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CAA Celebrates Bus Safety Week 2011

Saturday, October 22nd, 2011

OTTAWA – The Canadian Automobile Association (CAA), the country’s largest sponsor of school safety programs, is pleased to join schools and other safety partners across Canada in celebrating bus safety week.Bus safety week is a great opportunity for parents, students, and motorists alike to refresh on bus safety practices,” said Jeff Walker, CAA vice president, public affairs. “With an increase in pedestrian and vehicle traffic around school zones across Canada, it is crucial that we all follow a few simple safety guidelines to help keep our communities safe.

CAA is proud to have been a supporter of school safety programs, which include Bus Safety Patrollers, since their inception in the late 1920s. CAA remains the largest sponsor of the program and CAA Patrollers dedicate more than five million hours annually to ensure that their fellow students commute to and from school safely.

According to a recent CAA survey, over 70% of Canadians view the program as a valuable tool for teaching young people about the importance of volunteering.Bus Safety Patrollers are trained to keep students safe whether they’re riding or getting on and off the bus. In order to ensure everyone’s bus ride to and from school is as safe as possible, here are some helpful tips to follow.

Source: http://www.caa.ca/newsroom/newsroom-releases-details-e.cfm?newsItem=

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New Volvo 8900 without podesters

Friday, October 21st, 2011

221807 Last year, Volvo launched its new regional bus, the Volvo 8900. This is available in a number of versions, with normal floors or as low-entry buses, as 4×2 or 6×2, from 12.2 to 14.7 meters, with seven-liter or nine-liter engines and Volvo’s proprietary I-shift transmission or transmission from ZF or Voith.The Volvo 8900 will provide our customers with lower lifecycle costs than in the past,” says Johnny Lidman, Volvo’s Product Manager for city buses in Europe. “The low-entry versions of the Volvo 8900 is the best-selling model to date.

At the same time, it will be possible for passengers who want to sit higher to do so at the back of the bus. The design also means that the engine will have an optimal location at the back of the bus, which will also make engine servicing easier.When the Volvo 8900 was launched, most of the seats in the low-entry section were located on podesters, which are preferred by most of Volvo’s customers.

But there are operators who prefer low-entry buses without podesters, and to satisfy this need, Volvo is now launching such a version. Since the seats are fitted directly on the floor, the window line must also be lowered to provide passengers with an equally good view as with higher seats.

The body structure comprises aluminum profiles that are screwed together and the roof is also made of aluminum. The major advantages with aluminum are that it is a light and corrosion-free material. The front and back modules are manufactured from steel, which has properties including the ability to form into attractive designs.

Source: http://www.volvobuses.com/bus/global/en-gb/newsmedia/pressreleases/

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Thomas Built Buses Honors 2011 Top Dealers

Saturday, October 15th, 2011

High Point, N.C. – Thomas Built Buses recognized its top dealers of the year at its annual dealer meeting in Greensboro, N.C. on October 4, 2011. Thomas Built president and CEO Kelley Platt presented the 2011 Dealer of the Year award to Frank Lewis, general manager of Whayne Power Systems, of Whayne Supply Company in Louisville, Ky. Whayne Supply, which is the Thomas Built Buses dealer for the state of Kentucky, is a full service dealer, offering sales, parts and vehicle service.

Among Whayne’s noteworthy accomplishments is its work with state organizations to help Kentucky obtain the first and biggest federal hybrid school bus grant in the U.S. In large part because of the firm’s efforts, Thomas Built Buses has delivered more cutting-edge diesel-electric hybrid technology school buses than any other school bus manufacturer in the country,” said Platt. “But Whayne Supply is more than sales, Whayne consistently delivers in the service arena. We regularly receive wonderful comments from our customers who tell us that all of Wayne’s 11 main servicing locations provide second to none service support.

The Dealer of the Year award is selected annually from four regional winners that demonstrate outstanding performance in customer satisfaction, customer service and support, financial performance and overall relationship with Thomas Built Buses.

Source: http://www.thomasbus.com/about-us/news/press-room/release.asp?2011/62

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Thomas Built Buses Employees Personally Deliver School Buses To Trenton, N.J.

Saturday, October 15th, 2011

High Point, N.C. – Ten Thomas Built Buses employees spent the weekend of August 12-13 driving ten school buses, and a van for the return trip, from High Point, N.C., to Trenton, N.J., to ensure on-time delivery of a recent order.“Third party driveaway companies are in high demand this time of year, and weren’t available to deliver the school buses on-time, so we decided to do it ourselves,” said Ken Hedgecock, Thomas Built Buses vice president of sales, marketing and service, who was one of the drivers.

Cincinnati-based First Student, Inc., the largest provider of student transportation services in North America, ordered 101 Saf-T-Liner® C2 SCR-equipped Thomas Built buses for the new school year. In an extraordinary demonstration of the company’s commitment to customer service, employees drove ten of the vehicles designated for school bus application only more than 500 miles to ensure the buses arrived before drivers were assigned this year’s routes.

Hedgecock credits Thomas Built’s sales logistics manager Sid Adams with coming up with the inventive delivery solution. Ray Fattore, director of vehicles and parts procurement for First Student, was so impressed by the offer that he, too, volunteered to drive one of the school buses in the caravan. In addition to Hedgecock and Adams, the Thomas Built drivers included Joe Craver.

Source: http://www.thomasbus.com/about-us/news/press-room/release.asp?2011/63

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Volvo Buses reports a strong increase in deliveries

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

The bus market is recovering slowly in general, with the exception of city buses in Europe and North America, where demand is roughly flat. During the first five months of the year, the total market in Europe rose 3%.

The North American coach market has improved slightly, while procurements of city buses are few. In Mexico, activity for both coaches and city buses increased somewhat. The trend in the bus market in South America remains favorable, due in part to the effect of the advance purchase of coaches prior to the introduction of Euro 5 on January 1, 2012.

The trend in the total market in Asia and Africa remained positive. However, the Chinese bus market has slowed down, particularly in Shanghai where large purchases were previously made for the World Expo 2010. Globally, interest in hybrid buses and cleaner buses is widespread.Deliveries during the second quarter of 2011 amounted to 3,127 buses, compared with 2,297 in the same quarter of 2010, up 36%.Deliveries increased in almost all markets. The order intake for the second quarter was in line with the year-earlier period and amounted to 3,124 buses (3,081). South America accounted for the largest increase, almost doubling its order intake.

One of the orders signed during the second quarter was for 60 hybrid buses in Curitiba in Brazil – the first order for hybrid buses outside Europe. An additional order of 328 Nova articulated buses for public transport in New York City was signed.

Source: http://www.volvobuses.com/bus/global/en-gb/newsmedia/pressreleases

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