FY 2012 Operating Budget and FY 2013-2017 Financial ... - Septa

Capital Improvement Program
Fiscal Year 2012 Selected
Project Description
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Bus
Purchase
Program
SEPTA’s Bus Fleet Management Plan
provides for the acquisition of different size buses
based upon needs and route characteristics. The current bus
fleet consists of a variety of
buses ranging from 60-foot articulated
and 40-foot buses for heavy use routes to 27-foot
and
30-foot buses for suburban circulator and contracted
service routes. With
the
completion of the Fiscal Year 2008-2011 Bus Purchase Program, SEPTA’s fleet of hybrid
buses will increase to 472 buses, making SEPTA the operator of one of the largest public
transit hybrid bus fleets in
the country. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2012 through 2015,
SEPTA will advance the purchase of 155 60-foot articulated buses and 90 40-foot buses.
Options of 50 60-foot buses and 55 40-foot buses will be included in this procurement.
These new buses will replace SEPTA’s Neoplan articulated 60-foot buses, and Neoplan
and
New Flyer 40 foot buses, which will have exceeded their 12 year useful life when
they
are
retired.
Congestion Relief and Railroad Grade Crossings
In partnership
with PennDOT, this project will support the I-95 Reconstruction Project.
This project involves the operation of shuttle bus service between the 1,600-space
park-
the
and-ride lot offf of Woodhaven Road and the adjacent Cornwells Heights Station on
Trenton Line for passengers of SEPTA and Amtrak train service to Center City
Philadelphia and points south and to Trenton and points north. In addition, certain
congestion mitigation activities and special transportation service will support PennDOT
reconstruction
U.S. Route 202.
SEPTA Fiscal Year 2012 Operating
Budget
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