Post by stevieinselby on Jan 19, 2020 17:14:10 GMT 1
www.york.gov.uk/press/article/3087/16_million_in_funding_will_be_used_to_make_york_s_buses_cleaner_and_greener
York Council has announced a £1.6m fund for operators to retrofit their buses in order to comply with the Clean Air Zone that comes into effect on 31 January.
Buses visiting the city centre will need to be Euro VI compliant unless (a) they make fewer than 5 visits per day into the city centre, or (2) they are scheduled to be replaced or retrofitted before the end of the year.
First York have funding to retrofit 66 buses. By my count, they currently have 92 non-compliant buses, but that does include the buses in the P&R fleet that are about to be replaced with 21 electric Metrodeckers so if we knock those off (whether the buses themselves are sold on or are cascaded to allow older buses to be disposed of) then they have 71 buses that are not compliant. So basically it looks like they are retrofitting pretty much the entire fleet, meaning that the vast majority of buses on the city and university routes will remain from 2007 and 2008, with no new buses apart from for the P&R fleet.
Arriva have funding to retrofit 14 buses, which would cover the Geminis used on the 415 and the E200s and Solos used on the 42.
Connexions have funding to retrofit 5 buses, which would cover the 13. I don't know if it's a typo in the press release (£70k instead of £90k), but if the figures are correct then they are getting £4k less per bus than all the other operators. The 16 already uses a compliant bus, and the 412 will be exempt by virtue of being infrequent (although will still need to be Euro IV).
Reliance have funding to retrofit 4 buses, and a funding contribution towards 3 new buses, which they have confirmed as E200MMCs. This would mean that they are retrofitting buses that are up to 15 years old, which seems questionable value, but given the age profile of their current fleet that may be the only option at the moment. At the moment, they only have 2 compliant buses.
Transdev have funding to retrofit one bus, which is presumably to ensure that the Saturday 19 can be compliant. The 24/25/26 buses are compliant, being brand new. Most of the Coastliner buses are compliant, but are also likely to be exempt as each one probably won't run through York more than 4 times in a day. The Versas used on Castleline and Little Explorers are exempt due to infrequency. CityZap have new buses on order so presumably didn't bid for, or weren't eligible for, funding.
Who else is there?
East Yorkshire already have compliant buses used on the 18, X46 and 747. The 45 and 46 don't generally use compliant buses, but as far as I can tell each bus only makes 3 or 4 visits to the city centre (although if they make any early morning or evening journeys on X47 then that might be a problem).
Pullman already have a compliant bus on the 21, and the 37 is exempt. The 36 is an interesting one, as they seem to have very recently replaced a compliant B8RLE with an older non-compliant B7RLE, even though it does need to be compliant.
York Council has announced a £1.6m fund for operators to retrofit their buses in order to comply with the Clean Air Zone that comes into effect on 31 January.
Buses visiting the city centre will need to be Euro VI compliant unless (a) they make fewer than 5 visits per day into the city centre, or (2) they are scheduled to be replaced or retrofitted before the end of the year.
First York have funding to retrofit 66 buses. By my count, they currently have 92 non-compliant buses, but that does include the buses in the P&R fleet that are about to be replaced with 21 electric Metrodeckers so if we knock those off (whether the buses themselves are sold on or are cascaded to allow older buses to be disposed of) then they have 71 buses that are not compliant. So basically it looks like they are retrofitting pretty much the entire fleet, meaning that the vast majority of buses on the city and university routes will remain from 2007 and 2008, with no new buses apart from for the P&R fleet.
Arriva have funding to retrofit 14 buses, which would cover the Geminis used on the 415 and the E200s and Solos used on the 42.
Connexions have funding to retrofit 5 buses, which would cover the 13. I don't know if it's a typo in the press release (£70k instead of £90k), but if the figures are correct then they are getting £4k less per bus than all the other operators. The 16 already uses a compliant bus, and the 412 will be exempt by virtue of being infrequent (although will still need to be Euro IV).
Reliance have funding to retrofit 4 buses, and a funding contribution towards 3 new buses, which they have confirmed as E200MMCs. This would mean that they are retrofitting buses that are up to 15 years old, which seems questionable value, but given the age profile of their current fleet that may be the only option at the moment. At the moment, they only have 2 compliant buses.
Transdev have funding to retrofit one bus, which is presumably to ensure that the Saturday 19 can be compliant. The 24/25/26 buses are compliant, being brand new. Most of the Coastliner buses are compliant, but are also likely to be exempt as each one probably won't run through York more than 4 times in a day. The Versas used on Castleline and Little Explorers are exempt due to infrequency. CityZap have new buses on order so presumably didn't bid for, or weren't eligible for, funding.
Who else is there?
East Yorkshire already have compliant buses used on the 18, X46 and 747. The 45 and 46 don't generally use compliant buses, but as far as I can tell each bus only makes 3 or 4 visits to the city centre (although if they make any early morning or evening journeys on X47 then that might be a problem).
Pullman already have a compliant bus on the 21, and the 37 is exempt. The 36 is an interesting one, as they seem to have very recently replaced a compliant B8RLE with an older non-compliant B7RLE, even though it does need to be compliant.