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Originally Posted by Madman
So is Nova their new vendor of choice? Why the switch?
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Well a lot of these orders of buses go out to tender, so I presume Nova just happened to be the best choice given the specifics given in the tender. CT could be just trying a different direction though. New Flyer (the manufacturer for almost all CT's orders of 40 and 60 foot buses for the last 20 years) has lost business from a few cities recently, so I'm not sure what the full story is there.
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Some news:
- Finally found an official opening date for the 4th Street West Station. It will open a week from tomorrow. Friday the 21st.
- Here's the comments that were compiled during the open houses for the Southwest BRT functional study:
http://www.calgarytransit.com/pdf/al...ouses_2010.pdf
Apparently the study will be reported back to city council on January 19th, and the study (or just a summary, not sure) will be posted to Calgary Transit's website. I'm not sure what the outcome of the council presentation will be. My guess is that it will just be reported, but there won't be a vote on actually doing it unless one of the council members moves to do so, which would likely come later.
CT link on the SW BRT for reference:
http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/sw_brt_2010.html