The Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) has ordered 26, 40-foot, clean-diesel Xcelsior® heavy-duty transit buses from New Flyer, making this the third order from a five-year contract from 2017 for 200 buses, with options to purchase a total of 114 buses over the remaining three years.
The new order of fully accessible buses supports the DDOT strategic transportation plan, which includes rebranding, revitalizing and increasing bus service to provide a better, more reliable transportation network for a revitalized Detroit.
“As America’s leader in safe, reliable, and accessible transit mobility, New Flyer is proud to support DDOT’s pursuit of revitalized transit service in Detroit,” said Chris Stoddart, president, New Flyer. “Since 1993, New Flyer has delivered nearly 600 buses to DDOT, including 469 fully accessible low-floor buses, and we look forward to supporting reliable transit service for the greater Detroit area community.”
New Flyer’s clean diesel buses use a four-step process to filter harmful emissions from the exhaust, and use engine technology that results in efficient, virtually smoke-free engines, which can achieve low emissions and help reduce particulate emissions by 90 percent and NOx (nitrogen oxide) emissions by 95 percent, according to the company.
