New Buses

The 2010 Gillig BRT and Hybrid are starting to be delivered to Metro Transit.

Metro Transit Bus Pictures

Gilliig Hybrid LowFloor Bus # 7120 doing the Route 11C on Nicollet Mall

Gillig Hybrid Low Floor Bus # 7102 Front View (RePainted in New Paint Scheme) doing the Route 10 on Nicolt Mall

Rear View Bus# 7102

Minnesota State Fair Wrap

Metro Transit Bus# 7116 on Route 11A, Gillig Hybrid Low Floor with a Minnesota State Fair wrap on Nicollet Mall downtown Minneapolis.

Front View

Back veiw

Madison Metro Transit-Pictures

Front View Gillig Hybrid Bus#001 on the Route 7 at East Transfer Point

Back view of Gillig Hybrid bus#001 doing the Route 30 at East Towne Mall

Gillig Low Floor Bus# 876 doing the Route 36 and Bus#901 doing the Route 20 at East Towne Mall



Madison Metro Orion V Bus # 521 & 526 turning on to Washington Ave from Milwaukee St in Madison, Wisconsin

Gillig Low Floor Bus # 926 on the Route 8

Gillig Low Floor Bus# 905 doing the Route 2

Cover for the parking meters

Temporary Bus Stop

Back view of Gillig Low Floor Bus# 917 doing Route 16 at East Transfer Point

Gillig Low Floor Bus 919 on Route 32 at East Transfer Point. Wrapped by Charter Cable

This bike rack can carry 3 bikes

Wrapped bus by TV Channel 27

Madison Metro Transit-Videos

Madison Metro Transit Gillig Hybid Leaving East Point Transfer

Madison Metro Transit Gillig Low Floors Leaving East Transfer Point.

Madison Metro Transit Gillig Low Floor Bus # 941 on the Route 4 Downtown Madison, Wisconsin

Madison Metro Gillig Low Floor Bus # 876 on the Route 36 and Bus # 901 on Route 20 leaving East Towne Mall



Madison Metro Orion V Bus # 521 & 526 turning on to Washington Ave from Milwaukee St in Madison, Wisconsin

Bus Pictures

Metro Transit 2004 Gillig Low Floor, Bus# 7109 at 5th Street Garage

Metro Transit Gillig Phantom Bus#927, Route 24 at 48th Street LRT Station

Route 80 operated by Lorenz Bus Service Bus# 6047 at Sunray Transit Center, New Flyer Low Floor

Wonder how a Hybrid Bus works?

This is from the Metro Transit-CITY OF MADISON website. They have received hybrids in 2007.

• Allison Electric Drive System
  Metro's new hybrid buses are powered by the Allison Electric Drive system, which reduces exhaust emissions up to 90% compared to conventional combustion engines.
  Up to a 60% improvement in fuel economy has been demonstrated in a vehicle with an Allison Electric Drive.
  Play Video (GM Advanced Hybrid Technologies)
  
• Regenerative Braking
  Forty percent of the energy to accelerate the bus is energy saved during regenerative braking. When stopping or decelerating, vehicle energy is converted to electric energy and stored. In effect, the motor becomes a generator.
  An Allison Hybrid Electric Drive System can significantly out-accelerate a vehicle equipped with a conventional drivetrain or an alternative fuel system.
  Play Video (Regeneratrive Braking and the ESS Smart Design
  
• Allison Electric Drive System - EP System Familiarization
  As explained by Bill Nye the Science Guy!
  Learn more about the EP System, a parallel hybrid that blends both mechanical and electrical power paths to drive a vehicle.
  By using a smaller internal combustion engine, and operating it only in its most efficient ranges, the EP System reduces fuel consumption and emissions and increases productivity and passenger comfort.
  • Play Video (EP System Familiarization....Featuring Bill Nye the Science Guy)

Metro Transit Gillig Hybrid

Metro Transit Gillig Hybrid, Bus #7127
on
Route 16
on
Minnesota Street at 7th Street Downtown St Paul, MN