new hybrid buses

fort wayne citlink have 6 new hybrid bus out on the roads now!
1041
1042
1043
1044
1045
1046
look for there bus id#s on the road
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three river festival parade route detours

Three Rivers Festival Parade Route Detours
Saturday, July 10, 2010

Due to the parade route, Citilink’s Superior Street bus station will beCLOSED and buses will transfer in the parking lot at the corner of Calhoun & Baker Street (east of the old Baker Street Train Station).

Worried about not being able to find a parking place downtown? Ride the bus to the parade and stick around to enjoy the Arts Festival, Chalk Walk, Marketplace, Art in the Park, etc. then catch the bus to go home.

Don’t live on a bus route? We are encouraging folks to Park & Ride at the following locations:

Meijer, Lima Road – Route 4, Wells/Ludwig
Meijer, Illinois Road – Route 2, Times Corners
Georgetown Square – Route 2, Georgetown
Southtown Centre – Routes 7 & 8, Calhoun/Anthony
Lincoln Plaza – Route 10, New Haven

Not sure where or when to catch the bus? All routes will operate regular Saturday service from 7:45am – 6:15pm (last bus leaves downtown at 5:15pm). Call Citilink Customer Service 432-4546 for route information or check out our route maps and schedules.

ROUTE 1 WAYNEDALE VIA BORADWAY INBOUND

ROUTE 1 WILL]

TAKE BROADWAY TO

JEFFERSON BLVD TO

CALHOUN TO

BAKER (TRAKER TO OTHER ROUTES)

ROUTE 1 WAYNEDALE VIA BORADWAY OUTBOUND

BAKER TO CALHOUN

CALHOUN TO WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON TO BORADWAY

BROADWAY TO BLUFFTON

BACK TO RULAGE OUTBOUND ROUTE

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Citilink Hybrid Buses

Please join Citilink officials as we celebrate the arrival of seven (7) new Hybrid buses. These new heavy duty transit vehicles were purchased with a combination of 100% federal stimulus (ARRA) funding, 80% discretionary federal funding for hybrid buses (championed by Senator Lugar), and local funds to replace vehicles that have met the end of their useful life.

These new transit vehicles run on a combination of ultra-low sulfur bio diesel fuel and Hybrid electric power. These buses will reduce our reliance on foreign oil, reduce overall operating costs, reduce pollution and maintain Citilink’s leadership status as a recognized “Fort Wayne Green City Business”.

Hybrid electric buses offer cleaner and more fuel-efficient performance than conventional diesel buses. We are expecting a 35%-45% fuel economy advantage; based upon experience by other transit systems operating this model of hybrid bus - manufactured by Gillig Corporation in California.

At current fuel prices, we anticipate fuel savings of $8,689 per bus per year. This coupled with reduced brake and transmission wear and maintenance expense result in significant operating cost savings. These funds can be redirected as additional resources to expand/maintain transit service.

Fort Wayne/Allen County has been declared an air quality non-attainment area. Hybrid buses are a proven method to reduce ozone and particulate matter to improve air quality. Vehicle manufacturer estimates indicate that 2010 hybrid electric buses are about 25 times cleaner in carbon dioxide emissions and 10 times cleaner in particulate matter emissions that the 1998 diesel engine buses that these new buses replace.

Further, Citilink continues its commitment to reduce ozone by offering free fare service on Ozone Action Days, and participating in the Clean Air Force campaign. Join us by “Doing What You Can Do” to improve air quality and reduce energy consumption.

For more information on hybrid buses or other Citilink service information call 432- 4546 or visit the website at www.fwcitilink.com. For more information on the Clean Air Force campaign visit the website atwww.thecleanairforce.org.

Dump the Pump – Save some Green – Ride the Blue

fort wayne's TRF on July 10,2010

Three Rivers Festival Parade Route Detours
Saturday, July 10, 2010

Due to the parade route, Citilink’s Superior Street bus station will beCLOSED and buses will transfer in the parking lot at the corner of Calhoun & Baker Street (east of the old Baker Street Train Station).

