The new fleet will consist of 24 natural gas vehicles and less noisy |
Murcia is passed to transport effectively and efficiently.
The Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara, Councillor for Traffic and Transport, Javier Iniesta, and those responsible for Transport UTE Murcia, Alberto José María Catalán Egido and have shown this morning to Murcia how new vehicles will be municipal buses.
The 24 new vehicles in red dress, a red 'Murcia' and will sport the logo of the City Council and Transport of Murcia, as well as an inscription noting that are green buses.
These new vehicles will not be released until November, the month in which it is expected that all made already.
That is why as of October 1, when it becomes operational the new hires, Transportes de Murcia will start driving on the streets of the town with buses received from the reversal Latbus fleet, which will be placed a vinyl so that users can easily differentiate them.
The new fleet will consist of natural gas powered vehicles.
24 units will be new gas consisting of 16 buses with 22 beds and 8 buses of 10.20 meters and 68 seats.
The eight buses and new line will cross the 16 Rays Murcia will reduce by up to 375,000 kilograms of CO2 emissions.
There are also plans to install fleetwide bands rough guide to facilitate transit within the visually impaired.
All vehicles will be adapted for the disabled, with ramps automatic and manual, and low platform.
The system is provided with travelers count back door, tamper alarm, public address and alarm system georeferenced stop.
It also allows the blind using a remote control, the use of audio information service by individual drive.
So the Circular, one-hour tour, the bus will tour eight of 10.20 meters in both senses.
This line will link three key points of the city as the bus station in San Andrés, the railway station and the Plaza del Carmen Circular.
For the four lines 'Lightning' 16 microautobuses circulate.
The City continues its commitment of introducing vehicles powered by alternative energy sources to oil
Thus, the urban public transport from the City will be totally dependent efficient and environmentally friendly, since these buses powered by natural gas must be added the tram powered by electricity.
Similarly, much of the fleet of municipal vehicles are driven in a hybrid or fully electric.
Also in the specifications of the new contract for street cleaning and waste collection vehicles specified that it should be used for efficient so the dealership Cespa has 300 electric vehicles and natural gas.
This marks one of the measures of the Local Strategy on Climate Change, established by the Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara, in late 2007 and in which it stated that it would gradually replacing the municipal vehicle fleet with more efficient .
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia