Future LINK Buses to Double Bike Capacity!
Posted by Chapin on Nov 21 2011
Tags: bike racks, CCTA, Transit, Vermont
Listening to the needs of cyclists, CCTA’s next generation of the popular LINK commuter buses will accommodate 4 bikes per bus — much better than the current two-bike limit.
I’ve served on the CCTA Board for 10 years and I’ve been pleased with the Authority’s increasing attention to multi-modal transportation. This 4-bike capacity is another great advancement for our region’s sustainable transportation future.
The motorcoaches will accommodate the bikes in the luggage compartments below the bus. This is an example of the type of bus.
Each bike tray will handle two bikes. For more pictures and video of the system, click here.
Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait for the buses to be built, so it will likely be a year before we see these buses on the road.
Here is CCTA’s press release from November 17, 2011:
TRANSPORTATION GRANT AWARDED TO CCTA
Burlington, VT – The Chittenden County Transportation Authority (CCTA) is pleased to announce it has been awarded a grant of $3,360,000 through the FY2011 Federal Transit Administration Bus and Bus Facilities Livability Initiative. CCTA’s funding application was selected on a competitive basis from proposals submitted by public transportation agencies throughout the country. The grant money will allow CCTA to purchase six 45-foot coach buses to be used on the LINK Express commuter routes, along with the implementation of other system-wide capital improvements such as passenger shelters with solar lights and bike parking… More info at www.cctaride.org
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on 22 Nov 2011 at 3:50 am 1.Personalmoneynetwork said …
Now, this is great. More bikes will be able to be transported onto these buses. It is good for the CCTA to be able to be provided with these funds for this type of public transportation.
on 23 Nov 2011 at 2:44 am 2.Becka said …
Very nice. I was pleased to ride on the LINK buses recently — for a half-day bicycling trip to Burlington, from Montpelier — and the bus was amazingly full. Great job, CCTA / GMTA.