BUS PURCHASES, OVERHAULS OK'D.Byline: David Bloom David Bloom (May 22, 1963 – April 6, 2003) was an NBC journalist (co-anchor of Weekend Today and reporter) until his sudden death in 2003 at the age of 39. Early life Daily News Staff Writer The MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. board agreed Thursday to convert 127 balky ethanol-fueled buses to ``clean diesel'' and exercise an option to buy 50 new ones in a move aimed at getting more on Los Angeles streets Los Angeles Street is a historic avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, California. Traffic on the street travels northbound only, from the I-10 Freeway in the south of downtown, through the Fashion District, and on through Little Tokyo, where it ends after passing between LAPD . Interim Chief Executive Officer Julian Burke surprised the board by putting the contract for the 50 new buses from Neoplan USA This article is about the defunct US bus builder. For the German bus builder, see Neoplan. Neoplan USA was a major transit bus manufacturing company based in Denver, Colorado, which was entirely separate from the German corporation, Neoplan, licensing its Corp., for about $325,000 per vehicle, on the agenda at the last moment without going through committee review. But Burke said the agency badly needs new buses to replace roughly 700 aging vehicles which are at least 12 years old or have 500,000 miles or more of use. The Neoplan option will keep buses flowing in until 223 buses, from a contract with New Flyer Corp., begin arriving in April 1999, Burke said. The Neoplan buses have high floors that require mechanical lifts to load wheelchair-bound riders and that led to criticism from Nadia D. Powers, chairwoman of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Commission on Disabilities, who reminded the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board they already are being sued because so many of the lifts on their current buses break down, denying handicapped riders access. The agency should purchase only low-floor buses, which can use a simpler, more reliable ramp to load and unload To remove a program from memory or take a tape or disk out of its drive. handicapped riders, Powers said. ``It's a very serious problem,'' Powers said. ``We want to be passengers, but we can't if they just pass us by.'' The board ultimately opted to keep the flow of buses coming in, so it can more easily meet a federal consent decree A settlement of a lawsuit or criminal case in which a person or company agrees to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt for the situation that led to the lawsuit. A consent decree is a settlement that is contained in a court order. to improve and expand its fleet. The board also ordered, despite criticism, the conversion of ``catastrophically failed'' engines in 127 buses that burned ethanol to so-called clean diesel. The conversions will cost the agency about $15,000 per bus. Though the diesel engines are more reliable and will get the 6-year-old buses back on the streets so older, dirtier fill-in vehicles can be mothballed, clean-air advocates said the agency was endangering the region's health. Nevertheless, the board approved the conversions, which will ease its shortage of working backup vehicles. |
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