12-07-2020, 08:23 PM
(12-07-2020, 06:31 PM)Bytor Wrote:(12-07-2020, 04:53 PM)tomh009 Wrote: GRT currently already runs a mixed fleet of New Flyer and Nova buses. And the BusPlus fleet has Chevrolet, Ford and GMC chassis with five (!) different coach bodies and three different engines. So, I don't think adding four Grande West buses to the fleet will have that big an impact.
The fuel economy is likely about 20% better -- and the buses will also be less expensive than full-sized ones. I do assume that they are capable of doing a financial analysis on this.
If you go and look up the diesel mileage of the short busses you'll find that they use about half the diesel as full sized one. However, they only carry 1/4 the passengers. So you're spending 2x the driver costs and 1x the fuel costs on half the passengers.
You're spending that on half the passenger capacity. If there isn't enough demand to fill a small bus, the extra capacity doesn't provide much value.