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has agreed to mutually terminate its contract with LongBeach Transportation Company (LBT) for the delivery of 10 electric buses. In an effort to demonstrate our good will to both the people of LongBeach and the FTA, we have agreed to mutually terminate the LongBeach Transit contract so it can be re-bid without delay.
MTS launched the region’s first zero-emissions bus pilot program in 2019, and last year set a plan in motion to convert its entire bus fleet to zero emission by 2040. Additionally, LongBeach Transit (LBT) has ordered 20 next-generation battery-electric 35-foot Xcelsior CHARGE NG heavy-duty transit buses under a three-year contract.
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