22 new 60-foot BRTs, powered by clean compressed natural gas (CNG) powerplants, have been delivered to Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) by North American Bus Industries (NABI). “It was time for us to move away from the ‘breadbox’ design of our current model buses,” said WMATA General Manager John Catoe. The 22 new BRTs will go into service October 27, carrying customers on a bus line in the District of Columbia and suburban Maryland. Bill Coryell, NABI VP for Sales, said it was important for WMATA to replace older diesel articulated buses with these new CNG-powered models, having had very good success with its CNG vehicles. The 22 new BRTs, powered by Cummins-Westport engines will bring WMATA’s number of CNG buses to 461 vehicles, which represents just under a third of its operating fleet.
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