"T to vote on plan to overhaul its buses; $27.5m proposal would refurbish 30 percent of fleet" by Noah Bierman, Globe Staff | November 5, 2008
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority board is scheduled to vote tomorrow on a key piece of a plan to overhaul 30 percent of its bus fleet over the next three years and reduce the number of breakdowns.
If approved, the T will spend $27.5 million on a contract with Midwest Bus Corp. to rebuild engines, deal with rust, repair cracks, fix air conditioners, and otherwise refurbish 123 compressed natural gas buses purchased in 2003 and 2004 from North American Bus Industries.
The T will overhaul another 176 buses bought in the same period using in-house mechanics. The T has been struggling under a multibillion-dollar debt that has required the agency to borrow money and deplete its reserves to pay operating expenses, a problem that has also meant leaner maintenance budgets.
Yeah, thanks for the break, banks.
The T is seeking federal funding to pay 80 percent of the overhaul costs.
And WHERE EXACTLY are the BANKRUPT FEDS going to get the $$$? BORROW IT?
The T is looking to buy five pilot hybrid buses in 2012. Richard J. Leary, chief of operations for the MBTA. said agencies around the country are testing them, but managers are not sure what technology will be used when new federal clean air requirements take effect in 2010. --more--"
There is your FRAUDULENT GLOBALIST ISSUE at work, folks!!!
