LONG ISLAND BUS FLEET NEAR 100% CNG
Orion Bus Industries, the mass transit bus affiliate of Daimler Buses North America, has received an initial order for 60 Orion VII Next Generation CNG transit buses for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Long Island Bus, and also received confirmed options for 40 buses.
As soon as these buses are delivered the company’s fleet will be composed almost completely of CNG-fuelled buses. In 1992, Long Island Bus began replacing its diesel bus fleet with buses operating using CNG. Now, the Long Island Bus fleet is made up almost entirely of CNG buses which service about 96 Long Island communities.