Worried about not being able to find a parking place downtown? Ride the bus to the parade and stick around to enjoy the Arts Festival, Chalk Walk, Marketplace, Art in the Park, etc. then catch the bus to go home.

Don’t live on a bus route? We are encouraging folks to Park & Ride at the following locations:

here is some park and rides only for July 10,2010

Meijer, Lima Road – Route 4, Wells/Ludwig
Meijer, Illinois Road – Route 2, Times Corners
Georgetown Square – Route 2, Georgetown
Southtown Centre – Routes 7 & 8, Calhoun/Anthony
Lincoln Plaza – Route 10, New Haven

Not sure where or when to catch the bus? All routes will operate regular Saturday service from 7:45am – 6:15pm (last bus leaves downtown at 5:15pm). Call Citilink Customer Service 432-4546 for route information or check out our route maps and schedules.

Citilink – Connecting you to the Three Rivers Festival!

air quarity day info

on July 7,2010 the allen county hearth deptment is frescrest a air quarity alarm! unhearty for goups citlink issian a free fare day on July 7,2010
1 day only
use pubilc transit! for only 1 day can be trllow! for free!
go google and seach allen county herath deptment

weather alarm 9:44:49 pm July 6,2010

Air Quality Alert

INZ018-025-080000- ALLEN IN-HUNTINGTON- 136 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 2010  ...AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR WEDNESDAY JULY 7...  THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT HAS DECLARED WEDNESDAY JULY 7 AS AN AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTHERN INDIANA COUNTIES:  HUNTINGTON AND ALLEN COUNTIES.  OZONE AND FINE PARTICULATES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE ORANGE OR UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS RANGE. ACTIVE CHILDREN AND ADULTS...ALONG WITH PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASES INCLUDING ASTHMA SHOULD LIMIT PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXERTION.  FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE IDEM SMOG WATCH PAGE ON THE INTERNET AT...  HTTP://WWW.IN.GOV/IDEM  $$       

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 359 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 2010  INZ006>009-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ080-081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-070800- LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING- PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...ROCHESTER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE... MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...PERU...WABASH... NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR... BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...COLDWATER... HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON... PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 359 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 2010  THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.  .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT  TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO AROUND 90 THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAT INDEX READINGS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S.  .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY  HEAT INDEX READINGS AROUND 100 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED AT MOST PLACES WEDNESDAY AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE.  .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.  &&  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

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hybrid buses in united states

about hybrid buses 3

Hybrids have been taking control in the Eco awareness community. There are also automobiles, yachts and even buses that are Hybrid. Ecotalks has stated

“Volvo announced the launch of its new entry into the diesel-electric hybrid bus market. The hybrid Volvo 7700 is a 12-meter low-floor city bus that gets up to 30 percent better fuel economy and emits 40 to 50 percent less nitrous oxide and 30 percent less carbon, the company said. In addition, a smaller engine and nearly a third of the bus’ components are developed in-house by Volvo.
The hybrid Volvo 7700 uses “parallel hybrid” technology which allows the bus to be powered by either the electric motor or the diesel engine or both at the same time. I-SAM, the company’s hybrid technology, plans to use the same technology in its trucks and construction equipment after the buses go into mass production in 2010. Though the hybrid bus weighs more or less the same as a diesel-driven bus, it has a better weight distribution, which allows the hybrid bus to take more passengers than a comparable diesel bus. As a result, the bus’ performance is enhanced and fuel consumption is reduced.

According to a report by United Press International, the first of Volvo’s hybrid buses will begin testing on city streets in London and Gothenburg, Sweden, later this fall. Volvo is believed to start delivering hybrid diesel electric buses to customers in 2009 with mass production beginning in 2010.”

