MTA expected to get $100 million worth of new buses. Will they be electric?

"Per MTA procurement documents, the agency will spend $97,641,522 on 100 new buses from Nova Bus, (US) Inc., pending board approval. The buses are described as low-floor, 40-foot buses to be woven into the NYC Transit system throughout 2027. The buses would be paid for under the MTA's state-approved $68.4 billion capital plan. Although the plan calls for funding to grow the agency's zero-emissions and fully electric fleet by 2040, the buses in the procurement request run on clean diesel, according to MTA documents."

"The new buses, if approved for purchase, will be outfitted with driver enclosure, OMNY fare-payment technology and Automated Camera Enforcement (ACE). Currently, more than 1,400 buses are now ACE-equipped covering 560 miles of routes, the MTA said, to catch drivers improperly using or parking in bus lanes in NYC. According to the agency, Bus routes with ACE, on average, have increased speeds by 5% with some corridors seeing gains as high as 30%."

MTA will spend $97,641,522 to purchase 100 low-floor, 40-foot buses from Nova Bus, pending board approval. The buses are scheduled to join the NYC Transit system throughout 2027. Funding will come from the MTA's state-approved $68.4 billion capital plan. The procurement requests clean diesel buses, despite the capital plan targeting a zero-emissions, fully electric fleet by 2040. The purchase modifies an initial base contract for 275 diesel-electric hybrid buses that replaced vehicles beyond their 12-year service life. Nova Bus reported additional production capacity at the end of 2026, prompting the agency to add 50 buses to the remaining 50 options. The new vehicles will include driver enclosures, OMNY payment technology, and Automated Camera Enforcement equipment, and ACE-equipped routes have shown average speed increases of 5% with some corridors up to 30%.

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