A Government of Canada in a news release Monday says “Canada and Ontario and the City of Toronto invest in 1,738 new and revitalized buses.” It lists the vehicles this way and notably, says there will be 60 all-electric buses, not 30 as reported yesterday when Mayor Tory inspected such buses. The component lists is given as this.
- The purchase of 729 clean diesel buses, 254 second generation hybrid electric buses, and 60 battery electric buses
- The Bus Rebuild component of this project involves rebuilding 695 total buses in the current TTC fleet.
- The Government of Canada is also investing more than $10 million for 15 other public transit projects in four communities across Ontario.
- The Government of Canada will invest more than $180 billion over 12 years in public transit projects, green infrastructure, social infrastructure, trade and transportation routes, and Canada’s rural and northern communities.
- Since 2003, the Government of Ontario has committed more than $4.9 billion to the City of Toronto to help improve and expand its transit system.