Now you can have an eco friendly travel when you want to go some place. Volvo has been helping a lot for the community and this Hybrid bus is a good contribution for the society and the planet.

about hybrid buses 2

Researchers of Sakarya University initiated a multidisciplinary research program in the year 2006 to evaluate the effects of Transport, Residential, and Industrial sourced air pollutants on urban air quality and the effects of the pollutants on human health. This research program, which is known as “Sakarya Air Quality Protection and Improvement (SAHAKK-I) Project”, was further supported by Sakarya Governorship and Sakarya Municipality. Then the aim of research programme was extended as providing scientific and technical support to policy makers and relevant industrial establishments for sustainable development.

Transport is crucial for economic and social development of a society as it serves a key role for transportation of goods and people. But it is not free of negative externalities. Operation of transport vehicles require energy use and this energy is mostly generated with fossil fuel combustion. Unfortunately, the fossil fuel combustion comes with both global emissions (CO2, N2O, CH4), which cause climate change, and local emissions (PM, NOx, HC, CO, O3), which cause adverse health effects and damage natural environment.

Road Transport has varieties of vehicles and each vehicle has its own advantages depending on the activity. Therefore, depending on the activity, transport vehicles must be optimized to mitigate such negative externalities and also to be ready for international requirements such as: UNECE convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, European Community National Emission Ceilings Directive, and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol.

Municipality busses that are used for urban transport are the main market for hybrid busses. The metropolitan municipalities of İstnabul, Ankara, and İzmir (the biggest three cities of Turkey) have more than 5000 busses for urban transport. Furthermore, the other busses that belong to legal persons are not included to this. This means the improvements made to urban transport by means of hybrid busses will have important effects on urban air quality and noise. Thus, these improvements will have a positive effect on human health and qulaity of life in urban area. Morever, any reduction in urban transport fuel consumption will provide important benefits for Turkish Economy.

As a main producer of urban transport busses, TEMSA R&D and Technology Ltd. is currently planning to develop and produce hybrid busses and improve both national and international market share of TEMSA R&D and Technology Ltd. One of the important step in the production is the quantification of the bus emissions in real world in-use conditions. Currnetly there is no world wide harmonized hybrid bus emission test protochol but EPA and EC-JRC completed their heavy-duty vehicle test protochol and working to extend their protochol to other vehicles.

In this sense being competible with EPA and EC-JRC and be ready for future legislative rules and limits will have positive effects on the competitveness and market share of TEMSA R&D and Technology Ltd. In order to do that v. wants to initiate a SANTEZ reserch project in collaboration with SAHAKK-I research group of Sakarya University. SAHAKK-I research group is known to be the only research group that performs research on real world in-use vehicle emissions in Turkey.

Since road transport is one of the main sources of urban air pollution in crowded cities of Turkey, quantifying and inventorying of the emissions are extremely important to search alternative methods to mitigate the air pollution. Buses, which are main vehicle for transportation of people in cities of Turkey, are one of the major air pollution sources of road transport and there is a strong need for searching alternative power sources for busses to minimize their emissions. In order to meet this need TEMSA R&D and Technology Ltd and Sakarya University want to search capabilities of hybrid busses to minimize the emissions and hence improve urban air quality.

As a result these two establishments propose the SANTEZ project objecting the measurement and modeling of the real world in-use emissions of busses, which is planned to be used as a tool in the decision-making process, for the buses in-use. This model is expected to have a capability to quantify the emissions of the conventional and hybrid busses in a trip with a given operating conditions. This model will provide scientific and technical support to TEMSA R&D and Technology Ltd for their decisions on the production of hybrid busses, and therefore increase their competitiveness with the best decisions on correct timing.

about hybrid buses 1

this photo is about hybrid buses. is form the web the wed site is http://www.sahakk.sakarya.edu.tr/hybridbus/images/hybridbus.jpg

weather alarm 8:56:16 pm

the heat advistory is cannel for northern indiana and north west ohio today it on Wesley's bus updates blog

hybrid buses in fort wayne 1043 and 1046

Weather Alarm 9:08 am July 5,2010

Heat Advisory

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 

339 AM EDT MON JUL 5 2010  ...DANGEROUS HEAT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... 

 .HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN TODAY. 

