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GTA reports new CNG buses, upgrades to maintenance facility and plans for transit signal priority and tap-to-pay readers
Summary
Greenville Transit Authority director James Veil briefed the council on new compressed natural gas buses, an upgraded maintenance facility, ridership figures, a planned transit signal priority rollout across roughly 200 signals, a $6 million federal grant tied to RAISE/BUILD funding, and tap-to-pay fare readers and retail reload options.
James Veil, director of GTA, updated the Greenville City Council at a work session on a year of service and infrastructure upgrades, including delivery of six compressed natural gas buses, commissioning of a fueling station, near-complete work on a new operations and maintenance facility, and planned technology upgrades to improve on-time performance.
Veil said the six CNG buses and a recently commissioned fueling station should allow buses to operate up to 18 hours a day. He described the new maintenance facility as substantially complete and in a final punch-list phase. "Our punch list is down to 2 and a half pages," he said.
Veil provided system-level…
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