The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is requesting applications for its 2021 Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) grants to replace older diesel vehicles, including school buses. The agency stated on Thursday via a press release that $46 million in grant funding is available. EPA is anticipating awarding between 40 and 70 organizations. The DERA Acts looks … Continued
Sonny Merryman delivered six new Starcraft Allstar XL shuttles buses to the Tidewater EMS team in 2020. The new buses are customized to care for and transport patients during a mass medical emergency incident. Check out this video from HRMMRS that gives you a first-hand look at the buses. Originally published by HRMMS. Used primarily … Continued
Thomas Built Buses is now offering a collision mitigation system available as a factory-installed option on some of its buses. The school bus manufacturer’s parent company, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA), announced on Thursday in a news release that the WABCO OnGuardACTIVE collision mitigation system from ZF is now available for Saf-T-Liner C2 diesel school … Continued
Virginia-based power company Dominion Energy teamed up with Thomas Built Buses, the sole provider of the electric school buses allocated for the initial phase of its Electric School Bus Initiative, which aims to support Virginia school divisions as they transition their school bus fleets from diesel to electric. Through the initiative, the power company and … Continued
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Marge Moore, known as Mrs. Moore to the students of Virginia Beach City Public Schools, said she loves doing her job every day. Moore was recently nominated by a fellow co-worker for a Recognizing Inspiring School Employees (RISE) Award. It’s a federal award that honors a school employee who does a great … Continued
Thomas Built Buses Inc. has now opened up ordering for Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems’ Intellipark electronic parking brake as optional equipment on two of its school bus models. As previously reported, the school bus manufacturer announced in November 2019 that the parking brake system would be offered on its Saf-T-Liner C2 and as factory-installed standard equipment on its … Continued
Tuesday, December 15 is #SavePublicTransit day. As a proud partner of the public transit community, Sonny Merryman supports public transit agencies. We are grateful for the resources they provide communities to better our society and economy. Our friends at Virginia Transit Association launched “The Virginia Faces of Transit” campaign as a coalition effort to highlight … Continued
Bay Transit, the public transportation division of Bay Aging, has been recognized by the Virginia Transit Association (VTA) as the Outstanding Community Program Award winner for 2020. Bay Transit’s partnership with the Rappahannock Community College (RCC) Educational Foundation eliminated fares for all students riding to and from RCC’s four campuses on Bay Transit. The initiative … Continued
Proterra recently sold its 1,000th electric bus in the United States, to Broward County Transit in Florida. Days earlier, a Proterra electric bus arrived in Wyoming, the state’s first electric bus from any manufacturer. A couple of weeks before that, Dominion Energy received its first of 50 electric school buses, built on top of Proterra powertrains, and … Continued
Check out this month’s Tuesday Tune-Up. Virginia’s first electric school bus delivered, DD5 performance numbers show fewer regens and industry-leading fuel economy, new Proterra full charging solution, and more!