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S AND COMBINED WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER 70S WILL

 CREATE HEAT INDICIES OF 95 TO 100. LOWS TONIGHT WILL FALL BACK INTO THE MIDDLE 

70S PROVIDING LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY.  

INZ004>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005

-015-016-024-025-051600- /O.NEW.KIWX.HT.Y.0001.100705T1600Z-100706T1200Z/ 

ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-

FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-

ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-

DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- 

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH BEND...MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE... WALKERTON...

\ELKHART...GOSHEN...NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA... SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...

FREMONT...KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER... ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...

NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE... WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH...

BREMEN... CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE... MENTONE...

COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...

BROOKSTON...MONON... LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... 

WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...

BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND..

.DUNKIRK...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...BRONSON...

 HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...WAUSEON... ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...

\SWANTON...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE... NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER

...PAULDING...ANTWERP... MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...

VAN WERT... DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 

339 AM EDT MON JUL 5 2010 /239 AM CDT MON JUL 5 2010/  ...

HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/

 TUESDAY...  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A 

HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 8 AM EDT 

/7 AM CDT/ TUESDAY.  * HEAT INDICIES WILL CLIMB TO DANGEROUS LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON

 WITH   LITTLE RELIEF EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.  *

 HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 95 TO 100 WILL BE COMMON THIS AFTERNOON.   

OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY FALL BACK INTO THE MIDDLE 70S   

PROVIDING LITTLE RELIEF.  * THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY 

WILL POSE A RISK FOR HEAT   STRESS FOR THOSE WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS AFTERNOON.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT 

TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY 

WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. 

DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN

...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

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REROUTED FOR TRF ON JULY 10

CITILNK WILL BE LINE UP WILL BE BAKER STREET

CALL 432-4546

ACPL note

ALLEN COUNTY PUBILC LIBRARY IS CLOSED TODAY (JULY 3) AND JULY 4 AND 5 ,2010

daily bus for fort wayne for July 2,2010

1 0630 and 0228
2 9804 and 0227 (out of service was on route 2 9805)
3 0225 and 9803
4

new hybrid buses

i was on a new hybrid bus is more quite of 08's
the seats is carge
stady are on Wesley's bus updates
photos of the inside and outside on this blog.
reeating #1043
is new and looks nice in side

daily bus report for fort wayne July 1,2010

1 9810/0228

2 9802/0227

3 0225/9807

4 0629/9801

6 9805/0831

7A 0630

8 1043/0832 (note for the bus# in red haves a spical note after this bus report)

90833/0835

10 0834 (note for the bus# in red haves a spiecal note after this bus report)

:45 after

4 unknow

7 unknow

8 unknow/ unknow

little bus

5 unknow

21 unknow

22 unknow

route 8# 1043:

this bus is an hybid bus one out of 7

route 10 0834

welcome to route 10! bus 0834

DAILY BUS REPORT FOR FORT WAYNE JUNE 30,2010

1 9806 AND 0228

2 9809 AND 0227

3 9805 AND 9807

4 0629 AND 9801

6 1043 AND 0831 (IN RED THE INFO AFTER THIS BUS REPORT)

7A 0630

8 0836 AND 0832

9 0833 AND 0835

10 0834 (IN RED THE INFO AFTER THIS BUS REPORT)

:45 AFTER LINEUP

7 0221

8 0222 AND 0224

ROUTE 6 1043 NOTE

1043 IS HYBUID BUS ONE OF 7 BUSES ARE HYBRID WELCOME TO ROUTE 6!

ROUTE 10 NOTE:

WELOME 0834 TO ROUTE 10 NEW HAVEN !

JULY 1,2010 REPORT WILL POST SOON