PROJECT DETAILS
Description:
The scope of this project will provide for the engineering, purchase, and inspection of fully accessible, air conditioned Clean Diesel buses; including a spare parts inventory. Engineering includes: development of specifications, pre-bid engineering meetings, onsite inspections of prospective bidders and/or their vendors’ plants, inspection of buses during production and acceptance of vehicles after delivery. 5 Year funds will continue funding stream for the Option(s) to replace up to 500 additional buses.
Core Requirement(s) | |
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Maintain and Improve Safety and Reliability | ✓ |
Achieve Full Accessibility | |
Meet Regulatory Requirements | ✓ |
Improve Equity |
Strategic Goal | |
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Deliver Value on Investment | ✓ |
Build on the Strengths of Our Network | |
Stay Competitive |
Funding Amounts by Source:
Source | Previous Funding* | 2023 Funding | 2024-2027 Funding | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Federal |
$0 |
$68,621,999 |
$85,371,298 |
$153,993,297 |
State |
$0 |
$20,875,000 |
$23,924,806 |
$44,799,806 |
RTA |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
Service Board / Local |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
Total |
$49,858,165 |
$89,496,999 |
$109,296,104 |
$248,651,268 |
PMO:
Total Project Budget^
Budget Status
Schedule Status
Start Date
Jan 2020End Date
May 2022^Total Project Budget is the project budget being tracked by the RTA PMO Group
Current Status
A contract with Nova Bus has been executed in April of 2021. CTA received the pilot bus in August. The familiarization training and the Buy America Audit were completed. CTA has received the first 10 buses as of the beginning of May. Remaining vehicles are in various stages of production, and they are being delivered to CTA on an ongoing basis with the last buses expected to be delivered by the end of June. CTA has exercised Option 1 on this contract for an additional 100 buses. The production of the new order of buses is expected to start in September.
Last Updated 12.16.2022