Hybrid Bus Viewing, Downtown, Right Now
The City of Raleigh Public Works Department, Transportation Operations Division, would like to invite you to view one of the most technologically advanced buses in production today. A 40 Foot Gillig, Low Floor, Hybrid Electric Bus will be available for viewing and test rides between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. on Thursday October 11, 2007. The bus will be parked on the eastbound side of Hargett Street by the City of Raleigh Administrative Complex, 222 West Hargett Street. The City of Raleigh¹s transit program is considering the use of this vehicle for special transit services. Test rides will be available at 10:00 A.M. and 12:00 Noon.
Please join us as we evaluate our bus procurement options.
David Eatman
Transit Administrator
City of Raleigh
For questions regarding this event please call 890-3030.
Thx HT!
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Jedidiah
10/11 03:45 PM
I remember these chugging down the street when I was in London. Steam rose from them like smoke from a rubber burnout. It was a pleasing site though!
Also I remember when TTA showed their new train on a Saturday in the warehouse district (the building that is now a limo service between Dillon Supply and The Office).....nothing ever came of that and it was the last time we saw a Lite Rail train in Raleigh, maybe for the next 10 years. Let’s hope this goes a bit further.
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Helen Tart
10/13 05:51 PM
The technology has come a long way. This bus was so quiet from the outside you could hardly tell it was running and only slightly louder inside. According to the sales person on the bus, Chapel Hill and Charlotte have ordered 3 of the hybrids. also it was very useful to see the inside because apparently the new buses that are due to arrive in February are the same inside as that one.
I’ll save you the rest of the sales pitch—the salesman was very good—but at least this bus has the exhaust coming out the top instead of the sides like the buses we have now. It’s lovely to wait for your bus while another bus is spurting black smoke at you and you’re trapped under a parking deck.
The buses are made by Gillig.
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