ART's leased buses came (or are recent retirees from) VRT. The numbering of those buses (160's) fits into VRT's scheme.

[Tritransit Area]

Has someone grabbed pictures of the "Red and Blue" buses yet?  Tis interesting how fast they pulled the cutaways and other miscellaneous mini-buses off of the road for "back-up" duty it seems.

[aznboy4305]

Aren't the "red and blue" buses also cutaways?

[Scrabbleship]

Aren't the "red and blue" buses also cutaways?

Yes. Some of ART's own cutaways are still running.