The New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (NY-MTA) has awarded a contract for up to 475 compressed natural gas (CNG) buses to be delivered over the next 18 months.  The contract includes 135 40-foot CNG buses and an option for an additional 340 buses.

The New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) will take delivery of the buses beginning the second quarter of next year (2011).  Two pilot buses will start the order and the rest of the 135 firm orders will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2011 and first quarter of 2012.  NY-MTA is the largest public transit authority in the nation and operates throughout New York.  Most of the buses being order will be used by NYCTA to reduce smog, emissions, and other metropolitan issues.

New Flyer is the largest bus makers and refitters in North America, operating in both the U.S. and Canada, and the buses to be built for MTA are likely to use the Cummins-Westport CNG engine, which New Flyer uses in other buses already on the road.

New Flyer also builds electric, gas-electric hybrids, diesel electric hybrids, standard diesel, liquefied natural gas, and other drive systems in buses.

New Flyer EMX Transit Bus

New Flyer WMATA Transit Bus

New Flyer XCelsior Transit Bus

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